(Akiit.com) If you work in an office, you’ll be sat in a chair for a good chunk of time. It could be 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, or even more. And, with the office being the most popular workspace on the planet, a lot of us have ...
(Akiit.com) Neighborhoods plagued by gun violence are often compared to war zones. Whether the comparison is fair or not, the chances that young men who experience trauma in their neighborhood will end up in jail are astronomically high. Studies have shown a high correlation between neighborhood disorder and physical abuse. ...
(Akiit.com) As the Republican Party holds its national convention in Cleveland, Americans have been shaken by the shootings of police in Dallas and Baton Rouge, La., following the police shootings of black men in Baton Rouge and Falcon Heights, Minn. I spoke at the funeral of Alton Sterling in Baton ...
(Akiit.com) All eyes should be on Florida to see the seeds of change in black America. The issue is school choice and the nation’s largest private school choice scholarship program, the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship, enacted in Florida in 2001 under Gov. Jeb Bush. Students receive scholarships to attend the ...
(Akiit.com) “Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal … The alternative is not blind repression or capitulation to lawlessness. It is the realization of common opportunities for all within a single society.” Those words weren’t written or spoken to describe today’s crisis of race ...
(Akiit.com) In an important show of bipartisanship, Congress is on the cusp of an historic step to help many of the most vulnerable children in our nation –those who are abused and neglected and at risk of entering foster care and lingering in group care. The U.S. House of Representatives ...
(Akiit.com) A new study by a Harvard economist, who happens to be black, finds cops less likely to use deadly force on black suspects vs. white. Angered by the deaths of Freddie Gray and Michael Brown, black men in Baltimore, Maryland, and Ferguson, Missouri, respectively, who died at the hands of ...
(Akiit.com) If you’re taking up any kind of sporting activity this summer, you need to stay away from sports injuries. It isn’t always possible to avoid a particularly heavy clash, but injuries often occur for needless reasons. So, we’re going take a very brief look at five tips to help ...
(Akiit.com) Like most construction type companies, a road surfacing company is a great idea. At the minute, there is a lack of quality roads, and people are always complaining about new surfacing. If you can perform a quality job at an affordable price, you might make a killing. The thing ...
(Akiit.com) Your employees are arguably the most powerful and valuable asset within your business. They keep your business running each day by completing a whole host of major and minor tasks. Without them, you would find it incredibly difficult to continue your company’s progression. So taking care of your staff ...