Seeking a post-election agenda is topic for State of the Black World forum
Panelists convened virtually by the Institute of the Black World 21st Century and shared thoughts on the 2020 presidential election in what was billed as the first Black town hall meeting in the aftermath of historic voting. Many on the largely pro-Biden panel admitted there would be challenges to have the party answer Black interests and it would take a...
Child Protective Services agencies are tearing Black families apart, advocates warn
Child protective and welfare service agencies are supposed to ensure the safety and security of children in loving and protective environments. However, for some Black family and child advocates and Black families these agencies are a wolf in sheep’s clothing and could more accurately be called “family policing services.” Child Protective Services, the official name in many states, is the...
The War of Armageddon has begun
ASKIAMStaff Writer The War of Armageddon (FCN/Minister Louis Farrakhan, 04-08-2007) MOSQUE MARYAM (FinalCall.com) - The War of Armageddon has already begun. The hottest part of it is yet to come, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan warned in an Easter Sunday address delivered April 8 and broadcast live via the Internet, to more than 120 Nation of Islam Mosques and Study Groups...
New report sheds more light on brutal reality of America’s police violence
New revelations from a recent study show American police killings have been undercounted by more than half over the past four decades. This news is the latest evidence of a continuing pattern of racism and violence in the law enforcement system that now implicates medical examiners and questions the lack of credible national record keeping. “America doesn’t want to face...
FDA approval of experimental vaccine isn’t a magic bullet; questions still remain
The Food and Drug Administration opened the doors to U.S. government plans to get shots into millions of arms as the agency administrator co-signed an advisory committee’s call for approval of an Emergency Use Authorization for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine. The shots started Dec. 14 in different parts of the country with media highlighting Black health care workers getting the Pfizer-BioNTech...
Faith, Duty and Service
Week after week, in cities large and small, in the U.S. and abroad, The Fruit of Islam, men of the Nation of Islam, demonstrate joy and enthusiasm in their work of propagation and spreading truth in The Final Call newspaper. The brothers share with passersby the impact of the Teachings of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad under the leadership...
Shoplifting on the rise
More than 50 million people may experience food insecurity in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, including a potential 17 million children, according to Feeding America. This has led to astronomical numbers of families in lines for food giveaways around the country, often waiting hours. It has also led to an increase in shoplifting. Dennis Harrison had a good job that...
Busting up barriers to Black home ownership
The American dream of homeownership has increasingly become a nightmare for Black families. The 2021 report, “State of Housing in Black America,” confirms the gap in the homeownership rate between Black and White families is wider today than when housing discrimination was legal. In 1960, there was a 27-point gap between Black homeownership (38 percent) and White homeownership (65 percent)....
Coalition asks Philly DA not to block justice for Mumia
, Contributing Writer PHILADELPHIA–The fight for justice for Mumia Abu Jamal continued in Philadelphia during a packed press conference held by Mobilization4Mumia at the A-Space Community room located in the southwest part of the city. The press conference brought together a broad coalition of community leaders who called for District Attorney Larry Krasner not to stand in the way of...
The grim reality of growing problem of drug overdoses
The grim reality of drug overdoses still grips many Americans, and racial inequality plays a role in how it is viewed and handled. In 2020, drug overdose death rates among Black Americans overtook those of White Americans for the first time since the 1990s, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “There are many known systemic racial inequities in the...