Costco Shareholders Counseled to Vote for Shareholder Proposal Seeking Ideological Balance on Board of Directors
Free Enterprise Project Blasts Proxy Advisor Institutional Shareholder Services for Opposing Viewpoint Diversity Bellevue, WA/Washington, D.C. – Costco shareholders are urged to support a shareholder resolution submitted by the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) calling on the warehouse giant to expand its board’s nominating and ...
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MLK Also Dreamed of Religious Freedom
The leading civil rights issue of the modern era? Challenges to the guarantee of equal access to opportunity for people of faith. In a commentary published on the website of The Hill newspaper on the day America commemorates civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Project 21 member Donna ...
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MLK’s Mission Praised by Black Conservatives
Left-Wing Activists Criticized for Misinterpreting Teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Washington, D.C. - In observance of the upcoming holiday devoted to the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., members of the Project 21 black leadership network are available for interviews regarding Dr. King, how his ...
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Boardroom Biases Create “Costly Realities” for Investors
CNN’s recent settlement with Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann for the channel’s biased reporting of the student’s encounter with left-wing agitators at the Lincoln Memorial a year ago is a result of “partisan blindness.” This bias not only affects the network and its parent company – AT&T – ...
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Black Leaders Credit Low Taxes, Less Regulation for Surging Economy
Unemployment numbers held steady at record levels as 2019 came to a close, according to Labor Department data released today. This is cheered by members of the National Center’s Project 21 black leadership network, who credit an economic policy of low taxes and regulatory rollback for fueling the nation’s economic ...
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Covington Coverage Showed How Media Picks Its Targets
In addition to his comments in today's Project 21 press release about a settlement in the lawsuit that Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann filed against CNN, Project 21 member Derryck Green has a longer statement about the resolution. While there are currently no known details about the terms of ...
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Covington Student’s Legal Victory Against CNN Hailed by Black Activists
Project 21 Applauds Nick Sandmann's Decision to "Stand Up to Leftist Bullies and Fight Back" Washington, D.C. – The legal victory of Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann over CNN for false reporting is being hailed by members of the Project 21 black leadership network. Sandmann sued CNN and other ...
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Kaepernick’s Anti-Military Tweets Destroy Liberals’ Narrative About Him
Nike pitchman and washed-up professional football quarterback Colin Kaepernick has appeared to defy yet again the narrative that’s been created for him. This time, he dispelled the assertion that he doesn’t have a beef with the American military when he tweeted that they are a “weapon… to enforce [America’s] policing ...
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Civil Rights Threat From Impeachment “Clarification”
Before the holidays, impeachment was the issue dominating Washington. As the new year begins… notsomuch. Yet the threat of impeachment and related criticism of the White House and its supporters present a real danger to our society. It’s this danger that Project 21 member Donna Jackson warns about in a ...
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The real threat to civil rights? Trump haters, by Donna Jackson
A common criticism of President Trump is that his presidency is a threat to civil rights. It is, but not because of anything he or his supporters have said or done. The real threat to civil rights comes from the environment his opponents have created. When my conservative black family members ...
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2020 to Bring America Back Toward Political Neutrality?
Political correctness, RIP? Like a bad horror movie monster, PC will probably never totally die. But, in a new commentary distributed by InsideSources, I predict it will get its comeuppance over the course of 2020. Acknowledging the political upheaval since the 2016 elections, I note that “[l]iberal members of Generation ...
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Popular Light Bulbs Get “New Lease on Life”
By stopping an increase in the regulatory standards for incandescent light bulbs, the Trump Administration gave the commonly used bulbs “a new lease on life,” reports the Washington Post. And the newspaper cites the National Center’s praise of this decision. Increased energy efficiency standards set to go into effect on January 1 ...
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Black Leaders Need to Root Out Anti-Semitism in Their Ranks
Investigators trying to get to the bottom of the Hanukkah attack in Monsey, New York have discovered evidence of the assailant’s anti-Semitic leanings – adding this to the unfortunate string of hate-fueled attacks on the Jewish community in the New York City area. Federal hate crime charges have been filed against the ...
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Fighting Hate by Helping Strangers: A Project 21 Member’s Challenge
In the wake of the attack on a Hassidic Jewish celebration of Hanukkah by a machete-wielding assailant, Project 21 member Marie Fischer is issuing a challenge to help end religious and racial hatred in 2020 by asking people to get out from behind their keyboards, venture outside their comfort zones ...
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Project 21 Leader Packing in Pulpit Praises Response in Texas Church Shooting
There were two horrific, violent assaults on people exercising their faith this past weekend. One would likely have been much worse if not for the fast action of armed members of the congregation. Allowing armed security – including citizens packing a pistol – in the pulpit and pews has been ...
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Liberal Policies “Not Working” in Crime-Fighting
Baltimore is on track for over 350 homicides committed in the city during 2019. It has already broken a record for per capita murders with 57 per 100,000 residents. To put the severity of the murder problem affecting Charm City, the per capita rate for New York City is below ...
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“Amen and Hallelujah” for New White House Anti-Crime Initiative
To help reduce violent urban crime, the U.S. Department of Justice has announced “Operation Relentless Pursuit.” Members of the National Center’s Project 21 black leadership network are applauding this new anti-crime initiative from the Trump Administration. In seven cities – Albuquerque, Baltimore, Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City (Missouri), Memphis and Milwaukee – ...
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No Free Speech Costs Northwestern My Support
No matter how many times they call me or send me letters, there’s no way I am going to give Northwestern University a dime. Besides the fact the school has an endowment of over $11 billion and doesn’t need my money, political correctness infests my alma mater. My standard response ...
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A Bright Idea: Trump Rule Saves Incandescent Lights
DOE Halts Regulation That Made Traditional Edison-Style Bulbs Too Expensive Washington, D.C. - By ending further regulation of incandescent light bulbs, the Trump Administration has effectively saved Thomas Edison’s creation, which has illuminated the world cheaply and efficiently for over a century. The National Center for Public Policy Research praises ...
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Baseball-Style Arbitration Could Prevent Medical Bill Surprises
When a medical emergency strikes, there are few better places to be than in an American hospital – armed with a team of highly trained doctors and medical staff. But, in the aftermath of life-saving care, proponents of the new Lower Health Care Costs Act (LHCC) are proposing solutions to ...
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