Year: 2000

Bill Clinton’s Foreign Policy Double Standard, by Kevin Martin

Project 21 Commentary /
In one corner, the long dead are reburied with full honors. In another corner, a young boy with no hands walks down a dusty road towards government-held positions - fleeing rebels closing in on the capital. Yet another corner has ...
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United Nations Gaining Control Over American Historical Landmarks, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #294 /
As Americans celebrate the 224th anniversary of our nation's independence and pause to remember the sacrifices made by our ancestors so that we may enjoy freedom today, perhaps no site evokes more poignant memories than Independence Hall in Philadelphia. Independence ...
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Media’s Selective Indignation Molds Moral Conscience, by Murdock “Doc” Gibbs

Project 21 Commentary /
We were shocked when a black immigrant in New York City was shot at by police over 40 times while simply reaching for his wallet. We were appalled by the merciless and brutal beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles ...
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Promoting Academic Achievement and Safe Schools, by Rita Thompson

Project 21 Commentary /
As an African-American and the proud daughter of a woman who was a leader in the New York civil rights movement during the 1960s and 1970s, I am very sensitive to the issue of discrimination. However, I disagree with the ...
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The Time is Now for A New Environmental Justice Policy, by Michael Centrone

National Policy Analysis #296 /
When Select Steel Inc. proposed construction of a $175 million steel mill that would create 200 jobs in the economically-distressed community of Genesee County, Michigan, the majority of local residents welcomed the proposal. But thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency's ...
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Bill Clinton Makes Blacks Pay More at the Pump, by Stuart Pigler

National Policy Analysis #297 /
With gasoline prices rising to well over two dollars a gallon in the Midwestern United States, America's love affair with the automobile may be headed toward a break-up. But before we ditch our wheels, we should first demand the government ...
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Bio-Foods Can Improve Nutrition in America, Cut Starvation and Disease in Africa, by John Meredith

National Policy Analysis #298 /
Wouldn't you rather eat a banana than get a shot? I know that I would. Science now makes it possible to get a vaccination against hepatitis, which kills an estimated 100 million people per year worldwide, simply by eating a ...
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Orioles Baseball Team Warned Not to Discriminate

African-American Network Asks Owner Angelos to Consider Afro-Cubans Recent statements by officials of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team in which they orginially said - but later retracted - that they would not sign Cuban defectors to play for the team ...
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National Center Releases New Poll Showing that U.S.D.A. Organic Food Labels Are Misleading

Proposed organic seal conveys false information to consumers; Over 70 percent of Americans want clarification on organic labels A new poll finds the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) proposed rules for labeling organic food products will seriously mislead consumers into ...
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Orioles Baseball Team Warned Not to Discriminate ­ May 2000

Press Release /
African-American Network Asks Owner Angelos to Consider Afro-Cubans Recent statements by officials of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team in which they orginially said - but later retracted - that they would not sign Cuban defectors to play for the team ...
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