(Akiit.com) Last year, we witnessed another crushing blow in the fight to end police violence against Black people. Only one of the three officers involved in the murder of Breonna Taylor was charged in the case. However, they were not charged for causing her death; rather, they were indicted on ...
(Akiit.com) When I began my work 25 years ago, my vision for fixing our poor, broken communities was driven by my belief in America and what made it successful. It’s what I call the 3 C’s: the principles of Christianity, the virtues of capitalism and the rule of law outlined ...
(Akiit.com) “In a democracy, force should never seek to overrule the will of the people or attempt to erase the outcome of a credible election.” President Joe Biden – Feb 1, 2021 In response to the military coup in Myanmar and the arrest of the politician and opposition leader Aung San ...
(Akiit.com) In the long arc of the nation’s history of racially-motivated voter suppression, 2021 will stand as a clear and distinct moment that changed everything that came after. Whether it will symbolize the demise of such suppression – or its shameful entrenchment – remains to be seen. Certainly, racially-motivated voter suppression ...
(Akiit.com) The debate over Joe Biden’s $2 trillion American Infrastructure Plan is heating up — and getting more and more unhinged. Republicans are railing against the president for asking for too much. They promise a filibuster against the bill unless there is a bipartisan agreement — on their terms. So, what ...
(Akiit.com) In anticipation of the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, a two-day global gathering of more than 40 world leaders, President Joe Biden declared that the United States had a “moral imperative” to adopt an “ambitious” goal of cutting greenhouse-gas emissions by 50% from 2005 levels by 2030 and 100% ...
(Akiit.com) Washington, D.C. has a higher percentage of Black residents than any state in the country, and they have no voting representation in Congress. This is systemic racism in action. It is long past time to give Washington’s 712,000 residents the representation they deserve by making D.C. our 51st state. ...
(Akiit.com) “The Linux Foundation has partnered with IBM, the COVID-19 Credentials Initiative and CommonPass, a digital ‘health passport,’ in order to develop vaccine credential apps that will be applicable globally. If the initiative is successful, you’ll likely be required to pull up a vaccine certificate on your phone showing when ...
(Akiit.com) Democrats love teachers, even when they fail. And they hate the police, no matter how much good they do. But they do each for the very same reason: control. It is important conservatives begin to recognize this reason so they can counter it before it’s too late. When teachers ...
(Akiit.com) Back in 2014, I wrote a book titled “The Murder of the Middle Class.” Don’t look now, but it’s happening. Back then, I was referring only to the murder of middle-class jobs and the American Dream. Today, Democrats appear to want the middle class eliminated altogether. They’re not just ...
(Akiit.com) Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin got his day in court. He was able to put on a plausible defense that George’s Floyd’s death did not come at his hands (or knee) but because of Floyd’s prior severe medical conditions. A recent USA Today/Ipsos poll found that a lot of people ...
(Akiit.com) Democrats’ “Corrupt Politicians Act” pending in the Senate is a frontal assault on our Constitution’s federalist recipe for freedom which has served on nation well for centuries, putting Congress in complete control of its own elections. The American people must oppose this hostile takeover of our right to vote. ...