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A Message to the Black Professionals

By FinalCall.com News When the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan spoke to the National Dental Association in Chicago, the room for its annual civil rights luncheon was packed. Among the top professionals in Black America, some had thriving private practices, others worked for government or corporations. Many were second and perhaps third generation dentists. They applauded the Minister and presented him with...

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...

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...

Learning the lessons of history and rejecting the lies of the past

By Richard B. Muhammad - Editor The Jewish and right wing media have gone wild with publication of a photo of Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan and then U.S. Senator Barack Obama taken over a decade ago. Not content with howling at Mr. Obama, these jackals now clamor and declare: how could the Congressional Black Caucus associate with the Minister...

The unraveling of soulless America

FINALCALL.COM Despite calls from Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden to take the country back and restore its soul, the soul of America died long ago. If she ever had one. Thousands of people in the streets don't signal an awakening in America, it is another sign of the failures of this nation. The only thing that seems to move the powerful and...

It is all about the Benjamins and influence for Israel lobbyists

FINALCALL.COM A flood of propaganda has flowed as the ugly, undemocratic policies of Israel and advocates for the Jewish state come under scrutiny alongside calls for debate and accountability. The latest major target was Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, a freshman Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives. She has challenged one-sided American foreign policy aligned with Israel and a growing...

Disunity, money, midterm madness and the continued decline of a nation

By FinalCall.com News Midterm elections are over and the president whose party lost seats and control of the Congress has had his obligatory post-election meeting with GOP leaders. The mainstream pundits, commentators and columnists insist voters sent a signal: Government needs to work and people are tired of gridlock. If that was the signal voters aren't likely to see much evidence...

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...

Trump, Treason And The Fall Of America

FINALCALL.COM Upset by demands for documents, witnesses to testify and a fast-moving impeachment process unfolding in the U.S. House of Representatives, the president of the United States declared the country could be headed toward a “civil war” if he is removed from power. America has moved to another critical point, a potential point of explosion as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)...