(Akiit.com) When I ran for the US Congress in Louisiana’s former 8th District, the late Congressman Mickey Leland spoke of the “audacity” of my endeavor. At that time, Louisiana had at least one majority Black district, but no members of Congress who were Black. I didn’t run in a majority Black ...
(Akiit.com) It’s been five weeks since the 2016 Presidential election and folks are still shocked, upset, despondent and dismayed about the results. Why? Is it because people dislike Trump so much we forgot our ancestors lived and experienced much worse, even thought Trump hasn’t even been sworn in yet?! I can’t ...
(Akiit.com) Heretofore it would have been inconceivable to think of an American president publicly telling America’s military veterans their loss of life in defense of their country meant nothing to him. Now, to be fair, the words I’m about to share came out of the mouth of Obama spokesman Josh Earnest. ...
(Akiit.com) We are now in a kind of political no-man’s-land between an administration on its way out and a new administration taking shape. Predictions are always risky – and nowhere more so than in times like these. What we can do, however, is assess where we are, and what some of ...
(Akiit.com) But, but, but Planned Parenthood offers all these other services! That’s the battle cry from “pro-choice” activists across the nation in desperate attempts to redefine what Planned Parenthood clearly is—a business that profits, predominantly, from the killing of over 320,000 human beings a year. What about those “other services” at ...
(Akiit.com) There are many people out there that share the same goals; to be fit and healthy. You try your hardest to go to the gym and exercise as much as possible. Even if you don’t have access to a gym, you can still get a good workout in anywhere you ...
(Akiit.com) When you experience an injury, you might start to worry about how it’s going to impact your health. But there are other concerns too. You need to consider whether it will change your quality of life or how it could alter your career path. You may need to look at ...
(Akiit.com) Workplace injuries and accidents happen, and there’s not a whole heap we can do about it. Accidents occur, that’s a fact. It’s when it’s someone else’s fault, that’s when the problems start to arise. Now, you have to assess your own place of work and figure out how to deal ...
(Akiit.com) Among the more noteworthy (if not newsworthy) events taking place since the Nov. 8 election have included the political left telegraphing its intention to push back against President-Elect Donald Trump’s policies based on issues that were central to Trump’s campaign. This is excluding the editorializing of the establishment press and ...
(Akiit.com) Imagine if Donald Trump got two million more votes than Hillary Clinton, but by some fluke of Electoral College math, Clinton won. What would Trump be saying? The answer is easy: He’d be saying what he said weeks before Election Day: That the election was rigged against him. Why the ...