Perspectives
Consider the possibility
In the eyes of many people, Minister Farrakhan staked his reputation and risked being thought of as insane. He opened himself to public mockery by announcing that he had come to believe that the Honorable Elijah Muhammad was alive, even though he believed that he had seen his teacher's body in a coffin at the end of February 1975. Nevertheless,...
Everyday obstacles must be removed in AIDS war
By George Curry-Guest Columnist- Black groups band together to fight AIDS (FCN, 08-29-2006) For the moment, set aside the talk about microbicides, pre-exposure prophylaxis, post-exposure prophylaxis, combination therapy and HAART (Highly Active Antiretroviral Treatment). Throw out all of the acronyms associated with the deadly alphabets of HIV and AIDS. Once one moves pass all medical jargon, the realization sets in that,...
Israel mimics failed U.S. militarism
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- The myth is that the U.S. is the most powerful nation in the world, and that Israelis are some of the smartest people in the world. Well, why are they both bogged down in the Middle East, utilizing military approaches to problems that, in the end, will not yield to successful solutions? Surely, Israel must have...
Aids remains a ‘super’ problem
By George Curry-Guest Columnist- You know an event is important when it takes on Roman numerals. It instantly achieves Super Bowl status. This year's International AIDS Conference is number XVI. The one two years ago in Bangkok was XV. And the one two years from now, in Mexico City, will be XVII. This is the real Super Bowl. It's not...
Bush gives Israel more time to kill the innocent
Pro-Israel lobby dictates U.S. policy, study charges (FCN, 04-05-2006) The tragedy unfolding in Lebanon in the Middle East is a reminder of the Katrina disaster in America. The Bush White House suffered from brain paralysis, while thousands of mainly Black and poor people of New Orleans suffered and died. Why would the American administration stand by and watch...
Blacks and the immigration issue
The Basis Of Black-Latino Unity Is Not Political (BEC, 07-24-2001) Do you have the Gringo attitude regarding immigration reform legislation? “Gringos” set the tone of debate recently exacerbating tensions between Blacks and Browns. They set the bar at “the back of the bus,” causing some of us to parrot: “African Americans struggle at the lower levels of the economic chain...
A respectful Black-Latino coalition
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- The Basis Of Black-Latino Unity Is Not Political (BEC, 07-24-2001) In between the reticence of the Black leadership to fully discuss the problem of immigration, especially as it affects the demands of the Latino population and the resentment of their constituents to those demands, is the necessity to consider rationally the content of an agenda that...
A run-off referendum on Nagin’s leadership
By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- Any time you have an election with an elected official already in office and running for re-election, the election is largely about that person’s leadership in office. In other words, it is a referendum on the leadership provided by him or her in their previous tenure in office. In this case, the referendum on Ray Nagin,...
On a continuous campaign of deception
The Nation of Islam vs. The New York Post (Editor's Note: This article was originally published in the Final Call Newspaper in 1998.) Let us remember that this $4,400,000,000 libel case (which this limited series of articles concern) is affecting that which appears to be the wicked's final campaign to destroy the Nation of Islam at our root. So, none of uswho are the...
‘Laying the pipes’ for a new government
-Guest Columnist- As Dr. Cornel West at the “State of the Black Union” symposium in Houston was calling Minister Louis Farrakhan's plans for the establishment of a new government for Black people in America a “pipe dream,” one of the ministries of that new government was reporting its progress on Feb. 25 in Chicago at the Nation of Islam's...