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An Assault On Religious, Free Speech Rights Against Farrakhan, The Nation Of Islam In United Kingdom

By Final Call News Freedom of expression and freedom of religion are two cherished rights in Western democracies. Charges of violating one or both rights can result in condemnation, sanctions, support for toppling governments and a nation being cast out of the international community. The United Kingdom, which sees itself as a bastion of democracy and respect for human rights, recently...

We Have To Live And We Have To Protect Our Lives

By Richard B. Muhammad - Editor Black men, we don't have to die from prostate cancer. But too many of us are dying. I am one of the blessed ones. I underwent prostate cancer surgery recently and am now at home on the mend. I was blessed to have my awareness of this disease raised when the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan went...

No ‘Mistress’ Of Monticello

By Final Call News The July announcement that the “living quarters” for Sally Hemings at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello plantation had been uncovered and were under restoration brought efforts to cover the Declaration of Independence author's horrible history. Before being dragged on Black Twitter and elsewhere, early articles referred to slave Hemings as the slave holder's “mistress.” She wasn't a mistress. She...

Losing Friendship And The Day Of America’s Downfall

By Final Call News Bible, Obad. 15, “... As thou has done, it shall be done unto thee.” America has done the worst work of deceiving other peoples and making false friendships with them. Now her turn has come. No one wants to trust her for friendship, for she has deceived many nations. Rev. Ch. 12 (Bible) prophesies of America under...

Hiding the truth about CIA secret prisons

By Final Call News While all things Russian, Putin and Trump dominate much of U.S. news coverage, another important aspect of U.S. history and policy is going largely unnoticed and may never see the light of day. In news reports June 2, the New York Times and CNN were among outlets that revealed plans by the Trump administration to lock away...

Sad days, dark days and us killing us

By Final Call News There seems to be no end to the sorrow spread across America on a daily basis and the painful loss of Black life, whether at the hands of police officers or as Richard Collins III, a graduating student at Bowie State University in Maryland, was allegedly killed by a White student on the campus of the...

Words Of Peace Amid The Winds Of War?

By Final Call News President Trump delivered important words to the world and Saudi Arabia when he said that the United States was not in the oil-rich nation to tell others how to live. America has certainly forfeited any right to try to pass judgement on others given her human rights violations at home among her slaves, the children of her...

Omarosa, the ADL and Farrakhan

By Final Call News Omarosa Manigualt was going about her business during a call in to WVON-AM 1690, Chicago's Black Talk radio station. She was interviewed by morning show hosts Maze Jackson and Charles Thomas about her role in the Trump administration as the point person for outreach to Black America. In the conversation, Omarosa shared her priority issues–education, economics, crime...

Sex trafficking must be stopped – now!

By Final Call News Google “sex trafficking” and you should be highly disturbed and upset by what you will find. We need to separate myth from horrible reality–and end it right now. We don't have time for denial, Black girls are under assault. According to Chioma Adaku, of the non-profit advocacy group Traffik Stops, sex trafficking victims are not commonly kidnapped...

Heartbreak And Carnage In America

By Final Call News The killing of 74-year-old Robert Godwin, Sr. On Easter Sunday in Cleveland was beyond disturbing as the elderly Black man was shot to death and his alleged killer later uploaded the heinous act on Facebook. Steve Stephens, identified from videos and statements from family and an ex-girlfriend, plainly states his desire and decision to kill and to...