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Occupy Your Bank…

December 3, 2011 by  
Filed under Music, News, Weekly Columns

Tweet (Akiit.com) The First Amendment guarantees the right to “peaceably” assemble. Unfortunately, that right seems to be in some type of Orwellian limbo at the moment. Eighteen cities participated in a conference call about the Occupy movement before they simultaneously cracked down on occupations in their cities, according Oakland Mayor Jean Quan. Given that this […]

Kanye West, Lil Wayne Grammy Nods, etc…

December 3, 2011 by  
Filed under Entertainment, Music, News, Weekly Columns

Tweet (Akiit.com) Adele scored six Grammy nominations on Wednesday, including for record, song and album of the year, but the owner of the 2011’s best-selling album with “21” wasn’t the night’s top nominee – and that wasn’t the evening’s only surprise. Kanye West came away with a leading seven nominations, including a bid for song […]

Hazing – FAMU Band Member’s Death…

December 3, 2011 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) Florida A&M University’s famed Marching 100 band, which has a history of hazing, has been shut down until investigators find out more about how one of its members died after a football game. University President James Ammons said on Tuesday he suspended all performances and other activities out of respect for the family […]

Sister of Troy Davis Dies

December 3, 2011 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) Martina Davis Correia, older sister of Troy Davis, who was executed in September for killing a police officer, died Thursday, according to media reports. Correia, 44, had been fighting breast cancer. She stood by her brother, who maintained his innocence in the death of off-duty Savannah police officer Mark Allen MacPhail in 1989. […]

Antibiotic Season…

November 1, 2011 by  
Filed under Health, News, Weekly Columns

Tweet (Akiit.com) Yes, it’s that time of year when we begin to see the return of cold and flu. What better time to visit the issue of ANTIBIOTICS. As many of us prepare to bombard our doctors for a prescription of antibiotics to deal with colds and flu, let’s make sure we understand a little […]

Black Men and Singlehood…

November 1, 2011 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) Television, radio, and the Internet have been buzzing nonstop for years about the plight of single, black women looking for love, but what about all the single, black men? Nobody’s been bold enough to take a stand and speak out on behalf of all the good, single black men out there looking for […]

Herman Cain White House Ready?

November 1, 2011 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) Herman Cain is learning the hard way what it means to face the glare of the national spotlight. After captivating Republicans hungry for an alternative to 2012 GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, Cain has made a series of stumbles that have left some questioning whether he’s ready for the White House. His words […]

Blacks In America…

November 1, 2011 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) In America, many of the most ignorant citizens pretend that African Americans came here as slaves and never contributed anything to the nation. Even as slaves, Africans contributed by literally building the new nation. This racist view leaves way for the lie that African descendants left slavery and became a burden on America, […]

Herman Cain the real deal…

November 1, 2011 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain’s win in the Iowa straw poll is more disturbing proof that his candidacy may not be the flash in the pan that many think. Cain added to his string of straw polls wins by barely nudging out presumptive GOP presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney in the Des Moines Register’s […]

Occupy Wall Street, and the youth…

October 9, 2011 by  
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Tweet (Akiit.com) American bankers are trying to kill us! The United States’ economic system is in need of some economic CPR and the world’s economy is on life support because beast bankers in this country are so greedy that they will kill the capitalist economic system rather than be responsible businesspersons. And it appears that […]

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