Perspectives
A sliding scale for White supremacy
FINALCALL.COM Shortly before Brenton Tarrant, a 28-year-old, avowed White Nationalist and Australian citizen, was charged with murder for slaughtering worshippers in two mosques in New Zealand, the president of the United States sat in the White House and told reporters that White Nationalism was not a major problem. “I don't really, I think it's a small group of people,” Mr. Trump...
An institution-builder leads new MSU School of Global Journalism
By Richard B. Muhammad -Editor- If DeWayne Wickham did nothing else his journalistic legacy would be complete: He is a founder of the National Association of Black Journalists, a founder of the Black columnists' Trotter Group, and a man who worked across “platforms” in TV, radio and print before the term existed. His resume includes an impressive list of places where he...
Our strongest and truest cry: We charge genocide!
And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. Isaiah 28:18 Can a murderous mind be retrained to deliver freedom, justice and equality to the object of its derision, scorn and hatred? Emphatically not. With the May 3 funeral...
Iraq victory? A gross miscalculation compounded
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- Senator John McCain was recently on television relating that, in the 1970s he had read the Pentagon Papers (that were courageously pilfered from the Department of Defense by Daniel Ellsberg), saying that they contained evidence from high-level sources that there were "gross miscalculations" made in the conduct of the Vietnam War. He also thought that these...
Toward a Black and Brown Political Coalition
Uniting the Black, Red and Brown (FCN Editorial, 05-18-2007)An Open Letter to Black Americans from Latinos (FCN, 09-09-2003)The Basis Of Black-Latino Unity Is Not Political (BEC, 07-24-2001) As we find ourselves in the throes of the current political agendas, it is of the utmost importance that the Black and Brown communities recognize that a political coalition is in the...
Farrakhan Vindicated, Despite Media Lies
By Richard B. Muhammad - Editor American media is like a powerful flood that can uproot and wash away everything in its path. But nothing is more powerful than God Himself and his ability to vindicate and clear his servants of false charges, no matter how large the lie and how often it is repeated. When the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan...
Preserving history and remembering the Honorable Elijah Muhammad
By Richard B. Muhammad - Editor The great 20th century Black nationalist and Pan-Africanist leader Marcus Garvey wisely observed, “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” The roots of a tree anchor and nourish it and help to keep the tree alive. Like a tree without roots falls easily into...
Eleven Fifty-five Yes, I’m White and Muslim
I encountered an article in a recent copy of The Weekly Mirror International by a writer named John Janney. I believe it is most effective AS IS, without any rewriting or analysis; to wit: My light-brown beard with random blond streaks and pale skin color led me to an interesting conversation during a condensed milk expedition at my local grocery...
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...
Fires rage in Ferguson
By Richard B. Muhammad FERGUSON, Mo.–Fire still burns in Ferguson, not the fires that attracted mainstream media, but the fire and desire for liberation in this St. Louis suburb struck by an uprising and protests that captured the world's attention. Fire burns in the hearts of young people coming into a political and social awakening, in the hearts of so-called gang...