Netflix and Learn: Honoring Black Entrepreneurship
Coronavirus binge-watching doesn’t need to be exclusively “The Mandalorian,” “Game of Thrones” or “Tiger King.” I was excited to watch “Self Made,” a four-part miniseries on Netflix about the real-life rise of Sarah Breedlove from dirt-poor washerwoman to America’s first self-made female millionaire. Adopting the name Madam C.J. Walker, Breedlove ...
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Supreme Court Demands Proof of Clear Racial Discrimination
Black Conservatives Praise Justices for Rejecting “Race Card” Allegations to Root Out Real Bias Washington, D.C. - Allegations of racial discrimination in contracting must prove that bias is the sole reason for a minority company losing a deal, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday. This decision frees up plaintiffs ...
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Giving Google Credit, But Not a Pass
Elected leaders come and go, but bureaucracy sticks around forever. Therein lies the inherent problem with government. While the Trump Administration is doing its best to bring about commonsense regulatory and legal reforms, a lot of what are known as “deep state” shenanigans are often overlooked. So it heartens us ...
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Saving Black Jobs From Coronavirus Chaos
The outbreak of the coronavirus has thrown the economy into turmoil. It is also making unprecedented demands on the nation’s infrastructure. This crisis is of particular importance and peril to black Americans, who have recently benefited from new job prospects and increased opportunities for wealth-creation and social mobility. These gains ...
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Props for the President on COVID-19 Response
In this time of worldwide crisis, what’s the best thing President Donald Trump can do to help find a cure to the coronavirus, heal the sick, rebuild the economy and reassure a nervous nation? How about “resign immediately”? That’s the silly suggestion of Robert Weissman, the president of the left-wing ...
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Worried About COVID-19? Did You Get a Flu Shot?
With Americans going into lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, they are looking to the government for a solution. In a new commentary, I ask people to first ask themselves if they did their part by maintaining their post-9/11 emergency “go bag” or by getting a flu shot last ...
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Biblical Wisdom for Coping With COVID-19
Project 21 Co-Chairman Council Nedd II was booked on Pastor Greg Young’s syndicated “Chosen Generation” radio show to discuss the black leadership network’s public comments supporting reform of the National Environmental Policy Act. But the conversation could not avoid discussion about the effects of the coronavirus. During the discussion, Council ...
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Demanding Answers on China and COVID-19
Pointing out that “[t]he world needs to know the details behind the spread of this deadly virus so everyone understands exactly how this was started,” the National Center for Public Policy Research joined dozens of conservative groups in signing a letter that asked President Donald Trump to launch a formal ...
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Starbucks Rejects Protecting Conservative Employees
There is no official protection for a Starbucks “partner” who is subjected to ridicule, scorn or other mistreatment due to political beliefs. And an attempt by the National Center’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) to correct this problem was opposed and defeated by the company’s leadership. Starbucks is one of the most ...
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“America’s Constable” Elected Law Enforcement Leader
At the National Center, Council Nedd II – one of the co-chairmen of the Project 21 black leadership network – is referred to as “America’s Constable.” He’s a busy guy. In addition to his work helping lead Project 21, Council is also an Anglican bishop, the rector of St. Alban’s ...
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Abortion Reform Helps Black Communities
A generation ago, the liberal mantra about abortion was that it should be “safe, legal and rare.” These days, safe and rare have largely been cast aside. Women are now encouraged to ”shout your abortion.” Additionally, there is pushback against state laws requiring abortionists to have admitting privileges at nearby ...
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Disney Shareholders Cheer Calls for Objective Reporting at ABC News
Free Enterprise Project Slams ABC’s Rabid Anti-Conservative Bias, Highlighting Project Veritas Undercover Videos Raleigh, NC/Washington, D.C. – Brand new Disney CEO Bob Chapek was taken to task over persistent and blatant media bias in the company’s ABC News division at today’s annual meeting of Disney shareholders. “Meet the new boss, ...
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Coronavirus Cheerleaders Should “Check Their Hearts”
Noting that the media is suddenly obsessing about the health of President Donald Trump – suggesting he should curtail political events such as rallies in an abundance of caution – Fox News Channel host Laura Ingraham asked: “Why not the same focus” for liberal politicos and their own outreach efforts? ...
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MSNBC Guest Doubles Down on Race Criticism After Project 21 Call-Out
Roland Martin once defended blacks who refused to toe the liberal line, saying that they should not be called “Uncle Toms.” It seems that he no longer feels so strongly about such criticism. After all, he’s upping the ante when it comes to his own racial antagonism. The ascot-loving Martin, ...
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NEPA Reform Can Create Equality and Opportunity for Black America, Say Black Leaders
Washington, D.C. - Calling it “regulatory reform that enhances black empowerment,” the co-chairmen of the Project 21 black leadership network submitted public comments supporting the Trump Administration’s proposed rule to reform the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). In their comment, the Project 21 co-chairmen – Horace Cooper, Council Nedd II ...
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Federal Government Aids Discrimination Against Right-of-Center Americans
New Analysis Reveals How SEC Staff Ignores Requests that would Ensure Protection of Political Minorities Washington, D.C. - A new analysis by the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) suggests a trend of increasing discrimination against right-of-center shareholder initiatives at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission ...
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President Shouldn’t Ignore Base on Immigration Reform
Grading President Donald Trump’s performance so far on immigration, Project 21 member Stone Washington writes that he “deserves immense credit for helping secure the border.” That being said, Stone adds that the president “has fallen short on some his most important promises.” In a Washington Times commentary, Stone notes that ...
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Abortion: Bad for Business and Bad for Black America
Abortion is bad for business and black America. Justin Danhof, Esq., the National Center’s general counsel, made this point in an interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network that discussed two of the organization’s programs that are addressing the protection of human life. Initially, he spoke about the legal brief that ...
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De Blasio’s Dig at Blacks Unites Conservative and Liberal
Producers at the Fox News Channel may have thought they were scheduling a debate, but the liberal panelist pitted against Project 21 Co-Chairman Horace Cooper on “The Ingraham Angle” actually ended up agreeing with him when it came to opinions about the intelligence of the black American voter. Contrast that ...
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Conservatives Promote Free Speech for Social Media
The National Center has joined more than two dozen organizations in a letter to Attorney General William Barr to promote online freedom of speech. The letter supports Barr’s recent comments that social media companies might now be liable for consideration as publishers of content and thus no longer exempt from ...
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