(Akiit.com) In 1960, MIT was the home of one of the only computers in America. The computer was the size of a sports hall and it cost millions of dollars to build and run. Only a privileged few had access to it and they had to book their usage, months ...
(Akiit.com) These days, there is a growth in people starting businesses from home. Why? Because it provides a convenient and comfortable way to run a business. Bearing that in mind, here are three great businesses you can run from home: Graphic Design Business Starting a graphic design business is possibly ...
(Akiit.com) For much of the past century, America has embodied, both in word and in deed, a commitment to freedom and democracy that has improved the lives of billions of people all over the world. Leaders such as Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan saw the importance of a foreign policy ...
(Akiit.com) One hundred one years ago, Booker T. Washington penned a letter to the editors of America’s leading black newspapers. In it, he contended that health, more than any other measure, was the single most important aspect to achieving progress and parity for African-Americans. In April, we remember Washington’s call ...
(Akiit.com) Wisdom teeth are the final set of molars that come into your mouth. Unlike other teeth, they don’t usually appear until the late teens or even early twenties. Many people’s wisdom teeth come in easily. Their mouth and gums allow for the teeth to erupt without causing pain and ...
(Akiit.com) If it’s presidential-primary time it’s a given a significant part of the political discourse will involve dissing Black voters. Sometimes this gambit takes the form of citing Blacks’ reliable massive support for the Democratic Party as proof they don’t “understand” the issues at stake and who their real political ...
(Akiit.com) Bernie Sanders on Sunday tried to attribute most of his losses to Hillary Clinton – his recent string of victories notwithstanding – to poor people not voting. “Poor people don’t vote,” he said on NBC’s Meet the Press. “I mean, that’s just a fact. That’s a sad reality of ...
(Akiit.com) These days, it’s common for most entrepreneurs to start their stores online. There are still many benefits of starting and running a physical store though. The challenges that come with it often but people off, but if you’re thinking of taking the plunge, here are some essential tips for ...
(Akiit.com) This design, originally proposed by Bard College student Coriana Johnson, depicts colorblindness as a form of whitewashing. In rejecting the connection between race, culture, and identity, the default color becomes white. Many of us, as young adolescents, have been given tremendous context as to what is considered beautiful and ...
(Akiit.com) I absolutely understand why you didn’t get the new Beyoncé album. *Newsflash, honey* it wasn’t made for you… and I’m going to need you to be cool with that. Now, I found quite a few of the comments in your piece to be highly “inflammatory and agitating.” As a ...
(Akiit.com) Last month, I celebrated the beginning of my 81st year of life. For nearly half that time, I have been writing a nationally syndicated column on many topics generating reader responses that go from supportive to quite ugly. So I thought a column making my vision, values and views ...
(Akiit.com) We’re turning into a world that seems to have a lot less training for the realities of life than before. The up-and-coming generation of millennials shows less awareness of many of the financial realities that will govern and change big parts of their lives. However, they’re not the first ...