Final Call
By Ashahed M. Muhammad -Asst. Editor-

Farrakhan challenges Detroit leadership and community to unify to take back city

A message of guidance for resurrecting the Motor City and rebuilding the Black community.

DETROIT - During a two-day visit to Detroit which included messages to the city's political and spiritual leadership, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan offered a vision of unity, cooperation and productivity that could turn the city around.

Though the city is presently viewed as an example of urban blight and economic decay, the residents of what was famously called "The Motor City" have an opportunity to change the city's conditions and to serve as an example of urban renewal to be emulated across the country.

This once proud city is only a shell of its former self with Black and White residents fleeing, abandoned and burned-out properties on major swaths of land, and in many vacant lots throughout the city, trash is stacked up high as if they were landfills. » FULL STORY

Giving ex-offenders a clean slate

By La Risa Lynch Contributing Writer

Having a criminal record has broader implications than the average citizen or lawmakers know, said Anthony Lowery, of the Safer Foundation, an ex-offender advocacy group. Criminal records, he explained, prevent people from obtaining jobs, housing and college financial aid.


80 Years of Grace: Celebrating the birth anniversary of Minister Louis Farrakhan

By Charlene Muhammad -National Correspondent-

CHICAGO - The phrase "party with a purpose" took on a whole new meaning as the Nation of Islam gathered to celebrate the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan's 80th birth anniversary on May 11.


Will the real anti-Semite please stand up?

By Richard B. Muhammad -Editor-

It's time for the modern synagogue of Satan to be exposed and for Black America and America's leaders and people to decide whether to continue to follow the path of evil or turn to the path of God, said the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan.


'Well-behaved' African leaders rewarded by President Obama

By Jehron Muhammad

In March “well-behaved African heads of state ... (were) rewarded by Barack Obama with a chance to meet with him in groups of four and have their picture taken with him,” reported Africasacountry.com. “It’s like meeting Beyonce, but you get to call it a state visit.”


FBI places Assata Shakur on 'Most Wanted Terrorist' list

By RT.com

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has announced that Assata Shakur (formerly known as Joanne Chesimard) has been added to its Most Wanted Terrorists list. The May 2 bulletin makes her the first woman to be placed on the list.


Farrakhan challenges Detroit leadership and community to unify to take back city

By Ashahed M. Muhammad -Asst. Editor-

A message of guidance for resurrecting the Motor City and rebuilding the Black community.

DETROIT - During a two-day visit to Detroit which included messages to the city's political and spiritual leadership, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan offered a vision of unity, cooperation and productivity that could turn the city around.

Though the city is presently viewed as an example of urban blight and economic decay, the residents of what was famously called "The Motor City" have an opportunity to change the city's conditions and to serve as an example of urban renewal to be emulated across the country.

This once proud city is only a shell of its former self with Black and White residents fleeing, abandoned and burned-out properties on major swaths of land, and in many vacant lots throughout the city, trash is stacked up high as if they were landfills.


Oklahoma, other tornado-hit states brace for more

By AP

SHAWNEE, Okla. - When Lindsay Carter heard on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, she gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was little left.


'Making Satan known'

By Richard B. Muhammad -Editor-

In part 19 of his weekly series, The Time and What Must Be Done, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan continued to expose the reality of Satan and the evil actions of those who use divine wisdom to lead America and the world off of the path of God.


Giving ex-offenders a clean slate

By La Risa Lynch Contributing Writer

Having a criminal record has broader implications than the average citizen or lawmakers know, said Anthony Lowery, of the Safer Foundation, an ex-offender advocacy group. Criminal records, he explained, prevent people from obtaining jobs, housing and college financial aid.


California police brutality focus of statewide gathering for justice

By Charlene Muhammad -National Correspondent-

OXNARD, Calif. - Victims' families, activists, and a civil rights judge delivered messages of unity, power and justice during the first ever California Statewide Civil Rights Conference on Police Brutality.


Syria slams Israel for aligning with rebels after air strikes

By RT.com

Syria has accused Israel of supporting rebel factions following airstrikes during the May 5 weekend. Washington claimed it had no warning of the strike, while Israel stepped up the military presence on its borders without confirming their hand in the attack.


Zimbabwe’s president: West seeks to plunder Africa

By Gillian Gotora

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe urged African intelligence services to prepare for fresh onslaughts by foreigners and the continent’s former colonizers to grasp its natural resources and potential wealth.


Putin slams ISAF for turning blind eye to Afghanistan drug production

By RT.com

The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) does almost nothing to eradicate drug production in Afghanistan, and this drug-trafficking problem will likely worsen in the near future, Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated.


Israel exploited loophole to take 1,000 DNA samples from African refugees

By RT.com

Israeli police have admitted to collecting some 1,000 DNA samples from African refugees who have arrived in the country since 2012, after using a security-related clause to open criminal cases against some of the immigrants.


Rape cases highlight colonial police practices

By Ranjit Devraj

NEW DELHI (IPS) - Harsh police handling of public protests erupting across India over a spate of sensational rapes since December has resulted in renewed demands to reform a force that retains the repressive features of its colonial origins.


U.S. economic woes started in Reagan era: Analyst

By PressTV

The US economic problems date back to the 1980s, and have their roots in former president Ronald Reagan's failed policies.


Activists working to find solutions for youth unemployment

By Saeed Shabazz -Staff Writer-

NEW YORK - Youth unemployment has reached 11.7 percent nationally, according to the U.S. Dept. of Labor, however, for Black youth, ages 19 to 29 the national number is 20 percent, while 12.6 percent of Latinos in the same age bracket are unemployed.


Hopeful news and help to prevent home foreclosures

By Nisa Islam Muhammad -Staff Writer-

WASHINGTON, D.C. - For the first time since 2008 when the housing crisis started, the total number of delinquent mortgages and foreclosures fell below five million according to statistics from LPS Applied Analytics reported April 23.


Great Recession leaves Blacks poorer, more vulnerable

By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent

WASHINGTON – 'Minorities' clinging to the middle class have come out of the Great Recession at a higher risk for falling into poverty during the next economic crisis, according to a re-cent report by the Center for American Progress, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington, D.C.


The Black Unemployment Rate Drops for All the Wrong Reasons

By Freddie Allen NNPA Washington Correspondent

WASHINGTON – There wasn't much good news for any of the worker groups in the March jobs report, released last Friday. Even though, the unemployment rate fell to 7.6 percent, most economists agree that the drop is attributable to nearly half a million workers exiting the labor force.


'The Time and What Must Be Done' 2013 Lecture Series, Part 18

By the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan

Satan does not want you to "fall away" from him. He wants to keep you with him! So The Truth is what must be told, because it is time... It's time that you should know The Truth that Jesus prophesied: "You shall know the truth, and the truth will set you free." » CONTINUE

'The Time and What Must Be Done' 2013 Lecture Series, Part 17

By the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan

The scripture teaches that "Satan deceived the whole world." Shouldn't you "look behind" everything that a Natural Liar speaks? If Satan deceived the whole world, don’t you think we are in the world and can be deceived with "lying wonders"?
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'The Time and What Must Be Done' 2013 Lecture Series, Part 16

By the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan

I remember reading about our president Thomas Jefferson.. When he reflected on "the condition of the Black man in America,' he said these words: "I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, and that His justice cannot sleep forever."

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'The Time and What Must Be Done' 2013 Lecture Series, Part 15

By the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan

Whether on an individual basis, a national basis, or an international basis, this is that Time that we will be paid fully for what we have done, and only The Mercy of God can keep back from us what each of us is justly due. So if all are being called to "our record," and the nations are "kneeling" before their "record" --and this is "The Day of Requital,"
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'The Time and What Must Be Done' 2013 Lecture Series, Part 14

By the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan

Instead of seeing Farrakhan as a "hater of America," you should see me in the light of one who loves the land in which I was born, and sees America as the greatest country in the last 6,000 years. And, I am warning you because I want to see the country avert the consequences of her evil. » CONTINUE

'The Time and What Must Be Done' 2013 Lecture Series, Part 12

By the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan

The Honorable Elijah Muhammad, like Moses before him, is appealing to "The Modern Pharaoh"-the government and people of the United States—that God has come, and has chosen for Himself the despised, the rejected, the unloved, the unwanted Black Man and Woman of America to be The Cornerstone. » CONTINUE

'The Time and What Must Be Done' 2013 Lecture Series, Part 13

By the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan

To America, and the nations of the Earth: Now it's time for us to review your record. I want to recite to you your record, because while the record is clear on the suffering of Black and Brown and the Native Americans and oppressed people in this nation, one of the things that the American people are not aware of is America's foreign policy. » CONTINUE

‘The Time and What Must Be Done’ 2013 Lecture Series, Part 1

By the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan

It is a great honor, a great privilege and great pleasure for us to come to you via radio, or television or social media, to bring to you a very, very timely message. The title of this message, starting in January 2013, will carry through for the whole year; and that title was given to us by the Honorable Elijah Muhammad: "The Time And What Must Be Done." » CONTINUE

'The Time and What Must Be Done' 2013 Lecture Series, Part 2

By the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan

There could be no better subject for Black people in America, and for the American people, and for the Nations of The Earth, as this subject given to us by the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, "The Time And What Must Be Done." So, let's define for ourselves "The Time". » CONTINUE

'The Time and What Must Be Done' 2013 Lecture Series, Part 11

By the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan

Remember the words of Isaiah The Prophet: “Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, and the lawful captive be delivered?” It is talking about us! And that’s why Paul said to us, “Be ye not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewing of our minds.” » CONTINUE