The Final Call Online, 08-10-1999

At the height of apparent economic and

social prosperity, why are Americans so uneasy?

Despite the glitz and glitter of the United States, boastfully referred to as the "last superpower" on earth, carnage is strewn across the landscape. While unemployment is down and the stock market soars to record highs, spiritual leaders complain of a moral decay that rivals those Biblical nations made famous for the destruction delivered upon them by another Superpower..

Afro-Latinos see common struggle for justice, identity in the Americas

SAN JOSE DE BARLOVENTO, Venezuela—In this lush green valley town, nestled in South America, approximately 90 percent of the population is of African descent. It was the appropriate setting for the second International Reunion of the African Family in Latin America, held in July. Nearly 300 delegates from 20 countries, including the United States, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, and South America attended the gathering.

Howard University Hospital physician, treatment programs rank with nation's best

WASHINGTON—Howard University Hospital recently received great acclaim when it was listed as one the nation’s top 50 hospitals in the treatment of Rheumatology and Hormonal Disorders in the July 1999 US News and World Report 10th Annual Guide to "America’s Best Hospitals."

A Society of Perverse Incentives
by the Honorable Louis Farrakhan

It’s the greed for short-term profit that has generated an entire society devoid of values and that alienates the poor and the few non-greedy. Most of the incentives and many of the laws in the society are corrupt.
Legislative policy and tax law is perverted to work for the rich. The political action committees (PACs), the lobbyists, the special-interest groups, all work for the rich. The poor get nothing but the burden and the blame.

Property rights
vs. right to life?

During a recent House hearing, the Clinton administration was accused of bowing to pharmaceutical industry pressure and punishing the South African government—all in efforts to win a trade battle with South Africa over whether local companies can create cheap, generic versions of expensive AIDS drugs.

Ready or not...
Y2K is coming

As an owner of a small restaurant in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood, or other neighborhoods, you may not feel concerned about the Y2K bug. After all, your business depends on food, cooks and the proper operation of the refrigerators and stoves, not computers. But I suggest you think again.

FCN EDITORIAL
Is sterilization the answer
to drug addiction?

Woodstock
and Freaknik

ELEVEN FIFTY-FIVE
by Abdul Allah Muhammad

How To Eat To Live
by The Honorable
Elijah Muhammad

Farrakhan The Traveler
by Jabril Muhammad

Atonement
by Rev. James Luther Bevel

Unveiling the Number 19
by Tynnetta Muhammad