(Akiit.com) As I write this, I haven’t heard “I Look To You,†Whitney Houston’s new CD. Perhaps I’ll get around to it. Maybe I’ll hear a piece of a song on television; or a melody will waft out of the car next to me while I’m sitting on a light. ...
(Akiit.com) Dr. Conrad Murray must be sweating bullets. Now that Michael Jackson’s death has been officially ruled a homicide, the physician who administered the drugs that killed him will almost certainly wind up in court. Even if a grand jury decides not to charge Murray with manslaughter (I wouldn’t bet ...
(Akiit.com) In an interview on NBC’s Today Show two weeks after he was sworn in President Obama was blunt. He said that if he didn’t deliver he’d be “a one term proposition.” Put this in the category of what did he know and when did he know it. The it ...
(Akiit.com) What would a town hall on race look like? I do not mean the aesthetics – the color of the carpet or where panelists would sit, but the guts of it – the substance. I am pondering the question because I was recently asked to help organize and participate ...
(Akiit.com) Remember when you were a child and the “grown-ups†were having a conversation, and you knew they were talking about something that would affect you, but you didn’t understand enough to know exactly what they were talking about? Well, for many of us, that’s what the debate over Healthcare ...
(Akiit.com) I posed this question on a social networking site recently. The aftermath was like watching people running from a burning building as if their hair were on fire. Most of the responses were of the “good luck with that” variety, as if the next move was to wait for ...
(Akiit.com) Black America, are we lying to ourselves? It seems as though there are quite a few areas where we are not totally being honest with one another. A recent study proves that people lie to each other at least three times in a 10-minute period after just being introduced! ...
(Akiit.com) Two historically black colleges, faced with almost constant obstacles to stay afloat and continue their missions, are adding to their game plans in their efforts to bring in more degree-seeking students and their dollars. Atlanta’s Morris Brown College is launching a full, Internet-based degree program in organizational leadership and ...
(Akiit.com) Chicago, Illinois – There’s something special about the city of Chicago. Whether it’s the palatial skyline, the lights of the Magnificent Mile, or the diversity of art, food and culture, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. But in recent years, Chicago’s beauty has been diminished by the wanton slaughter ...
(Akiit.com) I am among those who tremble when I hear people refer to “The Black Church.” Christians believe that there is only one church and the only proper description of the church is the Christian Church. However, ever since the beginning of the Christian movement, ethnic and doctrinal distinctions were ...
(Akiit.com) Last week in Hagerstown, Maryland, the Secret Service detained a man outside a town hall meeting. He was holding a sign that said death to President Obama, Michelle Obama and their kids. The man said he came to debate health care but couldn’t get in because it was too ...
(Akiit.com) Last week Kenneth Gladney, a black conservative, was assaulted outside a health care town hall meeting hosted by Missouri Democrat Rep. Russ Carnahan. Fox News pushed the black conservative’s allegations of racial assault – at the hands of another black man who also allegedly used the n-word – to ...