(Akiit.com) Do you have $100,000 saved for your child to earn a four-year public college degree or as much as $200,000 for that same student to attend a private university? Paying for the high cost of college is a major burden facing many families across the country. In fact, according to a ...
(Akiit.com) Back in 1996, a Republican Congress and a Democratic president (Bill Clinton) enacted one of the most historic bipartisan policy victories in modern times: the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act for welfare reform. The passage of that bill has so many parallels to the fight over the Graham-Cassidy ...
(Akiit.com) Most Philadelphians are completely unaware of the significance of Octavius Valentine Catto in the history of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the nation. Catto like so many people of African descent in the US was deliberately excluded from the history books and historiography of this city, state and nation. Octavius Valentine Catto ...
(Akiit.com) Have you ever considered just how much of the national anthem protests occurring around the National Football League (NFL) come from millennial guilt, which I contend is a byproduct of white guilt? NFL players aren’t kneeling because they’re being oppressed; they’re kneeling because they aren’t. They’ve been spoiled. They have ...
(Akiit.com) These days, terrorist attacks seem to be a very commonplace occurrence. They aren’t restricted to one country either; it seems that terrorists are willing to target people in various countries, from American metropolises to scenic holiday resorts. Because of the frequency and randomness of these attacks, lots of people are ...
(Akiit.com) Have you ever wondered what famous and powerful African Americans drive? If so, join the club. These men and women are included in the top 50 celebrities and their cars and can be found behind the wheels of some of the most expensive and luxurious cars on the road. Following ...
(Akiit.com) I rarely write about sports because while it is mostly viewed as a form of recreation and entertainment at its core it reflects the values and consciousness of our society and folks don’t like to be reminded of that. Some say sports is a form of tribalism a vicarious ...
(Akiit.com) For years now the “gods” of style when it comes to the written word have encouraged educated people to be obsessed with simplicity in speech and writing. They worship at the altar of writers like Ernest Hemingway and Jack London, idols of the 20th century’s obsession with what became ...
(Akiit.com) I’m no saint, nor have I ever professed to be. There are too many people currently living who could give testimony to the contrary should I ever decide to, so I won’t here. With that out of the way (it’ll make more sense later in the piece), there is ...
(Akiit.com) Malcolm X, as a member of the Nation of Islam, preached anti-Semitism and called the white man “devil.” After the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X dismissed the murder as a case of “the chickens coming home to roost.” In Spike Lee’s biographical drama, “Malcolm X,” a white ...
(Akiit.com) Almost a year after the narrow victory of the Leave campaign, Article 50 has finally been triggered and negotiations have officially begun for Britain to leave the EU. Although this is taking place across the Atlantic, Americans should be paying close attention to the negotiations. Britain and the United States ...
(Akiit.com) President Donald Trump was elected on his pledge to make America great again. Yet, for all of his rhetoric, he seems to have forgotten the men and women, from every corner of the globe, who have worked so hard to build the great country we see today. President Trump leads ...