Prison re-entry programs missing prisoners, advocates complain
NEW YORK (Digital.FinalCall.com) - Poppy, 34, Shamaine, 29, and Jermaine, 32, have one thing in common: All three have felony arrests on their records and all three have served time in New York state prisons. “Ain't no work out here for brothers like me–all people are talking about is preparation–but I have a family to feed,” Poppy, who like the...
Citizens suffer, while war costs escalate
The political economy of victory in Iraq (FCN, 01-25-2007) (FinalCall.com) - With the President announcing January 10, that he is sending more troops to Iraq, he is also asking for more money which means less money is available for domestic issues. The National Priorities Project, a nonpartisan and nonprofit organization that tracks federal spending policies, has calculated that thus...
Students stage Covid-19 related walkout in Chicago
Final Call contributing photographer Haroon Rajaee was on the scene as several hundred Chicago public school students took to streets Jan. 14 and marched on Chicago Public Schools headquarters. The Chicago Public Schools Radical Youth Alliance (Chi-Rads) walkout included actions at individual schools and the larger downtown protest. The students want a bigger say in what’s happening with Covid-19...
The Power of Natural Immunity
“You are already on death row and don’t even know it. You’re a host for the COVID virus. And that’s why it’s killing us. But it’s not that we don’t have the means … we don’t really need a vaccine. We need more Vitamin D. Do you know why the virus is not hitting the Caribbean like it’s hitting...
Standing for something: Black celebrities, athletes embrace difficult struggle
“So, 2020 is officially the cousin that no one likes at the family gathering,” joked Clayton Gutzmore, a freelance writer based in Miami who has covered a wide range of Black cultural topics. During this year, Black America dealt with the coronavirus pandemic, the loss of cultural icons, police brutality and the high-stakes 2020 election. Through those events, Black artists...
No Beef: Minister Farrakhan words in context, Re: Rihanna
(FinalCall.com/Blogs) - It's only been a few days since the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan delivered his annual Saviours' Day keynote address on Feb. 27th at the Allstate Arena. As expected, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released its rebuttal of the Minister's phenomenal four hour message and the pundits have weighed in on what he said regarding Muammar Gaddafi. Surprisingly,...
A beacon of light, truth and resurrection
, Contributing Writer CHICAGO–Forty long years ago Minister Louis Farrakhan had a determined idea as his efforts to rebuild the work of his father, the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, was in its infancy. That idea was to establish a newspaper and fill the information void that had been left with the demise of the legendary Muhammad Speaks newspaper. Fill the...
Commitment, duty and steadfastness in the mission
The F.O.I. (Fruit of Islam) are on a mission to share the Teachings of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad under the leadership of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. In cities around the U.S. and abroad through the distribution of The Final Call newspaper, the brothers share the information contained weekly. Each week, the men who belong to the Nation...
VA lawsuit: High suicide rates for soldiers
(FinalCall.com) - Black war veterans are more likely than White veterans to experience post traumatic stress disorder but are less likely to receive disability benefits for the disease, according to a federal lawsuit filed in San Francisco against the Department of Veterans Affairs. PTSD is a psychiatric disorder suddenly brought on by life threatening experiences that result in...
Held Hostage: Big Pharma racks up big drug sales amid Covid confusion and U.S. gov’t national vaccine
Many people are frustrated and confused about the Covid-19 virus in the United States—except perhaps for Big Pharma, which stands to make more money off their “vaccine” than any drug in history. Federal health officials admitted in a July 28 press briefing that “vaccinated” people can and have transmitted the virus to uninfected individuals, and advised them to keep wearing...