(Akiit.com) In the space of a few days Baltimore Police Lieutenant Brian Rice is scheduled for trial in the death of Freddie Gray and the Justice Department announced that it will conduct a probe into the police shooting of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, La. and one has been called ...
(Akiit.com) It didn’t take long for the predictable. Loose-lipped former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh frothed at President Obama in the aftermath of the slaying of five Dallas police officers and the wounding of several others. Presumptive GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump couldn’t tweet fast enough denouncing the murders. Needless to ...
(Akiit.com) I woke up this morning to the news that another Black man was killed by Baton Rouge police officers Blaine Salamoni and Howie Lake. My social media newsfeeds were flooded by commentary on the shooting. Some sharing the emotionally charged video and others opting out of watching yet another ...
(Akiit.com) A recent ruling by the U.S. Department of Commerce dramatically increased tariffs on some Chinese steel products, such as cold-rolled steel, which is used to make appliances, cars and electric motors. Tariffs were raised by 500 percent on some other Chinese steel products. President Barack Obama and the major ...
(Akiit.com) The boards of trustees of our Social Security and Medicare programs just issued their annual report, and we learn, once again, that both programs are fiscally insolvent. The trustees project there will be insufficient funds from the Social Security program to pay its obligations beginning in 2034, 18 years ...
(Akiit.com) It happened again. This time, outside a slummy Baton Rouge liquor store in the early morning hours on the day after America celebrated it’s freedom from oppression and tyranny. Police officers tasered, tackled, and fatally shot a Black man – 37 year old Alton Sterling – several times in ...
(Akiit.com) There was a time when the Fourth of July meant something more than a three-day weekend. Speeches, writings and commemorative ceremonies reminded us of the origins and greatness of America. No matter where in the world our ancestors came from, we today are almost invariably better off because they ...
(Akiit.com) Actor Jesse Williams used his platform at the recent BET Awards to attack whites and promote lies, and he got a standing ovation for doing so. Williams, who received the network’s humanitarian award for his role in the Black Lives Matter movement, said that, “a system built to divide ...
(Akiit.com) Who is working overtime to paint themselves into the biggest political corner of this election cycle? Democrats obviously don’t recognize it yet, but they have placed themselves in an inescapable trap with extreme positions on energy and the environment – irresponsible positions that have fragmented their party and could ...
(Akiit.com) Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court voted to uphold so-called “affirmative action” admissions policies at the University of Texas. Those policies had been challenged by a young white woman who believed that she was denied admission to the school while other “lesser” African-American and Hispanic students were admitted. The ...
(Akiit.com) Giving his most disciplined speech to date, Republican nominee Donald J. Trump assailed his Democrat challenger Hillary Clinton as unfit for the presidency. Donald Trump offered substantive examples – from the economy to foreign policy – about how he would lead the country, in contrast to Clinton’s 32-year record ...
(Akiit.com) Many will remember the 1993 HBO film “And the Band Played On,” based on the best-selling book “And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic” by Randy Shilts. The movie centers around a researcher for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention who becomes involved in ...