(Akiit.com) “You want our vote, come get our vote.” – Angela Lang, executive director, Black Leaders Organizing for Communities The nation recently experienced a midterm election of historic dimensions: more than 47% of eligible voters cast a ballot in November – the highest percentage since 1966. Black voter participation drove were a ...
(Akiit.com) Equity has been a huge buzzword in the field of education this year. Education advocates and politicians alike have called for an increase in educational equity, but what does the term really mean? Equity is not Equality. Equity creates equality by prioritizing resources to students who need them the most. ...
(Akiit.com) If for some strange reason you didn’t already know how much the liberal media hates President Trump, you found out this week. The Trump Hate Machine got revved up even before the president gave his national prime-time address Tuesday night about what he called “the growing humanitarian and security crisis ...
(Akiit.com) Now that the mid-terms are over, and the new Congress has started, political observers have already started to focus on the 2020 presidential campaign. Every election cycle it begins earlier, especially in this case, because the Democrats and their supporters in the media are obsessed with defeating President Donald Trump. ...
(Akiit.com) Letting agent fees vary greatly depending on the company and the services that they offer. It can be tempting as a landlord to dispense with these services and save yourself money. However, once you understand what exactly you are paying for, you can see that it is worth the extra ...
(Akiit.com) When you’ve worked so hard to build a successful business, you’re going to want to protect it properly. There are so many different dangers that businesses have to deal with and if you’re going to protect yourself properly, you need to know what those dangers are. These are the ...
(Akiit.com) Chris Abele, Milwaukee philanthropist and County Executive of Milwaukee County, has personally issued a $100,000 challenge grant to support the reopening of America’s Black Holocaust Museum (ABHM) at 401 W. North Avenue in Milwaukee’s Bronzeville African American Cultural and Entertainment District. Abele’s grant will match dollar-for-dollar all donations and pledges ...
(Akiit.com) Remote working is fast spreading across the globe. Fewer employees are showing up to the office, but rather working entirely from home, to the point that people get hired and spend years working without ever setting foot on the business premises. Here, we’re going to look at not only the ...
(Akiit.com) Technology has been on an upward climb for a very long time. Since the advent of microchips, the tools and devices people use on a daily basis have been able to become far more complicated than ever before. Regardless of the part of life you’re thinking about, you will always ...
(Akiit.com) ‘New Year, new me’ – isn’t that something we all say? It seems as though everyone is starting 2019 with a new-found approach to taking care of themselves. It’s all over Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, in the workplace and all around you – but how many people really stick to this ...
(Akiit.com) President Trump continues to refine the substance behind the “Wall” meme he has used so effectively to dramatize the urgent need to regain control of our nation’s southern border. In an article I wrote in January of last year, I observed and supported his efforts to do so: “Whatever anxiety ...
(Akiit.com) In 1986, on her award-winning “Control” album, singer-songwriter Janet Jackson asked: “What have you done for me lately?” This is a question the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is asked a lot. Well, here’s our latest answer to that question: Since its founding in 1971, the CBC has used the legislative ...