(Akiit.com) The President of the United States of America, Barack H. Obama, signed into law universal health care coverage for every American, for the first time ever in our nation’s history. It was a long time coming. Almost 100 years. The United States was the last industrialized nation to do ...
(Akiit.com) President Obama earned well-deserved accolades for his dogged fight to make a much needed, and long overdue comprehensive health care reform a reality. The president can and should savor the victory and feat. But there’s another equally hard battle that desperately needs to be fought, and that’s the fight ...
(Akiit.com) Tavis Smiley’s summit will talk the talk, but where’s the grassroots follow-up? Tavis Smiley’s summit will talk the talk, but where’s the grassroots follow-up? I’ve never been much of a fan of Tavis Smiley’s annual State of Black America confab, which struck me as an extravaganza of excessive Negro ...
(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) President Barack Obama is quietly moving forward with a plan for black America. He’s just not talking about it. It’s probably a good idea. Obama has been criticized recently – particularly by commentator Tavis Smiley – for not speaking out directly on behalf of African-Americans and failing to specifically ...
(Akiit.com) One of the slogans of President Clinton’s 1992 Presidential campaign was “Putting People First.” Those three words gave voice to the growing feeling in the country that the people’s needs were not being put first – the political saga playing itself out in New York State is just the ...
(Akiit.com) The President made his eleventh-hour call for comprehensive health care reform on Wednesday, challenging Congress to have an up or down vote within weeks. Once again, he embraced a spirit of bipartisanship that will not likely yield a single Republican vote. But he also articulated a sense of urgency, ...
(Akiit.com) They started their careers as bright young men in the Democratic precincts of Harlem. Each achieved great success. The quartet, known in political history as The Gang of Four, consisted of David Dinkins, Charles Rangel, Basil Paterson and Percy Sutton. But that old gang is breaking up. Its power ...
(Akiit.com) Say what you want about Rev. Jesse Jackson, but the value of his legacy cannot be denied. Few have made the sacrifices Jackson has made, and few can match his historical significance when it comes to America’s quest for equality and civil rights. Every politician or American citizen who ...
(Akiit.com) Last week, California Representative Diane Watson announced she would not seek re-election to her 33rd Congressional District seat. It was a much anticipated announcement after months of “rumors†that she would. Diane Watson is one of the most respected elected officials in the history of California black politics. She ...
(Akiit.com) Most African-Americans enjoying a day off for President’s Day would assert that Barack Obama and George Washington share but one thing: forty-two white men separating them as president. If Washington suddenly came back to life and was summoned to the Oval Office for a Henry Louis Gates-like beer session, ...
(Akiit.com) Does anyone think that the Congressional Black Caucus works for the interests of the African-American community? Well, think again. It appears that, according to a scathing report in The New York Times, African-Americans don’t have the money to buy the CBC’s loyalty. At the very least, they do not ...