Future of Ebony magazine…

Tweet (Akiit.com) Top editor shares her plans to bring iconic journal to multiple media platforms… Amy DuBois Barnett, the new editor-in-chief of Ebony magazine, the Chicago-based voice of the African-American community struggling with declining revenues, intends to attract readers with a strong editorial voice on important issues that will ring out on people’s cell phones, […]

Obama doing more harm than good…

Tweet (Akiit.com) The crime of the century is occurring right under our collective noses. The Obama Administration, along with the Democrats, claims its programs do good. In reality, they do more harm than good. In fact, they do horrible things. For example, we have thrown a gazillion dollars at poverty since LBJ’s Great Society program […]

Blacks Lose Ground in the U.S. Military…

Tweet (Akiit.com) Unlike Vietnam, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have not accelerated the progress of African-Americans to the top ranks… The impressive strides that African Americans have made in the leadership ranks of the military following integration have all but stopped in recent years, and they now occupy just a tiny share of the […]

Is ‘blackface’ always beyond the pale?

Tweet (Akiit.com) Circulation of a Karl Lagerfeld photo of Claudia Schiffer as a black woman with an afro to commemorate the 60th issue anniversary the German quarterly magazine, Stern Fotografie, has sparked much interest in the blogosphere. Polls of the photo, which was taken two years ago, either show most people not bothered about it […]

The pros and cons of a BP boycott…

Tweet (Akiit.com) The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is the greatest environmental disaster our nation has ever faced–virtually no one is willing to debate that at this point. From the fishermen and business owners whose livelihoods have been negatively affected by the spill to the president himself, the American people are interested in holding British Petroleum […]

Are Congressional ethics investigations racially motivated?

Tweet (Akiit.com) Legitimate ethics investigations, or racially motivated witch hunts? That appears to be the question for some members of the Congressional Black Caucus, who last week asked the House to sharply curtail the investigative powers of the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), an independent body created in 2008 at the behest of various watchdog […]

The Frontal Attack On Civil Rights…

Tweet (Akiit.com) Is America’s Second ‘Redemption Period’ Coming To Fruition? In the midst of the national debate (and it is a debate) around how America should address its illegal immigration crisis (and it is crisis), another discussion has arisen about what is America and who is America, as it relates to rights, civil rights particular. […]

The Error of Rand Paul…

Tweet (Akiit.com) Two weeks ago Dr. Rand Paul, an ophthalmologist and the Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Kentucky, appeared on the Rachel Maddow show to clarify statements he had made, which seemed to suggest that he would have opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For 20 minutes Paul and Maddow engaged in a less-than-graceful […]

President Obama’s War Wizardry…

Tweet (Akiit.com) The world’s a mess; war is everywhere. To set things straight, the president needs to stop indulging in magical thinking and face some hard realities in Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran. For starters… Sometimes I wonder if President Obama reads too many Ben Okri novels. As we transform from a U.S.-dominated, unipolar international order […]

Are That Many Black Folks Really on Twitter?

Tweet (Akiit.com) A report that African Americans make up nearly 25 percent of Twitter users triggered doubt. Our numbers guru says it’s probably true… A report that African Americans make up nearly 25 percent of Twitter users triggered doubt. It’s probably true. If you’ve taken time out to tweet in the last few days, you’re […]

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