NAACP Protest of “Star-Spangled Banner” Rebuked by Black Conservatives
"Cynical" Attack on National Anthem Divides Nation NAACP Chapter's Demand Contradicts Earlier Claims That Protests Are Not About Flag Washington, D.C. - As the NAACP's California chapter argues that the "Star-Spangled Banner" should be dropped as America's national song because it is "racist" and "anti-black," members of the Project 21 ...
After Sutherland Springs Church Massacre, Anglican Bishop Considers Arming Himself at the Altar
Washington, D.C. / Pine Grove Mills, PA - A man of the cloth in Pennsylvania who also wears a badge is now contemplating packing a pistol in the pulpit to protect his parish. Bishop Council Nedd II, rector of St. Alban's Anglican Church in Pine Grove Mills, Pennsylvania and co-chairman ...
Packing at the Pulpit: This Man of God May Arm Himself to Protect His Flock, by Bishop Council Nedd II
As a law enforcement officer, I can and do carry a gun almost anywhere. But I never take it to my other workplace – a church. Besides being a state constable, I’m also a church rector and an Anglican bishop. I am, however, rethinking that personal gun ban for the ...
Crusade Against Cross Honoring Vets Could Go to Supreme Court
An appeals court ruling against a war memorial cross could lead to the next big religious liberties case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Bishop Council Nedd II, a co-chairman of the National Center’s Project 21 black leadership network says: The Bladensburg Peace Cross should be allowed to stand where it ...
STRONGER Protections May Be Answer to Drug Patent Trolls
When Congress addressed patent reform earlier this decade, their attempt to stop “patent trolls” culminated in a law that the National Center’s Jeff Stier says ended up being “a solution in search of a problem.” As a result, there are now patents at an increased risk of being trolled unless ...
Bigoted Meddling in Personnel Policy Reflects Poorly on Disney CEO
It’s been suggested that Disney CEO Bob Iger thinks he’s got the stuff to run against President Donald Trump in 2020. The National Center’s Justin Danhof, who has directly challenged Iger on numerous occasions at his company’s shareholder meetings, considers Iger’s leadership skills to be lacking. In essence, after Iger’s recent ...
NFL Kneeling: Project 21’s Horace Cooper 2, Leo Terrell 0
@horacecooper ~ Horace Cooper is one of the most sensible, logical men I've ever heard speak! The black community needs to hear his message! — Infinity (@infinityzzzzz) October 11, 2017 As this tumultuous NFL season heads into its seventh week, its fans – or ex-fans, as the case may be ...
Trump Asked to Rescind Monument Designations Harmful to Economy, Private Property
Letter from Free-Market Coalition Urges Comprehensive Overhaul of Antiquities Act "Dramatic Break" Sought to Combat "Abuses That Have Plagued the Program for Decades" Washington, D.C. - Over three dozen free-market organizations, trade associations, businesses, former federal officials and current lawmakers have signed a letter to President Donald Trump from the ...
Black Activists Credit Trump Policies for Helping Create 17-Year Low in Black Unemployment
Washington, D.C. - Recently released unemployment statistics showing black unemployment at a 17-year low are being applauded by members of the Project 21 black leadership network as a triumph of the "commonsense" policies and economic confidence brought about by the Trump Administration. "Commonsense measures to reduce regulation are a major ...
Black Activists at Cornell Want Fewer Africans on Campus
Black students at Cornell University are complaining that they are at a disadvantage because there are too many black students. It’s not exactly that there are too many black students. Cornell apparently doesn’t have enough of the right black students. And the black student group there is demanding the Ivy ...
Black Conservatives Say Players Kneel and Protest at Their Peril
NFL's Indulgence of Radical Politics Sends Divisive Message, Drives Away Fans Washington, D.C. - With the high likelihood of continued instances of professional football players "taking a knee" while the National Anthem is played during this week's NFL games, members of the Project 21 black leadership network are warning that ...
Miss America Pageant Politics Worries Pivotal Past Contestant
While the spotlight is currently on the politicization of the NFL and the chaos that liberal politics is bringing to the sports world, Project 21 is making sure that people understand liberal influences are similarly threatening the footlights of the Miss America pageant. In a new Washington Times commentary, Project ...
Corporate Support for NFL Kneeling Will Cost Customers at Nike, ESPN and Elsewhere
For Release: September 26, 2017 Contact: Judy Kent at (703) 759-7476 or cell (703) 477-7476 or [email protected] and David W. Almasi at (703) 568-4727 or [email protected] Corporate Support for NFL Kneeling Will Cost Customers at Nike, ESPN and Elsewhere Free Enterprise Project Has Repeatedly Warned CEOs That Playing Politics is ...
The Political Price Tag on Miss America’s Tiara, by Day Gardner
Forty years ago, I helped black girls become more accepted as the “girl next door” as a Miss America contestant. After seeing this year’s pageant, I fear a Pandora’s box of politics has been opened. It risks making an institution that has helped empower women for almost 100 years irrelevant ...
Free Speech Victory: National Center for Public Policy Research Soundly Defeats Fake Transparency Proposal at FedEx Shareholder Meeting
For Release: September 25, 2017 Contact: Judy Kent at (703) 759-7476 or cell (703) 477-7476 or [email protected] and David W. Almasi at (703) 568-4727 or [email protected] Free Speech Victory: National Center for Public Policy Research Soundly Defeats Fake Transparency Proposal at FedEx Shareholder Meeting Free Enterprise Project Stymies Teamsters' Effort ...
FedEx Targeted in “Fake Transparency” Scam
For Release: September 22, 2017 Contact: Judy Kent at (703) 759-7476 or cell (703) 477-7476 or [email protected] and David W. Almasi at (703) 568-4727 or [email protected] FedEx Targeted in "Fake Transparency" Scam Investor Alert: All FedEx Corporation Shareholders Urged to Reject Proposal #7 on Company's Proxy Statement Shipping Giant Being ...
Nike Runs Away From Question on Ideological Tolerance
Do Nike and Other Outwardly Liberal Corporations Create Hostile Work Environments for Conservative Employees? National Center's Free Enterprise Project Urges Footwear Giant to Expand Its Concept of Inclusion to Include Varying Viewpoints Beaverton, OR / Washington, D.C. - At today's annual meeting of Nike investors, the National Center for Public ...
Snark is Also a Form of Media Bias
It’s not easy to work with a member of the media you figure is going to troll you. The National Center for Public Policy Research has been engaged in a coordinated effort to combat media bias. In this instance, it’s at ESPN – a channel owned by the Walt Disney ...
Black Conservatives Rebuke ESPN Host on Trump “White Supremacist” Claims
Jemele Hill's Allegations Hurt Race Relations and the ESPN Brand Washington, D.C. - After ESPN host Jemele Hill tweeted that President Donald Trump and his supporters are "white supremacists," black conservatives with the Project 21 leadership network are criticizing Hill for her wild and incendiary allegations. They further fault the ...
CEO Resignations From Trump Business Councils Reveal Leaders’ “True Colors”
Liberal Grandstanding and Cronyism Seen as Undermining Efforts to Grow Economy, Create Jobs Washington, D.C. - Recent CEO resignations from the Trump Administration's business councils are being criticized by the nation's leading conservative shareholder activists as being short-sighted and political. The Free Enterprise Project (FEP) says the resignations, which prompted ...
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