(Akiit.com) As much as many of us would like to avoid thinking about it, sometimes you’re going to have to deal with some kind of disaster in your life. They can often come out of nowhere, and they’re never much fun to deal with, but they are pretty much unavoidable. The ...
(Akiit.com) Each year, the trustees of Social Security and Medicare issue their report delivering the news, invariably dismal, about the financial condition of the nation’s two largest entitlement programs. This year, in the report just issued, it’s worse than usual. Last year, the trustees forecast that Social Security and Medicare’s hospital ...
(Akiit.com) If mood were an actor, it would get top billing in this poignant ode to veterans of the Iraq war who suffer from PTSD. The feeling of sadness that prevails is even stronger than the solid performances by Alden Ehrenreich (Solo: A Star Wars Story), Tye Sheridan (Mud, X-Men: Apocalypse), ...
(Akiit.com) “Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power” Benito Mussolini When you look at professional sports, especially pro football in the US, you notice a pattern; almost every stadium is named after a corporate entity. Take a look at the NFL stadium ...
(Akiit.com) It’s that time again. It occurs every year around the same time like clockwork. It’s election season. Political signs infiltrate Black neighborhoods, placed by campaign operatives hoping you remember their respective political candidate come election time. More importantly, these political operatives are hoping your familiarity with their respective candidate will ...
(Akiit.com) The most recent unemployment rate report seems to contain nothing but good news. The overall unemployment rate is down to 3.8 percent, the lowest that it has been since 2000. The Black unemployment rate, at 5.9 percent, is lower than it has ever been. With the white unemployment rate at ...
(Akiit.com) When we reach a certain age, we begin to realise that we aren’t immortal. Thinking about and even planning for, your passing on becomes less of an abstract and more of a sensible plan. Many people find a certain grace in the idea of having their affairs organised before their ...
(Akiit.com) Unfortunately, there have been a large number of terrorist attacks that have occurred in this millennium. Of course, 9/11 was one of the worst terrorist attacks of all time, and since then trains and buses have been targeted in numerous countries across the world. In light of the attacks that ...
(Akiit.com) As we get older, our bodies and minds change. You can’t binge on a huge pile of junk food without putting on a few pounds, and you might deal with more mental health issues than you used to – stress is a common factor in adult life, and it can ...
(Akiit.com) Often the main motivating factor for starting a new business is financial gain. What if there was a way of receiving financial gain as well as improving the society in which we live? Many businesses are adapting business models in such a way as to encompass social enterprise. The health, ...