(Akiit.com) Sen. John McCain said Wednesday he’s sure that President Barack Obama “will be more than eager” to pardon the late black heavyweight champion Jack Johnson, who was sent to prison nearly a century ago because of his romantic ties with a white woman. Appearing with three of Johnson’s family ...
(Akiit.com) The death of preeminent historian and race scholar, John Hope Franklin, made a life-long contribution to helping America understand the legacies of slavery and racial vestiges that have been carried forward that still makes race the most entrenched socio-economic-political issue of our society. John Hope Franklin’s life’s work was ...
(Akiit.com) More than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic health problems. 51 percent of American children and adults were taking one or more prescription drugs for a chronic condition, up from 50 percent the previous four years and 47 percent in 2001. Most of ...
(Akiit.com) Last week New York’s Black Governor David Paterson and legislative leaders reached agreement to ease anti-drug laws which were among the harshest in the nation. Not only were the laws harsh but they were draconian to the point of being both racist and evil. The laws were passed in ...
(Akiit.com) They say†the foreclosure mess “was caused by government meddling in the business affairs of private banks which forced them to loan to unqualified minority home buyers.†Watch the nation’s cable networks and they’ll have you believing that the mortgage debacle is the fault of dark-skinned people from the ...
(Akiit.com) The tragedy of four police officers being shot on a routine traffic stop in Oakland, California, over the weekend, offered a set of circumstances that we all must face up to at some point in our society. Four people died (three officers) and a fourth officer is on life ...
(Akiit.com) The third year Senator from Illinois pulled no punches in 2007 when he wrote that “the long march†toward justice and equality is far from over. Then Senator Barack Obama wrote the punchy words in the introduction to the National Urban League’s hard hitting annual State of Black America ...
(Akiit.com) President Barack Obama should specifically address disparities in black unemployment, foreclosures, education and health care, the National Urban League says in its annual “State of Black America” report. Despite the progress represented by the election of the first black president, blacks are twice as likely to be unemployed, three ...
(Akiit.com) Poor Chris Brown. Poor Rihanna. The only people who know what really happened between them are those two people, yet, the entire nation is spinning a multitude of tales and using each of them to represent whatever story they want told. For those against domestic violence, Chris Brown now ...
(Akiit.com) Remember reading those “Choose Your Own Adventure” novels as a child? You would come to a crossroad in the story where you had to decide a course of action for the characters. Each decision was followed by more decisions, and made for several possible endings in just one book. ...
(Akiit.com) March Madness has officially started the time of year when thousands of avid and casual fans are watching each game with the intense focus that serious investors exhibit when watching the ticker symbols scroll across. Fans are monitoring the results of each game to see if there picks are ...
(Akiit.com) JACKSON, Miss. — Down here in the Deep South, calls to bring back the hanging noose are coming from an unlikely source: a 62-year-old, black Republican mayoral candidate in Mississippi’s largest city. Long-shot George Lambus acknowledges his inflammatory platform has made some residents of Jackson slam doors in his ...