Perspectives
Is Africa throwing off the yoke of dependency?
-Guest Columnist- (FinalCall.com) - A growing debate–maybe even a paradigm swing–has been initiated by Africans challenging Western-backed organizations like Human Rights Watch, the International Criminal Court, and Bob Geldolf's Live Aid campaigns. Africans are speaking for themselves and raising questions about those acting in the name of doing good on the continent. From providing aid, to settling differences, and giving...
Laura Bush in Africa cites poor example of ‘take it slow’
The statement of First Lady Laura Bush in Cairo, Egypt, North Africa, about the U.S. Constitution and slavery was comparable to one of President George W. Bush's slip of the lip (a failure to engage the brain before he engages his mouth). In reference to democracy in Egypt, Mrs. Bush stated that she agrees with the “go slow...
A Reverse ‘Farrakhan Litmus Test’ For Hillary?
By Richard B. Muhammad - Editor Hillary Clinton is as nervous as young Blacks and those off the Democratic Party plantation ask which Hillary wants Black support and which Hillary will rule if voted into the White House? Her positions that hurt Blacks and past racial shenanigans are rising from political graves–they should. She has been forced to renounce support for...
The NFL, domestic abuse and Black America’s degraded condition
By FinalCall.com News The videotaped encounter between former NFL player Ray Rice and his then-fiancée have opened floodgates of discussion about domestic violence and the respect and treatment of women. It has also shown just how far this society is off when it comes to understanding the value of women, family and civilized behavior. It has shown just how much celebrity,...
Trump war talk and a crisis with Iran
FINALCALL.COM The most recent saber rattling toward Iran from the United States is bringing the Middle East and the world closer to a war that no one should want and a war that could threaten the entire planet. President Trump, backed by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Advisor John Bolton, has accused Iran of bombing oil tankers in...
The Return of Aristide and Haiti’s Future
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. -Guest Columnist- It happened on March 18th. After more than seven years, the democratically elected–yet ousted–president of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide returned home. Accompanied by his family as well as allies, such as actor/activist Danny Glove,r and noted journalist Amy Goodman, he returned to, in his words, make a modest contribution to Haiti. Aristide returned immediately prior to...
The “Save Darfur” Roadshow and Ruse
WILLIAM.REED -Guest Columnist- The deception started with allegations of “slavery in Sudan.” Well-intended schoolchildren held bake sales and washed cars in order to “buy back a slave.” Over the past decade, such subterfuge morphed into an American declaration that “genocide was being carried out in Darfur.” All a pretext. The “Save Darfur” campaign is not about saving Sudan's devastated people. The...
Feeling disrespected? Redistribute the pain!
By Richard B. Muhammad - Editor Tis the season … for making folks pay attention. When Mike Brown, Sr., saw a little boy asking his mom for five bucks in a Family Dollar Store in St. Louis and mom said she didn't have it, he knew what he had to do. He asked his wife and a friend if they had...
The State of Black America 2022 and Signs of the Time
The National Urban League’s recent finding that the current State of Black America is grim is unsurprising. And in 2022, since ratification of America’s Constitution in 1788, the League’s Equality Index finds that Blacks are about three-fifths along the way to experiencing equal status with White Americans. The Black-White disparity persists across virtually every line or indicator of life and quality...
Obama should just say no
Debate has escalated in recent days on whether the United States should engage in yet another war and strike Damascus, Syria. President Barack Obama gave an Aug. 31 statement from the White House Rose Garden laying out the case for U.S. intervention in Syria and his willingness to seek the approval of Congress and the Senate before...