(Akiit.com) As a result of the midterm elections, Republicans will take control of the House of Representatives while Democrats retain control of the Senate. House Speaker-to-be John Boehner (R-OH) has pledged to “listen to the American people and to focus on their priorities.” Republicans have indicated that one of their ...
(Akiit.com) Last week, President Barack Obama visited Los Angeles in a last ditch attempt to save Barbara Boxer’s Senate seat and to remind “change agents” throughout the state what the change we all voted for two years ago was really about. The President did a luncheon fundraiser for Boxer at ...
(Akiit.com) Let’s be honest. The American voting process is a mess. Most Americans either proclaim a real understanding or they simply make no comment. But the reality is that many of us have no idea how the process works and even fewer understand the various propositions that are on state ...
(Akiit.com) By the time you read this, you may have already cast your ballot. Across the nation, the mid-term election results are in or will be soon. Voting is a right and a privilege. It’s a good thing; we need to vote. However, the process for change doesn’t begin or ...
(Akiit.com) NPR axed the news analyst because he broke one of our tribal strictures: Thou shalt not stereotype minorities… It’s as if Juan Williams were a man in a small rain forest tribe and he called out a taboo name for a spirit. Or a lion. Or said the name ...
(Akiit.com) Does the Tea Party hate Muslims? You betcha. And certainly if they are not actually anti-Arab Islamophobes, then they are doing nothing to challenge this portrayal of themselves as religious bigots, not to mention racists. Judson Phillips, the founder of the Tea Party Nation, does not mince words when ...
(Akiit.com) It was a surreal scene at the Sacramento press conference called by Bishop Ron Allen and a host of other black ministers and faith leaders last July. They blasted the California NAACP for very publicly and vigorously calling for passage of Proposition 19. The initiative would legalize marijuana possession, ...
(Akiit.com) During the 2008 presidential election cycle, various voter suppression schemes emerged aimed at locking minority voters out of the political process. Those efforts included a “Lose Your Home, Lose Your Vote” scheme that turned on the use of foreclosure lists to challenge voter eligibility at the polls. “Vote caging,” ...
(Akiit.com) Ironically, the right-leaning Fox News is showing rightful outrage in the aftermath of two mistakes on the left: Juan Williams’ faux pas and NPR’s hypocritical overreaction… You have to admit: Whether the spectacle is staged or genuine (I lean toward the latter), it is pretty ironic to see the ...
(Akiit.com) In the raucous nature of national debate, the exclusion of racial and ethnic issues from mainstream discussion appears driven by fear. More often than not, those directing America’s political discourse dismiss Black grievances through either active opposition or passive denial. In light of this fact, it is difficult, if ...
(Akiit.com) We all remember the euphoria surrounding President Obama’s election in November 2008. News flashes from Chicago’s Grant Park to New York’s Times Square to living rooms and churches across the country showed the faces of Americans basking in the glow of accomplishment — not for one man, but for ...
(Akiit.com) Virginia Thomas’s seemingly strange voice mail to Brandeis University law professor Anita Hill demanding that she apologize for “why you did what you did with my husband” drew, snickers, derision and puzzlement. The old charge that Thomas sexually harassed Hill caused a national uproar during his Supreme Court confirmation ...