Year: 2018

Taking a Knee on Criminal Justice Reform, by Adrian Norman

Taking a Knee on Criminal Justice Reform, by Adrian Norman

Project 21 Commentary /
The Rev. Al Sharpton was recently back in the news, making statements on a TMZ video blasting rapper Travis Scott for accepting an invitation to perform at the Super Bowl halftime show. Sharpton equated Scott’s performance as a slap in ...
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Proposed Federal Retirement Security Rule Supported by Black Activists

Proposed Federal Retirement Security Rule Supported by Black Activists

Press Release /
Option to Pool Resources Can Help Small Businesses Short on Time and Money Washington, D.C. - Recognizing the benefit of allowing small businesses to pool their resources and share risk regarding 401(k) investment plans, the Project 21 black leadership network ...
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Health Care Rationing Fears Revived With the Arnold Foundation’s Help

Health Care Rationing Fears Revived With the Arnold Foundation’s Help

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Even though ObamaCare’s controversial Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) was abolished earlier this year, the fear of future rationed health care in America remains alive and kicking. While IPAB will not be responsible for it, the relationship between the Institute for ...
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CVS Makes Plans To Ration Customers’ Health Care

CVS Makes Plans To Ration Customers’ Health Care

Free Enterprise Project Commentaries /
CVS Caremark customers throughout America recently received bad news as the retail pharmaceutical chain officially closed on its $69 billion acquisition of Aetna. This is bad news because CVS is now working with a nonprofit “health” advisor that may ration ...
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LeBron Shoots Air Ball with NFL Criticism

LeBron Shoots Air Ball with NFL Criticism

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Despite National Football League owners not imposing a rule to stop players from kneeling on the field in protest while the national anthem is played, professional basketball star LeBron James has still declared the owners to be largely “old white men” ...
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Arnold Foundation Sweet on Making Your Drinks More Expensive

Arnold Foundation Sweet on Making Your Drinks More Expensive

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Enron billionaire John Arnold has said he’s libertarian, but National Center Vice President David W. Almasi claims Arnold’s funding of soda tax activism is “a de facto luxury tax” that amounts to “social engineering.” In a commentary distributed by InsideSources, David points out ...
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Food Stamp Work Requirements Applauded by Black Activists

Food Stamp Work Requirements Applauded by Black Activists

Press Release /
Work Requirements Encourage Self-Worth, Build on 1996 Welfare Reform Success Washington, DC - Plans to strengthen the work requirements for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or "food stamps") assistance eligibility are being applauded by members of the Project 21 black ...
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Watch Your Step on “First Step Act,” by Constable Council Nedd II

Project 21 Commentary /
Our criminal justice system may need reform, but the “First Step Act” that’s now headed for the President’s desk poses a significant risk to public safety – particularly for the most vulnerable members of our communities. For aspiring criminals, mandatory ...
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‘First Step Act’ Criticized by Black Conservatives as Harmful to Minority Communities

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Bill Undermines Mandatory Minimum Sentencing That Applies Law Equitably, Prevents Lenient Judicial Activism Washington, D.C. - Black conservative leaders are speaking out against the "First Step Act" criminal justice reform bill because of provisions in the bill that would undermine the ...
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Self-Segregated Vacations: Sun, Sand, Racism and Bigotry

Self-Segregated Vacations: Sun, Sand, Racism and Bigotry

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Imagine the outcry if there were resort vacation packages being offered exclusively to white men. While that may not have been unusual during the era of “Mad Men,” it’s certainly not something that would be tolerated today. So why is self-segregation ...
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