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Freedom is not free

By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- During the Thanksgiving holidays, I listened to an interview of Bruce Gordon, the new head of the NAACP, with Brian...

The veil is lifted in France as Black and Arab youth rebel

(FinalCall.com) - In the 1960s and '70s, the cities of America were burning under the weight of Black rebellion. The American media...

News Analysis: Farrakhan and the press

WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com) - The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan's presence in Washington for the Millions More Movement provided the national press corps with rare...

Katrina: The hurricane of righteous Black anger

By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- Iraq war delayed Katrina relief effort, inquiry finds (Independent, 10-02-2005) (FinalCall.com) - The Black community has a right to be angry...

Declaration of independence

Minister Farrakhan was the featured speaker at a rally in the "cradle of liberty," Philadelphia, on July 4th, 1996. For the...

You are what you eat – you cannibal!

It seems flesh-eaters have lost another round in the fight for survival. Usually, long after having given up the eating of...

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...

The scourge of Black poverty

By Ron Walters-Guest Columnist- (FinalCall.com) - Until recently, I had never heard of the latest disease now ravaging Angola in West Africa, called “Marburg.”...

‘Hell no, we won’t go!’

By George CurryGuest Columnist "Hell no, we won't go!" That was a popular chant of protesters during the Vietnam War. Although there were scattered anti-war...

Atlanta murders: Guilt by association

By George Curry-Guest Columnist- When news broke that a prisoner awaiting trial on rape charges in Atlanta had overpowered a sheriff's deputy, taken her gun,...