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Is Pres. Obama's political success tied to distance from Black issues?

by Askia Muhammad and Charlene Muhammad Final Call Correspondents

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama formally ended his first year in office with his first constitutionally mandated report on the State of the Union. Even as Mr. Obama reached out... »

Report: Detroit Imam slain by FBI agents suffered 21 gunshot wounds

by Ashahed M. Muhammad -Asst. Editor- | Feb 1, 2010 - 9:35:25 PM

Over three months after the controversial shooting death of Detroit-area religious leader Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah, the official autopsy results were released by the Wayne County Medical Examiner's Office on February 1. »

Nation of Islam marks 80 years in North America at Saviours' Day 2010

by Ashahed M. Muhammad -Asst. Editor- | Feb 9, 2010 - 8:21:36 AM

CHICAGO - With America in the grips of the worst economic crisis since The Great Depression, Black youth crime and violence at high levels, and a political reality rife with contradictions, guidance from the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan and the implementation of programming and solutions to serve the needs of Black people are needed now more than ever. This year's Saviours' Day convention marks the 80th year of the Nation of Islam's existence in North America. »

Man who says he spied on U.S. mosques sues FBI

by Amy Taxin -Associated Press- | Feb 4, 2010 - 6:11:15 PM

SANTA ANA, California - A California man who said he spied on mosques for the FBI has filed a lawsuit accusing the agency of letting him go to jail for work he did as an informant. »

Alleged skinhead pleads guilty in plot to kill Obama

by AP | Feb 1, 2010 - 9:01:25 PM

JACKSON, Tennessee - An Arkansas man pleaded guilty to charges he plotted to kill then-Sen. Barack Obama and dozens of other Black people in 2008. »

Tighter control of transit cop agency after '09 shooting?

by Charlene Muhammad -Western Reg. Correspondent- | Jan 25, 2010 - 11:05:16 PM

A pair of bills that would create independent oversight over the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) have been cleared for consideration by the California State Assembly. »

Police torture victim released from jail after 23 years

by Don Babwin | Jan 25, 2010 - 3:28:51 PM

CHICAGO - A man who was coerced into confessing to a murder in 1986 walked out of a courtroom a free man in mid-January, ending the latest chapter in a torture scandal that has engulfed the Chicago police department for years. »

Mixed review for L.A. gang tours

by Charlene Muhammad -Western Reg. Correspondent- | Jan 25, 2010 - 11:29:26 AM

LOS ANGELES - Former gang-members have teamed up with a non-profit outreach organization to offer a look at the inner city by conducting gang tours in South Central Los Angeles. »

Suicide rate surged among veterans

by Eli Clifton | Jan 22, 2010 - 2:38:10 PM

WASHINGTON - Suicides among United States military veterans ballooned by 26 percent from 2005 to 2007, according to new statistics released by the Veterans Affairs department. »