(Akiit.com) His baby sister said it best via an old Joni Mitchell sample in one of her hits from the late ’90s: “You don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone.” Now, nine months after Michael Jackson’s sudden death at age 50, Sony, his longtime label, is ready to cash ...
(Akiit.com) Recognizing the importance of the African-American vote in recent presidential and congressional elections, conservatives have reverted to an old tactic in an attempt to court our support. It goes like this, take the a limited version of facts, ignore the ones that inconveniently reveal the bigger picture or messy ...
(Akiit.com) LAS VEGAS (AP) — Oddsmakers didn’t take long to make Tiger Woods the Masters favorite. Even his fellow competitors say they can see him trying on another green jacket. They’re expecting the Tiger of old at Augusta National. That might be because it’s the only Tiger they know. I ...
(Akiit.com) Well my tarheels won last night… Next up is Mississippi State… Still need to find out if we have another home game… Carmichael was rocking, and helped energize the team… I do need to read over the best diet pills ad a friend placed in the paper… He is ...
(Akiit.com) The throng of angry whites jeered, catcalled, and spat out borderline racial insults at the small group of mostly black protesters. This wasn’t a march against Jim Crow in Montgomery, Birmingham, Jackson, Mississippi, or Cicero, The year wasn’t 1963. The charged racial confrontation happened on March 14, 2010 in ...
(Akiit.com) LOS ANGELES (AP) — The estate of Michael Jackson has landed the late King of Pop the biggest recording deal in history: a $200 million guaranteed contract with Sony Music Entertainment for 10 projects over seven years, according to a person familiar with the deal. The record-breaking contract through ...
(Akiit.com) WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama has talked to schools and nutrition groups across the country in her effort to reduce childhood obesity. On Tuesday, she will face the food companies that make the snacks and junk food that stuff grocery aisles and school vending machines. Not that the companies ...
(Akiit.com) When condoms breed suspicion and fear of herpes lurks behind every other hookup… When fear of herpes lurks behind every other hookup. He yelled, “Helena Andrews has the best p**** in the world!” into the receiver, and the line went dead-leaving the next man on the other end speechless. ...
(Akiit.com) Most of us have already known about the wealth gap along racial and gender lines, but now a very disturbing new study actually puts a bright spotlight on the problem. The new report by the Insight Center for Community Economic Development, formerly the National Economic Development and Law Center ...
(Akiit.com) Antiabortion advocates are claiming that Black women are being specifically targeted for abortions in an effort to keep the Black population down-a conspiracy against the Black population. This comes after several antiabortion billboards popped up in Atlanta stirring up the race issue. The billboards feature the face of a ...
(Akiit.com) I just won’t give John Mayer a pass on his racist’s and misogynistic comments in a recent Playboy interview. You gotta draw the line somewhere and he’s definitely crossed it. When asked if black women interested him he commented, with a few choice expletives for emphasis, he said he ...
(Akiit.com) Speaking on ABC’s “This Weekâ€, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi commented, “I think everybody wants affordable health care for all Americans. They know that this will take courage. It took courage to pass Social Security. It took courage to pass Medicare. And many of the same forces that were at ...