Perspectives
Understanding principles of action and what hinders you, part 1
Have you noticed that in recent issues of The Final Call, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan has been reminding us to exercise in his “The War Against Obesity (Fat)” series? The subtitle of the article says, “Exercise to Stay Alive!” What hinders us from exercising? What stops us from setting and achieving a goal? Maybe it’s a lack of knowledge,...
The Crucifixion of Cori Bush
The Zionist lobby has struck boldly and dastardly once again. AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, pumped in millions of dollars to defeat Cori Bush, a Black female congresswoman from St. Louis. She had the audacity to believe she should be able to speak her mind, act on her political beliefs and serve her constituents in...
A Final Call one-on-one interview with Marc Lamont Hill, part 2
The assault on Palestinians, Gaza and the West Bank Dr. Marc Lamont Hill is one of the leading intellectual voices in the country. He has hosted shows for BET News, The Grio, Al Jazeera, and the Coffee & Books podcast. He now offers information and perspective every evening with “Night School” on YouTube.com. He engaged in an insightful one-hour interview...
Living Among Enemies, We Must Not Be Enemies of One Another
Horror stories about the loss of Black Life in America never seem to stop or take a break. From Springfield, Illinois, to Milwaukee during the Republican National Convention, we get reports of Blacks who died at the hands of or in the hands of cops and so-called hotel security guards or employees. Sonya Massey, a Black woman living in the state...
We Must Stop the Killing
The July 4 weekend will be remembered as a horrible time involving over 1,000 people victimized by shootings or killed during the celebration of America’s independence. Many of those deaths occurred in Black neighborhoods where distraught residents have called for an end to the violence and loss of life. In Chicago, there were 100 shootings and 19 deaths, beginning Wednesday,...
Stay away from diet scams: Get fit for life!
Why do some of us try diets that claim we will lose weight fast? It’s because we don’t want to discipline ourselves and do what it takes to be healthier. Along the same lines, it is common to go onto social media or open your email and see some offer for a “get rich quick” scheme. If a person...
Love Self First
“One of the gravest handicaps among the so-called Negroes is that there is no love for self, nor love for his or her own kind. This not having love for self is the root cause of hate (dislike), disunity, disagreement, quarreling, betraying, stool pigeons and fighting and killing one another. How can you be loved, if you have not...
The synagogue assault that never happened
he president denounced keeping worshippers from entering a Los Angeles synagogue. Karen Bass, the city’s Black mayor, vowed to punish any anti-Semite or purveyor of violence. News anchors decried this blatant attack, another terrifying assault on Jewish people. Others condemned out-of-control, mindless rampages by radical pro-Palestine demonstrators hyped up over Israel’s war on Gaza and storm-trooping through American streets...
We’re never free on the White press plantation
When the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) meets for its annual convention and career fair, July 31 to August 4, in Chicago, it will be a special time for 40 year journalist and award winning writer John W. Fountain. He is in the running for two awards for his column writing but not writing done for the White daily...
The majesty of Black fatherhood
Black fatherhood is one of the joys of my life. I didn’t have a relationship with my father and for many years growing up, I declared I didn’t need a father. Indeed, when I looked at many of my friends and peers, it seemed like perhaps I was better off without a father. There always seemed to be conflict...