Perspectives
Enabling Don Imus
By Richard Muhammad-Guest Columnist- Incident is merely the latest in a string of racial slurs (Media Matters, 04-06-2007)Black women ‘dogged’ by MTV (FCN, 09-06-2006)Being A Black Woman In The World by Winnie Mandela (FCN, 04-18-2006)Palestinians called 'Stinking Animals' on MSNBC's 'Imus' (CAIR, 11-18-2004)Spelman students cancel rapper’s charity event (FCN, 04-19-2004)Media images of Black women: From soft porn to the invisible soldier (FCN,...
A swift kick in the bread basket
“And (make him) a messenger to the Children of Israel (saying): I have come to you with a sign from your Lord, that I determine out of dust the form of a bird, then I breathe into it and it becomes a bird with Allah’s permission, and I heal the blind and the leprous, and bring the dead...
Gadhafi’s rise to power
(FinalCall.com) - Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi “right now is at the peak of his power,” according to Alessandro Bruno, assistant editor of the North African Journal. Not only does the current head of the African Union “for the first time in his 40 year” reign as leader of the Libyan Jamahiriya enjoy diplomatic relations with all countries including the...
What about the bombs?
(FinalCall.com) - On February 26, 2012, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan delivered his keynote address for the Nation of Islam's Annual Saviours' Day Convention to an enthusiastic crowd at the United Center in Chicago. A few days after the address the standard attack dogs–Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and Abraham Foxman–were sent out to scare the people away from...
12 Years A Slave: Depravity, Denial and Truth
By Richard B. Muhammad -Editor- The movie 12 Years A Slave tells a harrowing and disturbing tale. It should: The movie is about a free Black man, tricked, kidnapped and sold into slavery. It's due for release in October but a recent showing at the Toronto Film Festival shocked some so much that they left the theater. The beatings and killings...
The Final Call: The First 35 Years
By Final Call Editor-In-ChiefRichard B. Muhammad Anniversaries mean something and can denote purpose, staying power, commitment, relevance or unrelenting determination to stay alive. This year will mark the 35th anniversary of the founding of The Final Call newspaper and our mission to resurrect the Black man and woman of America and the world. We have survived the first three decades...
Black problems, politics and our survival
By FinalCall.com News Mid-term 2014 elections scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 4, have candidates out shaking hands and running attack and counter attack ads with all of the seats in the House of Representatives and 33 seats in the Senate on the line. Governors will be chosen in 38 states and territories along with representatives for state legislatures and local governments. Much...
What does murder of ‘Good people. Decent people. God-fearing people’ demand?
By FinalCall.com News The brutal slaughter of nine Black people in Charleston, S.C., inside Emanuel AME Church has inspired talk of forgiveness, the enduring power of love over hate and God wanting us to forgive and move on. It is lamentable that these expressions are reserved for moments when those who have murdered us for centuries perpetuate heinous crimes against us...
What About Jessica?
By Richard B. Muhammad - Editor Murder is a horrible thing but some killings are so gruesome, so wanton that they elicit a special brand of shock, horror, pain and dismay. The brutal and public killing of a young mother on a Chicago subway train is an infuriating horror story. In broad daylight, Jessica Hampton was stabbed and had her throat cut...
Hajj: A Journey of devotion and unity
By Imam Sultan R. Muhammad (Editor's note: This week we offer our editorial page for an important message from Sultan Rahman Muhammad, student national imam of the Nation of Islam, about this special time of year for Muslims worldwide.) “And everyone has a goal to which he turns (himself), so vie with one another in good works. Wherever you are, Allah...