(Akiit.com) The heartbreaking and pathetic scene I and a group of other American visitors witnessed at the small beach town in Northern Haiti still haunts me. We had no sooner arrived at the beach when a contingent of Haitian police and local officials frantically waved away a throng of the ...
(Akiit.com) Statements recently attributed to Senate majority leader, Harry Reid (D) Nevada regarding President Barack Obama, has opened yet another racial debate in so-called post-racial America. This time centering on the use or misuse of the word “negro,†in the new book “Game Change,†Sen. Reid is reported to have ...
(Akiit.com) I’ve resisted the temptation to write anything about the Harry Reid “controversy” for the past few days, but I have a couple of things to say. First, some of us need to step back and check ourselves before we criticize Reid, and second, some of these Republicans are still ...
(Akiit.com) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Obama is weighing a levy on Washington-rescued banks to help recover shortfalls in a $700 billion bailout fund and to help balance a budget that is looking increasingly grim amid an ongoing economic crisis. A senior administration official said Monday that Obama would seek modifications ...
(Akiit.com) Hello, my name is Jennifer Jones Austin. I am a 41 year old mother of two young children. On September 23 of this year, I was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Just days before I was walking around feeling fine, taking care of my family, going to the gym ...
(Akiit.com) Despite a sour economy and crippling unemployment, blacks are more optimistic about their progress in America than at any time in the past 25 years, according to a new Pew Research Center poll released Tuesday. Pollsters and political analysts say Barack Obama’s election as the country’s first black president ...
(Akiit.com) NEW YORK (AP) – R&B singer Teddy Pendergrass, who had been one of the most electric and successful figures in music until a car crash 28 years ago left him in a wheelchair, has died of colon cancer. He was 59. Before the crash, Pendergrass established a new era ...
(Akiit.com) It is hard to believe that anyone would use the tragic earthquake in Haiti as an opportunity to spew racist hate speech. In light of the devastation in that island nation, who would exploit the victims’ suffering for political points, make fun of them, and blame them for their ...
(Akiit.com) Sometimes questions are commands. When we ask “Could you open the window?” we are not inquiring as to whether the person is physically capable of performing the action. We are politely telling them to open the window. In the same way, the question the media has been asking over ...
(Akiit.com) Revolution is a curious thing. Some claim to be revolutionaries or about a revolution, but ignore the root word “evolution,†which means that there must be some growth and progressive development taking place in order to have an intrinsic revolution. For example, the so-called “Sexual Revolution†in America was ...