Perspectives
Editor’s Notebook: Baltimore, Md.
By Richard B. Muhammad #‎freddiegray‬ Scenes from weekend of reporting on gatherings, rallies, protests, marches and celebration of the charging of six police officers in the death of unarmed Black male connected to encounter with Baltimore police officers. States Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby announced charges against the officers on May 1 in downtown Baltimore. //(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs...
America’s Failing Democracy
By Final Call News The United States has tried to export and bludgeon nations into accepting her version of democracy. But the death of a system corrupted by big money, special interests and obstacles to the basic right to vote is on display in 2016 runs for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominations. The GOP debacle is the biggest example of...
Losing Friendship And The Day Of America’s Downfall
By Final Call News Bible, Obad. 15, “... As thou has done, it shall be done unto thee.” America has done the worst work of deceiving other peoples and making false friendships with them. Now her turn has come. No one wants to trust her for friendship, for she has deceived many nations. Rev. Ch. 12 (Bible) prophesies of America under...
The Truth About American Hatred And Unjust Attacks On Min. Farrakhan
By Richard B. Muhammad -Editor- The assault on a Jewish synagogue by a White man armed with powerful weapons, the murder of 11 people and the injury of six others must be condemned. Under the Teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad and the leadership of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, members of the Nation of Islam are prohibited from committing acts...
#MeToo doesn’t count against abusive cops?
FINALCALL.COM Over the last three years, there has been an explosion of stories, prosecutions and demands that men, powerful men, be held accountable for the sexual abuse of women who are in vulnerable positions, often seeking employment or job advancement. Lawmakers have lost positions, movie producers and celebrities have faced prosecution, CEOs have resigned, lawsuits have been filed, documentaries made, and...
Modern Lynchings By Law
By Aaron Greene The U.S. death penalty has always been a symbol of White supremacy and a violation of human rights law. Having already executed 12 people this year, the Trump administration plans to execute five people, four of them Black, during this lame duck period. This would be the first time a president has carried out executions during a...
‘What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?’
by Frederick Douglass (Below are excerpts from a major speech delivered by abolitionist Frederick Douglass, who spoke July 5, 1852 in Rochester, New York, to commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Independence.) Fellow-citizens, pardon me, allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here today? What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national...
Atrocities, murder, and no end to genocide in Gaza
News of famine and loss of life in Gaza should not surprise us as Israelis continue their deadly assault on Palestinians or anyone within the Zionist state’s kill zone. The murder of World Central Kitchen humanitarian workers struck down by Israeli Defense Force missiles have again brought words of “sorrow” and calls for investigation. There was presidential outrage in the White...
Divine guidance: The antidote to widespread death
A year ago the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan delivered words of divine warning about the Covid-19 pandemic, the Donald Trump-led rush to produce experimental vaccines, and the divine hand at work in this global crisis. His warning last July 4 in “The Criterion,” a near three-hour message, was directed at the U.S. president, global political and religious leaders, the world...
FCN Editorial Bush argument falls flat
FINALCALLNEWS (FinalCall.com) - If President Bush’s prime time speech Oct. 7 was like a prosecutor making a case for action, the argument was not compelling enough to merit unilateral attacks on Iraq by America. In addition, any closing argument by prosecutors would have been balanced by a closing argument from defense lawyers, who in this case would not argue for Saddam...