Project 21’s Chelsi Henry on the Death of Eric Garner
Many people know that the actor James Garner died last weekend. It was all over Facebook. Fewer, however, know about the death of Eric Garner. His funeral is today. He died last week after having a heart attack most likely induced by a chokehold administered by a New York City police ...
NAACP, ACLU Sue Again to Make it Legal to Abort Babies Because of Race, Sex
Having been thrown out of one court already, the NAACP is once again suing to make it legal to abort babies in the state of Arizona solely on the basis of the race or sex of the unborn. Previously, in 2013, the NAACP and other groups sued for the overturn ...
Holder’s “Racial Animus” Remark “a Dog Whistle in Itself”
Responding to allegations made by Attorney General Eric Holder that there is “racial animus” among critics of him and President Obama, Project 21 member Christopher Arps said “that’s a dog whistle in itself” — making reference to how the left tries to find code words and so-called “dog whistle racism” ...
Obama’s Meager Efforts to Fix Immigration Crisis Criticized by Black Activists
Tiny Deportation Effort Just Doesn't Cut It "This is What Happens When Commonsense Principles and Practices are Ignored Because of Racial Guilt and Racial Politics" Washington, D.C. - Helluva job, Mr. President! With the Obama Administration taking a bow for arranging for the deportation of approximately 40 Honduran illegal aliens, ...
Holder’s Perception of “Racial Animus” Rebutted
Don’t be shocked, but Attorney General Eric Holder is playing the race card again. On the 7/13/14 edition of the ABC News program “This Week,” Holder said he and President Barack Obama are being criticized those who hold a “racial animus” toward them. Holder stated: “You know, people talking about ...
Black Conservatives File Supreme Court Brief Asking Justices to Clarify Disparate Impact in Fair Housing Act
Case Could Set Major Precedent for Race and Regulation Court Accepted Two Similar Cases Settled Before Consideration -- It's Time for Court to Finally Rule on the Issue Washington, D.C. - With the U.S. Supreme Court finished handing down opinions for its recently-completed term, members of the Project 21 black ...
Project 21’s Derryck Green on the Price of, Threat to Freedom
On the occasion of Independence Day, Project 21 member Derryck Green reflects on the sacrifices made in the name of freedom, the current state of that liberty in our nation and what might be done to improve the future. Our nation is facing many problems on the anniversary of its ...
What, to Black Americans, is the 4th of July?
The following New Visions Commentary from Project 21 member Stacy Swimp was originally published in July of 2012: On July 5, 1852, the famous black abolitionist Frederick Douglass delivered a stinging indictment of American independence. He did so because it was not yet realized for black Americans. At Corinthian Hall ...
Hat-Trick! Obama Leaves Labor Participation Stagnant for Three Months Straight
It’s customary for the previous month’s unemployment numbers to be released on the first Friday of the successive month. With the first Friday of July being a federal holiday, the government’s release of new jobless data was moved up by a day. That’s good news for President Obama even though ...
In Defense of the Lobbyist, by Gianno Caldwell
Lobbyists have a bad reputation because it's said they are in it for themselves. It's said lobbyists will do anything to make a dollar and that special interest lobbyists are ruining America. But what is a lobbyist? Are they all the same? Do lobbyists contribute anything positive to society? Almost ...
How to End the Violence in “Chiraq”, by Gianno Caldwell
Between July 3rd and July 7th, 82 people were wounded and 16 killed by gunfire. If you think I'm talking about violence in Iraq, you're wrong. I'm talking about happenings in "Chiraq," a new nickname for Chicago — my hometown. This violence is an unfortunate way of life for many ...
It’s Not Up to Obama to Rename the Redskins, by Stacy Swimp
The Obama PC police strike again. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office canceled trademark registrations for the Washington Redskins football team. The federal agency made this rare move deeming the team's name offensive to Native Americans. To be clear, I absolutely care about the concerns many Native Americans have about ...
The Progressive War on Truth Claims Another Victim, by Stacy Washington
Sean Bergin is the latest casualty in the progressive War on Truth. Bergin, a reporter for News 12, a regional television station in New York and New Jersey, interviewed the widow of a criminal shot and killed by police. Lawrence Campbell, who was black, stabbed and stole a gun from ...
Black Activists Call 50th Anniversary of Civil Rights Act Enactment “Bittersweet” Occasion, Since Many Fail to Recognize the Progress That Has Been Made
"The Civil Rights Act changed American culture... racist sentiment became largely outdated and unacceptable ...black people... are now the masters of their own destiny." "Today, black Americans and other minorities no longer face the daunting obstacles that existed prior to 50 years ago. The public square and corridors of commerce ...
Hobby Lobby Decision Hailed by Black Activists
Washington, D.C. - Black activists with the Project 21 black leadership network are cheering today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling that frees employers with strong religious beliefs from being forced to pay exorbitant fines to practice their faith. "Today, the Supreme Court reaffirmed the fundamental principle that government may not impose ...
Progressive Labor Laws Hurt Poor, Black Americans
Minimum wage laws — a centerpiece of President Obama’s class warfare agenda — has its origins in anti-black sentiment? Yes! That fact and other unsettling details about the racial underpinnings of progressive labor laws are laid bare by Project 21 co-chairman Horace Cooper in a new paper published by the ...
Bloomberg Soda Ban a Bust, Project 21’s LeBon Comments
In a devastating blow to the New York City nanny state of former mayor Michael Bloomberg, judges on the New York State Court of Appeals voted to uphold two lower court rulings thus keeping the city government from banning the sale of certain soft drinks in certain places under the ...
Project 21’s Derryck Green: Federal Unemployment Numbers Not What You Think
Project 21 member Derryck Green tells Soul of the South host Angela Rae that the reported decline in the government’s unemployment calculations is “not impressive,” noting that factors such as a lack of confidence on the part of potential employers and the many people despondent and living under “a heavy ...
Black Conservatives Discuss Canning Case
Today’s big decision from the U.S. Supreme Court was a unanimous ruling against the Obama White House in the case of NLRB v. Canning. The justices found that President Obama acted improperly in making recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board at a time when the Senate was in ...
Project 21’s LeBon Discusses Logic of, Black Support for Voter ID
Dispelling myths about voter identification laws and civil rights concerns, Project 21 co-chairman Cherylyn Harley LeBon tells “D.C. Breakdown” host Angela Rae that — contrary to popular liberal belief — the majority of black Americans actually support a verification of identity at polling places before ballots are given to prospective ...
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