Nine ministries to build a nation
CHARLENEM CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - The Saviours' Day 2006 convention, themed “The Birth of a Nation,” marked its 25th commemoration since the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan began rebuilding the Nation of Islam (NOI). And on Feb. 25 in the McCormick's Grand Ballroom, approximately 1,200 people cheered and took copious notes, while a host of presenters set forth an overview of the...
Bridging the Families
CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - Expanding the understanding of the Nation of Islam, the Bridging the Families workshop February 25 during Saviours' Day weekend celebration focused on a more mature inclusion of the members of the Original Nation in the mission. “Many of us have an arrested idea of the Teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad,” charged Seventh Regional Minister...
Katrina hearings show litany of bad decisions
New Orleans: a city still in need of repair, a people still in great despair (FCN, 01-25-2006) NEW YORK (IPS/GIN) - The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) turned down a request from the state of Louisiana for 300 rubber rafts to help rescue stranded victims of Hurricane Katrina because FEMA did not think this type of craft was...
Commissioners rule LAPD force excessive
LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - The Los Angeles Police Department's (LAPD) Board of Commissioners ruled four to one Jan. 31 that Officer Stephen Garcia acted out of policy when he shot and killed 13-year-old Devin Brown during an early morning traffic stop Feb. 6, 2005. According to community activists, the unprecedented ruling followed two decisions that followed the...
Acupuncturists help ease post-Katrina stress
By Richard Muhammad The idea that pins and needles could help people may be a revelation for many, but Acupuncturists Without Borders (AWB) has used the ancient healing art to soothe the stress, aches, pains, tired minds and muscles of residents, relief workers and National Guardsmen struggling under the weight of surviving and rebuilding a still devastated New Orleans in...
Drug paraphernalia has got to go
WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - Ward 8 in the nation's capital could be any urban section of any city. It has the requisite projects, poor schools, crime, check cashing stores, liquor stores, carry outs and convenience stores. It also has drug paraphernalia that can be bought just about anywhere, even on the ice cream trucks. For 10 years, the community has...
Mrs. Coretta Scott King remembered
FCNNEWSSOURCE Minister Louis Farrakhan's statement on Mrs. Coretta Scott King (NOI.org, 01-31-2006)Listen to a One-Hour Special on Coretta Scott King (NPR, 01-31-2006) (FinalCall.com) - Flags were lowered half-mast Jan. 31 at the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, in recognition of the loss of Coretta Scott King, who passed away in her sleep overnight in California. She was...
Bush budget benefits wealthy, on backs of poor
THE WHITE HOUSE (FinalCall.com) - The Bush administration launched an all-out effort in late January to put a smiling face on what it considers to be its economic accomplishments, despite loud complaints from people stuck on the lower end of the economic ladder that the economic life is actually worse and not better. Literally dozens of administration economic...
Two groups sue to stop warrantless wiretaps
JIM.LOBE Revelations of Bush administration's spying chills the Capitol (FCN, 01-05-2006)FBI silent on reports that it watches the Web (FCN, 02-17-2005) WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN)–Two major U.S. civil liberties groups filed lawsuits Jan. 17 calling on federal courts to order the Bush administration to halt a National Security Agency (NSA) program that has intercepted the overseas telephone and email communications of hundreds,...
California may adopt HIV name-tracking database
LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - In an effort to protect untold millions of dollars in federal HIV and AIDS funding, the California State Senate passed a bill on Jan. 19 that would allow name tracking of its HIV patients. Some HIV/AIDS activists who issued concerns with name tracking databases–such as privacy breaches, issues of integrity and disenfranchisement–insist that despite...