(Akiit.com) Sir Richard Branson has spoken up and out against the War on Drugs in the United States. Branson recently noted that the policies are racist and represent a “war on black people.” The billionaire made the remarks during an interview with the Metro newspaper. “The fundamental difference [in drug ...
(Akiit.com) With the upcoming presidential election only a month away, I thought I would share some thoughts on how to interpret a lot of the things going on with this election. I have received many calls from people asking about all the polls that show President Obama leading Mitt Romney. ...
(Akiit.com) The Justice Department said Tuesday that Republican lawmakers are engaging in distortions by asserting that Operation Fast and Furious arose from a strategy created by the Obama administration. In a report following an 18-month probe of the flawed gun-smuggling investigation, Rep. Darrell Issa of California and Sen. Chuck Grassley ...
(Akiit.com) Jermaine Jackson called Wednesday for an end to the public feud that has embroiled his family for more than a week, saying issues over the care of his mother and with late brother Michael’s estate should be handled privately. Jackson wrote in a statement first released to The Associated ...
(Akiit.com) A steel beam signed by President Barack Obama was lifted in to place Thursday at the top of the 104-story One World Trade Center. A crane atop the building raised the beam from the ground after dozens of people, including construction workers and police officers, added their own signatures ...
(Akiit.com) Whooping cough was once a terrible menace to U.S. children, with hundreds of thousands of cases reported annually. Then a vaccine drove cases down, and the illness became thought of as rare and even antiquated. But it never totally disappeared, and now there’s been a spike in cases. With ...
(Akiit.com) A woman who calls herself the “Black Madam” is facing murder charges stemming from the death of a tourist from London who received an illegal buttocks-enhancing procedure. Padge Windslowe, 42, was charged in the February 2011 death of Claudia Aderotimi, 20, following a series of silicone injections performed at ...
(Akiit.com) A federal prosecutor said Tuesday he expects to bring more charges against a traveling medical technician accused of infecting 30 patients with hepatitis C in New Hampshire, and health officials said they are casting a wider net as they look for more victims. In his first court appearance on ...
(Akiit.com) For months, the identity of the boy who was sexually assaulted in the locker-room showers by Jerry Sandusky was one of the biggest mysteries of the Penn State scandal. Now, for the first time, a man has come forward publicly to claim he was that boy, and is threatening ...
(Akiit.com) On a trip already marked by misstep, Mitt Romney has an Olympic history that could prove problematic: His stewardship of the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City was not without controversy. Romney and his wife, Ann, are set to attend the opening ceremony at the Summer Games on ...
(Akiit.com) The Fort Worth Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated held its annual Sisterhood Luncheon last Saturday, and I was privileged and honored to be the keynote speaker. A cloud hovered over the luncheon, though, and the media was there to talk about it. Four Delta women have ...
(Akiit.com) The new NAACP Report Card for the first session of the 112th Congress is out and it shows that every graded Republican member of the House and Senate received an F on issues considered important to the nation’s oldest civil rights group. In the Senate, all 46 GOP senators ...