Student Group Pressures University To Sell Prison Shares
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM LOS ANGELES–Black students in California are claiming victory after convincing the University of California (UC) to sell its shares in private...
Muslims Push For Islamic Holidays In Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA–Islam, according to the Pew Research Center, is the world's fastest growing religion. The adherents of Islam called Muslims represent over 25 percent...
Prison Ministry Training Session, Informs And Inspires
By Leonard Omarr Muhammad In the traditions of our Native American family exists the art of storytelling. Our great Student National Prison Reform Minister, Brother...
Elite 50-plus squad sponsors buy-Black buffet
-Contributing Editor- CHICAGO–Buy Black was the theme of the Dec. 10 all-you-can-eat buffet gathering of the Elite 50-plus squad in Chicago, and it...
The ordeal of women raped in Oklahoma City isn’t over
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.–Abandon assumptions that healing can easily begin for Black women who were raped by a recently convicted former White...
Philly NAACP opposes bill to keep names of cops involved in shootings secret
PHILADELPHIA–Lawmakers in the Pennsylvania State House have passed a bill that would hide from the public names of police officers who fire their...
‘The Film Black Friday’ Stresses Strengthening Black Economics
-Contributing Writer- CHICAGO - A packed audience at Philadelphia's International House was treated to a free screening of the recently released documentary “The...
The powerful history of Black boycotts
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM When Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan declared that the Justice Or Else! movement would wage an economic boycott to redistribute...
Celebrating the life, memory of a pillar of Islam
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM LOS ANGELES - More than 1,000 family members, friends and admirers filled Holman United Methodist Church to celebrate the life, legacy...
Painful accusations of how a cop allegedly preyed on Black women
By Charlene Muhammad CHARLENEM Under the banner #BlackWomenMatter, a coalition of activists led by OKC Artists for Justice plans to peacefully protest against Daniel Holtzclaw...