Editorials
A Mouthpiece For A Menace Speaks
By Final Call News Ari Fleischer, via his @AriFleischer Twitter account in early March, retweeted a short video from the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan's account. “This man is a menace. Maybe his account was hacked,” Mr. Fleischer declared. The Minister had delved into the great insult taken after an interview President Trump had with Bill O' Reilly of Fox News, who...
The awful price of violence today and tomorrow
By Final Call News There was good news for six days in the city of Chicago: No one had been shot and killed. It's sad that such a small window without a gun death was major news because it flew in the face of almost daily reports that someone in the third largest city in America lost life at the barrel...
Days Of Division, Resistance And Deliverance
By Final Call News The 45th president of the United States has been sworn in and a relatively peaceful transfer of power has taken place. But the Divided State of America was clearly seen with the lack of attendance at the inauguration ceremony and literally millions who took to streets to protest the tenure of President Donald John Trump. It's unsurprising...
The Weak Justice Dept. And Its Failures To Give Justice
By Final Call News As the Obama administration comes to a close, the Justice Dept. has issued its report on the Chicago Police Dept., and its pattern and practices, and constitutional violations of the rights of Blacks and Latinos. The findings are disgusting and disturbing but unsurprising. But more disturbing is the Justice Dept.'s continued failure to do anything to hold...
Hate crimes and an horrific video surfaces in Chicago
By Final Call News The images of a young man cowering in a corner while he is taunted, threatened and assaulted is beyond disturbing and has brought attention again to the city of Chicago where four young Blacks have been charged with kidnapping, assaulting and race-based crimes against a special needs young White male. The race of the victim and the...
The value of guidance in dark times
By Final Call News Whatever your spiritual or political persuasion, you could likely agree that these are dark times. Whether the issue is the level of violence, intractable poverty, confusion of leaders, sheer lack of morality and empathy or a type of manic, self-absorption that demands individual satisfaction no matter the cost, these are truly times that try the souls...
We can’t depend on others to protect Black women and girls
By Final Call News The worst thing about the indignity and brutality captured on the video of a White officer slamming a Black mother in Ft. Worth, Texas to the ground, then arresting her and her two daughters is that it was unsurprising. The enemy has always delighted in abusing and disrespecting the Black woman. But to see such unmitigated, unapologetic...
Van Jones’ Misguided View
By Richard B. Muhammad - Editor Van Jones should know a thing or two about mischaracterizations, false narratives and unequal comparisons. The CNN contributor was driven out of the Obama White House by Republicans who accused him of a ton of things–ranging from accusations he was a Communist, to charges he was a left wing extremist, to the charge that...
Condemning Keith Ellison’s DNC madness and attempts to smear Min. Louis Farrakhan
By Richard B. Muhammad - Editor Minnesota congressman Keith Ellison is seeking to lead the Democratic National Committee as the party seeks someone to bring Democrats into the political Promised Land. There is nothing wrong with Rep. Ellison's desire to move his party forward or his desire to help make America progress. But he must be condemned and lambasted for trying...
One Unchangeable Position: Making America White Again
By Final Call News After a stunning and historic political upset, President-elect Donald Trump is moving forward to lead the nation. With his first televised interview and some subdued communication with President Barack Obama, the new chairman of America, Inc. is sounding a little different from the bombastic man who thrashed his way to the White House. The Trump victory, earned...