(Akiit.com) A lot of families across the South know how to get through hard times. That knowledge got passed down from grandparents, aunties, uncles, and parents who learned how to survive with very little. Folks figured out how to make meals stretch another day. Lights stayed on somehow. Children still ...

(Akiit.com) Living in Charlotte, NC long enough will make you notice something real quick. The city loves talking about growth, but everybody is not growing with it. Every year another luxury building goes up. Another expensive apartment pops up near neighborhoods where regular Black working folks been staying for decades. ...