(Akiit.com) With major media outlets laying off reporters and editors at alarming rates, black journalists have been hit particularly hard as The Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, The Star-Ledger, National Public Radio, BET and NBC News are among the companies to drastically reduce newsroom staff in an effort to ...
(Akiit.com) Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. should bow out of contention for Obama’s Senate seat. True there is yet no evidence that he offered to grease Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich’s palm in return for the seat. But there’s a continuing probe into whether a Jackson family member or associates acted ...
(Akiit.com) Religion and/or spirituality are personal choices and lifestyles that should be unifying forces, not divisive elements. I notice that whenever a person runs from divergent beliefs it is because they are not as grounded as they say they are. While I respect all religions, I find it disturbing that ...
(Akiit.com) President-elect Barack Obama asked the White House if his family could move to Washington earlier than normal, but aides say the White House couldn’t give them the official guest house as early as his family wanted. The Obamas had asked White House officials to move into Blair House about ...
(Akiit.com) It seems that as time changes, nothing seems to ever change as it relates to African American issues in our society. Growing up in the 1950s I often heard the refrain, that blacks were the last hired and the first fired. That trend continues as National Public Radio, a ...
(Akiit.com) I haven’t been doing much of anything lately, as winter has arrived… Body feel so tired, as I will need to start exercising again… Need more energy, as in a few weeks I shall be visiting las vegas nevada with a few friends… We shall gamble, and just have ...
(Akiit.com) The proposition seemed fairly clear and logical: If transformation into a post racial society is to be real and substantive it must necessarily be about more than race and race pride; it must be about ideas. And if that is the case then opposition to one that shares a ...
(Akiit.com) Merchandise Cottage Industry And Its Impact On The Economy… Barack Obama’s election to the Presidency of the United States has had a residual effect on the economy in ways that are not (yet) reflected on the New York Stock Exchange. Barack Obama merchandise is huge. T-Shirts, hats, buttons, coins, ...
(Akiit.com) Three weeks after announcing he would not seek another term as chairman of the NAACP’s national board, veteran civil rights activist Julian Bond said Tuesday that he has changed his mind. Bond said in an interview on “The Tom Joyner Morning Show” that he was flooded with calls from ...
(Akiit.com) As chairman of the Senate Higher Education Committee, state Sen. Seth Harp (R-Midland) thinks he’s found a way to save money: Consolidate some public colleges. It’s the kind of suggestion that can look good on paper, especially in harsh economic times, but it’s a lot harder to pull off ...