(Akiit.com) One post-election highlight for me was the meeting between Donald Trump and Bob Johnson. Billionaire to billionaire, Democrat to Republican, Black to White, businessman to businessman, capitalist to capitalist, meeting on a relatively even playing field to discuss some of the “what now issues” was intriguing to say the least. ...
(Akiit.com) With new infection rates and AIDS-related deaths on a decline globally, it seems we are finally gaining ground in the fight to end the epidemic. However, an alarming world trend in new HIV infections suggests that Black people have been left by the wayside. In an open letter to the ...
(Akiit.com) In the United States of America, we love to bask in the glory of our “exceptionalism.” We are great; we are wonderful; we dominate the world. Scholars who study “us” say that our exceptionalism is rooted in the fact that we have offered leadership in international affairs. We have committed ...
(Akiit.com) The definition of a chronic illness is one that has been continuing for more than six months. It does not mean the illness is going to result in death – that would be a terminal illness – but is instead going to continue to impair the sufferer’s life. It is ...
(Akiit.com) By no stretch of the imagination am I a big baseball fan. Unlike many Americans, I’ll only watch a game under special circumstances. I rarely visit the ballpark. I am not glued in front of the television watching the endless stream of games broadcast during the summer. I am, ...
(Akiit.com) Hillary Clinton’s failed presidential bid has left the Democratic Party in turmoil. Now, many acknowledge that Barack Obama’s aggressive far left agenda played a major role in Hillary’s loss. Meanwhile, President-elect Donald Trump has done more to inspire confidence in America in the past few weeks than Obama has ...
(Akiit.com) As we take a deep breath and step into a new week, I would love to address the pain I feel not just for the country I live in, but for the church I’m married to. I am a Christian. With all my being. My heart loves Jesus 100. And ...
(Akiit.com) Donald Trump once called the Rev. Al Sharpton “a con man,” meaning that Sharpton plays the race card less out of sincerity and more as a method to make demands and extract concessions. But has there ever been a bigger legislative con man than the soon-to-be-retired Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., ...
(Akiit.com) “Negroes … sometimes choose their own leaders but unfortunately they are too often the wrong kind. Negroes do not readily follow persons with constructive programs. Almost any sort of exciting appeal or trivial matter presented to them may receive immediate attention … and liberal support.” Carter G. Woodson The ...
(Akiit.com) We are now in a kind of political no-man’s-land between an administration on its way out and a new administration taking shape. Predictions are always risky — and nowhere more so than in times like these. What we can do, however, is assess where we are, and what some of ...
(Akiit.com) Can you believe it is mid-December already? Christmas is just two weeks away, and in three weeks, it’ll be a New Year altogether? The more years go by, it seems the faster they fly. And I used to think it was just me – recovering overachiever that I am – ...
(Akiit.com) When I ran for the US Congress in Louisiana’s former 8th District, the late Congressman Mickey Leland spoke of the “audacity” of my endeavor. At that time, Louisiana had at least one majority Black district, but no members of Congress who were Black. I didn’t run in a majority Black ...