Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO — “Man, I’m out here selling bean pies.” James 40X’s voice crackled through the phone, as if his whole life was on the ...

The young man who met us at the front doors of Muhammad University of Islam wouldn’t let us in. He was polite yet firm when he told us they weren’t making bean pies that day. But my friends Peter ...

James 40X’s voice crackled through the phone, as if his whole life was on the move. I told him I’d meet him right away, near Supreme Bean Pie’s bakery, at the Nation of Islam’s headquarters in the ...