Black youth, mid-term elections and Obama’s age of hope
-Staff Writer- WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - While Black youth nationwide prepare to vote in the mid-term elections some say they have not been fooled into believing the outcomes will dramatically change their lives. Black youth, responding to a national survey of 15-25 year olds, revealed that they were realistic about the meaning of the new age of hope President Obama promised. “This...
‘Starting to see a little change’: New report highlights poverty, crime and mass incarceration in Black communities
WASHINGTON, D.C.—What happens to a community when you combine crime, mass incarceration and poverty? While you’re scratching your head searching for the answer, add to that equation measly amounts of development dollars. The answer is more crime, mass incarceration, and poverty. This is the finding of a new report by the Justice Policy Institute (JPI). The study found that Baltimore...
Hundreds pack church, remember Mississippi hanging victim
Related story: Blacks doubt death in small Southern town is a suicide (FCN, 12-16-2010) MOORHEAD, Miss. (FinalCall.com) - As the entourage of Black limousines pulled up to Ark of Covenant Church, it was hard to tell who was the mother of Frederick Jermaine Carter, the young man found hung from an oak tree early this month. In this moment usually reserved for grieving,...
‘They’re killing us all over the earth’
Now those of you who are “doctors”: I know you have your Ph.D. degree—along with a little cancer, and a little problem with diabetes and high blood pressure, right “doc”? Mmm-hmm. Doctors hardly live as long as their patients because doctors are obese, dying of a heart attack, eating McDonald’s. You mean, “doc,” you don’t know how to eat...
Live Event: Minister Farrakhan headlines Bev Smith Town Hall Meeting
FCNNEWSSOURCE Nation of Islam Leader Headlines Bev Smith Live Town Hall Meeting in Pittsburgh, March 11th - To air on 30 Radio Stations and Internet Audio (FinalCall.com) - The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan will headline a live town hall meeting and broadcast of The Bev Smith Show entitled "The Disappearing Black Community and How We Can Get It Back." The...
Striving to become women of God and standard bearers of the Nation
DETROIT—The temperature in Detroit, Michigan, dipped into the low 20s on Saturday, Feb. 24, but hundreds of women fought the cold and showed up at 6:30 a.m. for a high-spirited M.G.T. and G.C.C. class. This special class, which stands for Muslim Girls Training and General Civilization Class, occurs every Saturday in cities around the world. But during the annual...
Killing Bin Laden: Hit, Execution or justified military action?
Questions and inconsistencies remain after killing of Osama bin Laden (FinalCall.com) - Even as U.S. President Barack H. Obama met May 6 with members of the Special Forces team responsible for the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound, inconsistencies continued to emerge bringing into question the Hollywood action type narrative disseminated by his administration. At the same time, Pakistani officials...
Is Free Speech in jeopardy?
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Did the Biden administration violate free speech rights during the pandemic when they allegedly pressured social media companies to take down content the government considered misinformation? That’s the case before the Supreme Court in Murthy v. Missouri. According to court documents the case is about a group of social-media users (Facebook and others) and two states who allege that...
Wrongfully convicted Texas man to be compensated
(FinalCall.com) - On June 17, Texas Governor Rick Perry signed legislation that will allow a Texas man to receive $1.4 million for being wrongfully imprisoned for nearly two decades for the murders of six family members. Forty-five-year-old Anthony Graves, a Black man residing in Austin, is grateful but told reporters that the money “doesn't even come close to making...
Millions across North America awed by total solar eclipse phenomenon
The eagerly anticipated celestial spectacle of a total solar eclipse finally descended upon North America after a seven-year hiatus, captivating millions of skywatchers on April 8. With its grand entrance at the Mexican beachside resort town of Mazatlan, the eclipse marked the beginning of a mesmerizing journey along the “path of totality,” stretching across various regions of the continent. Eclipse...