(Akiit.com) A lot of families across the South know how to get through hard times. That knowledge got passed down from grandparents, aunties, uncles, and parents who learned how to survive with very little. Folks figured out how to make meals stretch another day. Lights stayed on somehow. Children still ...
(Akiit.com) Living in Charlotte, NC long enough will make you notice something real quick. The city loves talking about growth, but everybody is not growing with it. Every year another luxury building goes up. Another expensive apartment pops up near neighborhoods where regular Black working folks been staying for decades. ...
(Akiit.com) In a Beijing conference room recently, I noted to a counterpart that the United States and the Soviet Union took more than a decade to build toward nuclear coordination after the Cuban Missile Crisis. “That did not end well for the Soviet Union,” was the reply. As Donald Trump ...
(Akiit.com) Young people now blame capitalism for poverty, racism, high prices, even climate change. They listen to people like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who says, “Capitalism … is the absolute pursuit of profit at all human, environmental and social cost. That is not a redeemable system.” Give me a break. Yes, ...
(Akiit.com) The May 12 inflation report confirmed what many Americans already know in their bones: while economists debate indicators and politicians boast about growth, ordinary people increasingly feel as though they are running on fumes. Prices rise, stabilize briefly, and then rise again, while wages lag behind the escalating costs ...
(Akiit.com) What we are seeing in America today is something that Black people haven’t experienced in a very long time—citizenship with no workable Voting Rights Act in place. Immediately after the Supreme Court’s recent Louisiana v. Callais ruling, five southern states wasted little time in redrawing new congressional voting maps that ...
(Akiit.com) Caring for aging parents involves making many small decisions quickly. One of the most immediate, and often contentious, is determining what to do with their home. Not whether to move, but whether the space they live in now is safe for them. Few homes are designed for the way ...
(Akiit.com) King Charles of the UK came to the US a few days ago, apparently to fix the frayed ties with the U. S. Since the King had a brother involved in the Epstein crimes, he was asked to speak to the women who were the victims of the crimes. Such a small ...
(Akiit.com) Viewing current events, it appears the ruling elites, the people who really run this country and world, are doing everything in their power to sink the American Empire and reduce it to the hung heap of history. Why do you say this you ask? Because everywhere we look we ...
(Akiit.com) When it comes to wellness suggestions, the same things inevitably get discussed over and over again: heart health, weight management, muscle development, potentially even brain functioning when mental clarity is all the rage. These areas are important, but none of them encompass everything that keeps the body functioning well. ...
(Akiit.com) A few years back, most people thought telehealth was just a gimmick. Sure, it might save a trip to the doctor for something minor, but nobody really took it seriously as actual healthcare. Fast forward to today, and millions of people can’t imagine managing their health without it. The ...
(Akiit.com) Scoliosis isn’t just about having a curved spine that looks different on X-rays. For a lot of people living with it, the real issue is the daily discomfort that comes from a spine that doesn’t distribute weight and stress the way a straight spine does. Some days are manageable, ...