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A new year, an old fight, a new opportunity

FINALCALL.COM As the old year goes out and a new year comes in, there is anticipation and hope that the future will be better and brighter than the immediate past. Resolutions are made to change, plans are conceived and a new spirit seems to permeate the atmosphere. The New Year, hopefully, brings new desires and a new commitment or a renewed...

Economic justice, Black progress and the Supreme Court

FINALCALL.COM Entrepreneur Byron Allen was once known as a comedian but having created an estimated $1 billion media entity, he's no joke and neither is his upcoming Supreme Court case challenging the giant Comcast Corp. and Charter Communications. At the root of his $20 million lawsuit, which is scheduled to be heard by the high court Nov. 13, are charges that...

Editorial: Warnings, Signs of a World Power Under Judgment

Before a global shutdown ushered in by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan delivered a vital message as the Nation of Islam closed its annual convention in 2020. The TCF Center in Detroit’s main room and overflow rooms were filled with people. The Minister’s message that day was “The Unraveling of A Great Nation.” Part of what he said...

The State of Black America 2022 and Signs of the Time

The National Urban League’s recent finding that the current State of Black America is grim is unsurprising. And in 2022, since ratification of America’s Constitution in 1788, the League’s Equality Index finds that Blacks are about three-fifths along the way to experiencing equal status with White Americans. The Black-White disparity persists across virtually every line or indicator of life and quality...

Lessons from Black History

By FinalCall.com News February is designated Black History Month and should be a time when we make a special effort, not the only effort, to focus on lessons from history and apply those lessons to our ongoing struggle. It is not only a chance to celebrate, but a time to reflect and a time to honor those who forged a...

America’s economic nightmare

By FinalCall.com News Each year the president   gives a State of the Union address and each year America pauses to pay symbolic homage to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As the president speaks to a variety of issues an overriding problem connects the State of the Union and the legacy of Dr. King: economic injustice. Relegating Dr. King to the...

An Unhappy Anniversary

By Final Call News This year marked the 48th anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and included remembrances and writings that paid tribute to the drum major for justice and civil rights movement martyr. Absent from the remembrances and the ceremonial programs was a very simple tribute to Dr. King: A demand that all involved in his...

Warning and the mercy of God

By Final Call News “To be plagued with too much rain will destroy property and lives. It swells the rivers and creeks. Too much rain floods cities and towns. Large bodies of water at the ocean shore lines will be made to swell with unusually high waves, dumping billions of tons of water over the now seashore line. … “Wind with...

A Time to Build

FINALCALL.COM Responses to the unfortunate passing of hip hop artist, entrepreneur and community builder Nipsey Hussle have come from across America and places around the globe. The young man born Ermias Asghedom is being acknowledged as a visionary and gifted person who wanted to share his gifts and good fortune with others. From its inception hip hop has had an element...

A liar in the White House, danger for the country

FINALCALL.COM Dear America, Your president is a liar. It may seem impolite or indelicate to call him such, but too much is at stake to not speak the truth. This is especially important for news media, the so-called guardian of democracy whose lap dog repetition of Bush administration lies about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq helped lead to almost two decades...