(Akiit.com) A cursory look at the win-loss column after last week’s mid-term elections suggests that nobody left the table empty-handed. Democrats gained control of the House of Representatives, Republican’s expanded their control of the Senate, hundreds of state legislative seats flipped from Democratic to Republican, and Democrats gained gubernatorial, Attorney General, ...
(Akiit.com) Oh, what a wonderful world this would be for Black communities throughout our nation. We, as a people, have over $1.3 trillion (T) in annual spending. However, our Black-owned businesses account for over $183 billion. Do you see the problem? We don’t recycle our money within our own communities. Not ...
(Akiit.com) Abraham Lincoln, when informed that General Ulysses S. Grant was a drunk, famously asked Grant’s accusers what whiskey he was drinking so Lincoln could send a barrel to every general in the army. Keep this in mind when President Donald Trump’s critics accuse him of “racism” against blacks. Under this ...
(Akiit.com) “Today it is perfectly legal to discriminate against criminals in nearly all the ways that it was once legal to discriminate against African Americans. Once you’re labeled a felon, the old forms of discrimination—employment discrimination, housing discrimination, denial of the right to vote, denial of educational opportunity, denial of food ...
(Akiit.com) Buried in the mounds of data fleshing out what happened in the midterm elections is an interesting take on blacks. Nationwide data on black voting in this election cycle does not point to much change. Various polls over recent months seemed to indicate that blacks were starting to warm up ...
(Akiit.com) Exit polls aren’t always 100 percent reliable. For example, in 2016, the exit interviews suggested that Donald Trump would lose Florida, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and North Carolina by small margins. He won all of them. Let’s take it as given that 2018’s exit polls are likely flawed in the same way. ...
(Akiit.com) It’s a little early for an in-depth analysis of the 2018 midterms. However, there are a few takeaways that are hard to miss. President Trump is a net-gain for Republicans and a force to be reckoned with for years to come. Traditionally, the party with an incumbent president tends to ...
(Akiit.com) Our long national nightmare is over, the midterms have ended. Now our new long national nightmare begins as the battle starts for the presidency in 2020. I know the last thing you want to hear about is more campaigning, but it’s going to happen no matter what, so we might ...
(Akiit.com) Are you spending enough time outside and getting active? For most people, the honest answer to that question is probably no. We’re all now used to living quite sedentary lives. And those of us living in cities might not really spend time outdoors enjoying nature much at all. So what ...
(Akiit.com) Americans today have bigger homes than ever before. In 1950, the average home covered about 1,000 square feet. Homes weren’t large by any means, but they certainly weren’t bijou either. Then, following a spate of house building in the 1960s, home size increased yet again to 1,500 square feet. Larger ...
(Akiit.com) My husband, Bill Cosby, was recently victimized by a malicious District Attorney and an equally vicious judge. This is not the first time that my husband has been persecuted by corrupt and self-serving politicians. In the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, Bill Cosby, along with hundreds of other people, was ...
(Akiit.com) When you join the military, you gain access to one of the largest healthcare systems anywhere in the United States. Military healthcare alone spans across 9.4 million patients in nearly 700 military hospitals and clinics. During active duty, both you and your family members are eligible for free health care ...