Perspectives
A special prosecutor, body cams and questions about justice for Robert Brooks
Letitia James, the Black woman who is New York state attorney general, was applauded after releasing horrific video capturing the merciless beating of a 43-year-old handcuffed Black man by White corrections officers at Marcy Correctional Facility in New York. She also vowed a vigorous investigation into the death of Robert Brooks, after the unwarranted beatdown inside a facility with a...
It’s Saviours’ Day season!
We are coming into a special time of year for the Nation of Islam, Black America, international guests and even curiosity seekers: It’s Saviours’ Day season! It’s time for our annual convention which returns to Chicago, our headquarters’ city, in 2025. The base for our gathering Feb. 21-23 will be the grounds of our National Center and Mosque Maryam. We...
The horrific death of Robert Brooks
The brutal videotaped beating of a handcuffed Black man by White corrections officers at the Marcy Correctional Facility in New York was horrific but not surprising nor shocking. Three corrections officers beat Robert Brooks, 43, the same day he entered the prison, which has a troubled history of abuses and lawsuits. “Robert Brooks died on December 10 following a vicious...
‘We’re in real time watching the system murder my father’
The son and supporters of onetime Black liberation soldier Imam Jamil Al-Amin refuse to watch him die. They are fighting to get him emergency medical treatment in federal prison now. As a soldier in the Black liberation movement, he was known as H. Rap Brown, a bold defender of freedom, justice and equality who earned the enmity of the U.S....
We must depend on Allah God in 2025
As we enter the New Year, it is wise to consider the previous year and lessons to be learned. The New Year can also bring up new vision and inspiration about what we would like to accomplish in 2025 as we seek to make progress and do better. Black America in 2024 faced again serious challenges and were haunted by...
Life, Legacy and Longevity
Remembering Abdul Wali Muhammad “Jesus said, ‘Let him that would be great among you, let him be your servant.’ You cannot serve if you think you are greater than that which you are called to serve. To be a servant means you must see those whom you are called to serve as greater than yourself.” The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, speaking...
Syria, America, Israel and a dangerous time
With what is described as the sudden fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, Israel unleashed hundreds of air strikes on its neighbor. America joined the bombing frenzy, saying she wanted to destroy ISIS forces that are among different groups involved in a long, bloody civil war. Fourteen years of conflict have killed more than 350,000 Syrians, displaced millions and...
A tribute to the princess of Black poetry: Nikki Giovanni
by Dr. Khalilah T. Muhammad Poet. Activist. Artist. Scholar. Educator. Teacher. Female. Black. Black Feeling Black Talk. The Princess of Black Poetry. It gives me great pleasure to take time, to stop my academic routine of ending this fall semester of teaching, grading, reading and writing, to reflect on the legacy of Nikki Giovanni. As the Honorable Elijah Muhammad is quoted...
America’s dilemma and a gentle word for pharaoh
Go thou and thy brother with My messages and do not be remiss in remembering Me.Go both of you to Pharaoh, surely he is inordinate;Then speak to him a gentle word, haply he may mind or fear.—Holy Qur’an, Chapter 20, Verses 42-44, Maulana Muhammad Ali translation Watching what is happening inside America, as the nation unravels before our eyes, clearly...
Tobacco and vaping are destroying generations with each puff by Shawntell Muhammad | Contributing Writer
“The government condemns smoking, but still permits tobacco to be sold to the public. All of this is due to commercializing on that which produces a short life.” —The Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, How to Eat to Live, Book 2, page 22 Tobacco use, cigarettes and e-cigarettes (vaping), in particular, are on a steady incline amongst the disenfranchised American...