What a Man! 90 Years of Truth, Trials and Triumph
In celebration of the 90th birthday of the beloved Muslim leader the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, friends and companions reflected on his significance to Black people, incomparable achievements, and impact on the liberation struggle. They shared how this divine servant of Allah (God), born Louis Eugene Walcott on May 11, 1933, personally affected them. Before becoming “Farrakhan” to the world,...
Boston police launch controversial gun search program
(FinalCall.com) - Boston police are launching a program, The Safe Homes Initiative, which allows parents in high-crime neighborhoods to have detectives enter homes without warrants to search for guns in children's bedrooms. Neighborhoods such as Grove Hall, Eagleston Square, Franklin Hill and Franklin Field are being targeted. Critics say the program plays on parents so fearful of gun violence,...
The Dangers and Risks of GMOs (Genetically Modified Organisms)
The masses of Americans, Blacks in particular, are suffering from other problems produced by “Genetically Modified Organisms.” What is the definition of a “Genetically Modified Organism”? From the American Heritage Medical Dictionary, it gives the definition: “An organism whose genetic characteristics have been altered by the insertion of a modified gene or a gene from another organism using the techniques of genetic engineering.” And the definition of “gene” is...
Muslims push for public school holidays
NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - A New York City councilman and 12 colleagues have sponsored a resolution calling on the state to require the Department of Education to incorporate the Muslim holidays of Eid Ul-Fitr and Eid Ul-Adha as observed holidays in the city’s public school calendar. Immediately Mayor Michael Bloomberg called Resolution 1281 a “slippery slope,” saying students cannot afford...
Rap legend Chuck D talks #HipHop50 with The Final Call, Part 2
Chuck D is a living legend. As co-founder and frontman of the iconic rap group Public Enemy, he is a hip hop industry pioneer, who advocates the independent delivery of music to the public and helped lead the digital download revolution. In part 1 of his recent interview with Final Call National Correspondent Charlene Muhammad (see Vol. 42 No....
Rev. Jackson shines a light on Haiti crisis
Contributing Writer Rising food prices increase Haiti’s agony (FCN, 04-23-2008) CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - The Rev. Jesse Jackson left for Haiti April 26 to tour the debt-ridden nation gripped in a food crisis. With ministers and Haitian nationals as part of his delegation, he also hoped the media would follow. “Haiti is out of sight and out of mind,” Rev. Jackson told...
Chastity: A matter of national security Sisters of iDENY host online event for women and girls
“To be a woman is not to be a lightweight creature. To be a woman is to be one of the greatest representatives of the nature of God Himself; that there is in creation.” The above quote from the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, from “How To Give Birth to A God, Part 1,” stresses the importance of a woman’s value...
UN investigator on racism completes U.S. tour
UN special investigator tours U.S. (FCN, 06-04-2008) UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - Doudou Diene, a Sengalese lawyer and the United Nations Human Rights Council special rapporteur on racism, has completed a tour of eight American cities, where he gathered firsthand information on issues related to racial discrimination and xenophobia. At a June 6 press conference in the UN Information Center in Washington, D.C.,...
Top Sweetener Officially Declared a Carcinogen
by Dr. Joseph Mercola - mercola.com NEWS ANALYSIS Since 1987, it’s been clear this sweetener’s approval was mired by conflict of interest, poor quality, industry-funded research and revolving-door relationships between the FDA and the food industry. The World Health Organization has finally gotten around to declaring the popular artificial sweetener aspartame a potential carcinogen. I warned about aspartame’s cancer-causing potential on my site over...
Policy change gives LAPD chief more power
CHARLENEM LOS ANGELES (FinalCall.com) - The Los Angeles Police Department Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a new policy July 22 that mandates more training for officers involved in deadly use of force incidents and grants the police chief more oversight of when, why and how to discipline officers involved in shootings. LAPD Commander Richard Webb explained during a Commissioner’s Special Meeting...