(Akiit.com) The Virginia gubernatorial election was not just a referendum on Democrats and progressivism, it was a reckoning. Voters made it abundantly clear that they did not want or approve of the Democratic party’s direction. Despite having a statistical advantage in the state, McAuliffe had little chance of winning due ...
(Akiit.com) When dealing with Veterans Day in this country, it’s very important for serious Black folks to commemorate Nat Turner, one of our most heroic warriors in the battle against white supremacy/racism. In 1831 when Brother Nat led an insurrection in Southampton County Virginia against the enslavement of African men, ...
(Akiit.com) Sometimes it is hard for our African American community to read, hear and observed negatives things, stereotypes and comments about our community that may hinder, discredit, belittle, humiliate, demonized and insult us; thus, affecting our ability to function like normal human beings and succeed in a society were we ...
(Akiit.com) Despite rising inflation and legislative drama, some economists are touting the latest jobs numbers as a cause for celebration. And there is good news in the recent jobs report. Job growth exceeded expectations, adding nearly 100,000 jobs from last month (bls.gov). Wages increased. But Black folks didn’t get the ...
(Akiit.com) Even before the spanking Democrats across the country received Tuesday night, I was struck by polls earlier in the week showing that President Joe Biden (and, by extension, the Democratic Party) was hemorrhaging support, even among those who voted for him in 2020. Now that voters have spoken in ...
(Akiit.com) “I have not seen any evidence that whether I am doing well or poorly, whether I have got my agenda passed or not, is going to have any real impact on winning or losing.” So said President Joe Biden on the Monday before the Tuesday that proved how wrong ...
(Akiit.com) During my matriculation as a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton Theological Seminary, one of the most provocative conversations I would ever have occurred during a forum of interdisciplinary doctoral students with a guest lecturer — one of my favorite authors, Toni Morrison. Morrison had recently received the Pulitzer Prize for ...
(Akiit.com) We’re out of Afghanistan. Good. We should have gotten out before. Our involvement there was America’s longest war, longer than the Civil War, World War I and World War II combined. We accomplished little good and plenty of bad. Tens of thousands killed. A trillion dollars spent. Now the Taliban ...
(Akiit.com) Liberals and fools while not known for being cultured – are known for their elitist self-ascribed superiority. They believe themselves to be superior and none are more embracing of said reasoning than half-wit, dead-from-the-neck-up meatheads with a college degree. And they excel at revising factual history. Such was a ...
(Akiit.com) With instability and political unrest roiling the world stage, it is more important than ever for America to have solid allies in the Middle East, a dangerous region historically rife with conflict and dysfunction. Americans know and understand almost innately that Israel’s values are a mirror of our own: ...
(Akiit.com) Last April, when Major League Baseball pulled the All-Star Game out of suburban Atlanta in what it thought was a strident example of the powerful corporate punishment states would face if Republican lawmakers passed laws MLB did not like, its corporate, academic and cultural peers applauded the move. Commissioner ...
(Akiit.com) This week, the president took a trip to Virginia to try to help salvage the gubernatorial prospects of fellow Washington lifer Terry McAuliffe. President Joe Biden used the appearance to liken the GOP gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin to Jan. 6 rioters, to lie about Republicans supporting “book bans” and ...