“Government Overreach” Lands Parents in Hot Water for Letting Kids Walk to Park Alone
When police and social workers were called in to essentially check on the fitness of parents in a Washington, D.C. suburb because they had let their kids walk to and from a park alone, it set off a national discussion on the concept of “free-range parenting.” For anyone who grew ...
Project 21’s Emmett an Early Critic of Obama’s “Free” Community College Plan
National Center staff member Bethany Whitlock helped write this blog post. As part of his State of the Union address, President Obama proposed a new initiative to offer young Americans essentially free community college education. Then, in his proposed tax plan that was released shortly thereafter, it was discovered there ...
Obama Should Work with the New Congress to Reinstate the Clinton-GOP Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996, by Gianno Caldwell
After 50 years of America's "War on Poverty" yielding little progress at much expense, how can we more effectively provide opportunity for our least fortunate brothers and sisters? In 1996, with a divided government similar to what we have now, a Republican Congress and President Bill Clinton created and signed ...
Project 21 Membership Tackles Tough Middle East, Islam Issues
While members of the National Center’s Project 21 black leadership network are popular for their interviews about race relations, the diverse experiences and skills that Project 21 members bring to the table make them qualified to speak on a broad array of issues. One of these issue areas happens to ...
Black Conservatives Say Newest Drive for Redskins Name Change Fouls Free Speech
While most other football fans are fixated on deflated game balls right now, there’s a small but allegedly influential special interest group hard at work trying to lend its credibility to an ongoing pressure campaign to get the Washington Redskins to change its name. But has the Fritz Pollard Alliance ...
Project 21 Members Tear Down Leftist Infrastructure Deception
National Center staff member Bethany Whitlock wrote this blog post. If the current price of gasoline -- due largely to new extraction on privately-owned land -- is any indication, American innovation is a clear success story. The private sector, so despised by big-government proponents, is proving its worth. Bishop Council ...
Project 21’s Gardner Answers the Question: “What Would Martin Luther King, Jr. Say?”
National Center staff member Bethany Whitlock wrote this blog post. With the recent national observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and with all of the events that have strained race relations over the past year, many people are probably asking the question: “What would MLK say?” This year, his ...
Black Conservatives Critique President Obama’s State of the Union Address
Black Conservatives Critique President Obama's State of the Union Address Washington, D.C. - Commenting on President Barack Obama's State of the Union address tonight, members of the Project 21 black leadership network saw a presidency lacking new ideas that suggested Obama may be "running out the clock" on his presidency ...
Project 21 Member’s Spiritual and Racial Redemption Highlighted by National Black Radio Network
As part of its coverage and commemoration of the anniversary of the birth of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the American Urban Radio Networks interviewed Project 21 member Reverend Steven L. Craft, M.Div. Reverend Craft offers a unique story of redemption and rebirth, making him a compelling ...
Despite the Rise of the Race Hustlers, America’s Youth Provide Optimism for a More Perfect Union
The following post was written by Michael Dozier, a member of the National Center’s Project 21 black leadership network: When I was in elementary school, I auditioned to be the lead in a school play. I was given the part. And, ironically, my co-star’s name was Coretta Scott. I kid ...
Race-Conscious Public Policy Puts Public at Risk in Buffalo, NY
Discussing the organization’s participation in a racial preference case that was recently argued before the New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, Project 21 Co-Chairman Cherylyn Harley LeBon said actions by city officials in Buffalo that denied firefighters promotions because the candidates were all white distorts “laudable goals” ...
Black Conservatives Available to Discuss Importance, Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Washington, D.C. - Black activists with a conservative political perspective are now available for media interviews to discuss the importance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s thoughts and actions. With the national holiday approaching marking the late civil rights icon's birthday, members of the Project 21 black leadership network can ...
Creating Unjustified Racial Strife Dishonors MLK Legacy
Bishop Council Nedd II, a longtime member of the National Center’s Project 21 black leadership network, explained that there are too many people in America these days whose action “dishonor” the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They dishonor him, for example, when they continue to fixate on race ...
Low Gas Prices Could Ultimately Hurt U.S. Economy, by Fred Banyon
Although the prices at the pump are nice these days, the cost of oil should probably be a little bit higher. Sorry. There's celebration because the Dow Jones Industrial Average recently reached a new high of over 18,000, but some stock market experts think the market is long overdue for ...
Armed and at Risk, Police Critic Learns the Value of Compliance with Cops
Given a gun and a mission, a once-vehement critic of the police quickly found his “attitude has changed.” Furthermore, he has pledged to let people know that they “need to comply with the orders of law enforcement officers — for their own sake.” Just last month, Reverend Jarrett Maupin was ...
“Racially Motivated” Hiring Hurting White Firemen Challenged by Black Activists in Court
Project 21 Black Leadership Network Joins Pacific Legal Foundation, Others in Charging the City of Buffalo, New York "Allowed the Fire Department's Promotional Lists to Expire, Because the Next Applicants in Line for Promotion Were all Caucasian" Washington, D.C. / Albany, NY - Black activists and legal experts with the ...
About Those Jobs Numbers for December: The Devil Is in the Details
Federal figures on jobless numbers were released this morning, and the appearance of good news unfortunately has a lot of bad news hidden in the details. To explain the devils in those details, as he does every month, is Project 21 member Derryck Green: The first jobs report of the ...
Horace Cooper on Hannity, Speaking on Scalise Non-Scandal
Horace Cooper, the co-chairman of the National Center’s Project 21 black leadership network, said charges still being made against Representative Steve Scalise (R-LA) — despite that initial reports of him speaking to a white supremacist group a dozen years ago are now very much in dispute — are part of ...
With New Technology, FBI Has “No Business” Snooping on Cell Phones without Warrants
Law enforcement agencies have the capability to create fake cell phone towers that may then be used to listen into peoples’ calls, and the FBI apparently believes they can do so without a warrant. Senators are asking the Obama Justice Department and Department of Homeland Security to elaborate on what ...
Occupy Organizer Further Radicalizing Ferguson Protests
It’s become known that at least one prominent radical affiliated with the Occupy movement has surfaced in Ferguson, Missouri with the obvious intention to train and further radicalize those people who are still protesting there. There is little doubt that the intention by Occupy Wall Street veterans is to continue ...
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