Perspectives
‘Just Obey:’ Predatory policing isn’t just going away
By Final Call News In case after case, from a sophomore girl slammed to the floor in a South Carolina high school, to a bikini-clad teenager kneed in the back in Texas, to an unarmed 18-year-old shot to death in Ferguson, Mo., attempts to dismiss possible police wrongdoing are couched in a single two-word phrase: “Just obey.” “Just obey.” The false argument...
Condemning Keith Ellison’s DNC madness and attempts to smear Min. Louis Farrakhan
By Richard B. Muhammad - Editor Minnesota congressman Keith Ellison is seeking to lead the Democratic National Committee as the party seeks someone to bring Democrats into the political Promised Land. There is nothing wrong with Rep. Ellison's desire to move his party forward or his desire to help make America progress. But he must be condemned and lambasted for trying...
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...
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...
Hands off Ava Muhammad!
FINALCALL.COM In scripture and in history, those who stand against oppression and evil often find themselves falsely accused of wrongs committed by those who are actually guilty. This ugly, disturbing and unacceptable pattern played out recently at San Diego State University where Dr. Ava Muhammad, gifted spiritual teacher, author, radio personality, attorney and national spokesperson for the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan...
A History of Treachery From the Tuskegee Experiment to Covid-19 Concentration Camps: A Trail of Torture And Death
STATE OF TENNESEE EXECUTIVE ORDER #38 AUGUST 6, 2021 “Temporary quarantine and isolation facilities may be constructed. The provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 68-11-202( c )( 1 )-(8), are hereby suspended to allow for the construction of temporary structures, the plans for which would otherwise be subject to review for new construction, additions, or substantial alterations, as directed by the...
America’s salvation requires walking in the light of truth
Joe Biden has been declared the leader of the Democratic Party and exited its convention having delivered the best speech of his political life as part of his effort to gain the White House in 2020. The Democrats’ candidate for president emerged from his bunker in a Covid-19 stricken world speaking of light, national unity and battling for the soul...
President Biden is betting bipartisanship can save America; that’s a losing bet for Black folk
President Biden’s town hall meeting was different from his predecessor, Donald Trump, in tone, language, vision. The Delaware Democrat admitted the United States is facing major problems and shouting “Make America Great Again” and wrapping oneself in the flag isn’t going to ensure this country’s survival. “When I went to this G7, all the major democracies, I walked in …...
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...
CBC attacks Ohio voter disenfranchisement
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- I have seldom seen tears come to his eyes. But there was Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. sitting in front of Detroit Rep. John Conyers, expressing his pain at the indignity of having to fight to legitimize the right to vote all over again, urging the Congressional Black Caucus to go to Ohio and hold hearings...