Year: 2002

Keep the Statue of Liberty Free: An Argument for Congressional Oversight of U.N. Land Designations in the U.S.

National Policy Analysis #419 /
This Independence Day more than most, our Statue of Liberty has special meaning. With its flame of freedom overlooking the site of the World Trade Center complex, the Statue of Liberty eloquently symbolizes the characteristics for which Americans are most ...
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For Safety’s Sake: Buckle Up, Black America, by Mary Katherine Ascik

National Policy Analysis #422 /
Black America needs to fasten its collective seatbelt. According to figures from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), only 69 percent of African-Americans wore seat belts in 2000 as opposed to 74 percent of whites.1 That's just a five ...
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School Choice Ruling Sends Struggling Black Kids to the Head of the Class, by Mary Katherine Ascik

National Policy Analysis #423 /
Black Americans won a significant victory when the Supreme Court recently ruled that a Cleveland school vouchers program created to help children escape from substandard schools was constitutional. The Ohio state legislature established the Ohio Pilot Scholarship Program in 1995 ...
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Historic Preservation Saves Buildings But Robs Residents of Goods and Services, by Syd Gernstein

Project 21 Commentary /
Homes of black heroes such as Frederick Douglass and Carter G. Woodson, where roofs leak and walls are collapsing, are historic landmarks located in our nation's capital that need protection. A still-operating grocery store and a boarded-up hardware store, however, ...
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It’s a Great Day for Choice, by Murdock “Doc” Gibbs

Project 21 Commentary /
It's a great day for minority kids, children in the inner cities and for parents who desperately want to give their children a better education in a safer environment. It's a great day for parents who want the same benefits ...
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The Supreme Court Agrees: A Mind Is A Terrible Thing to Waste, by Diann Kelly

Project 21 Commentary /
When the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of school vouchers, I believe the High Court understood that many poor children in America are not receiving their fair share in public education. Too many impoverished children, especially black and ...
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Just Don’t Do the Crime, by R.D. Davis

Project 21 Commentary /
Racism is blamed for just about everything negative involving blacks. The debilitating effect of this is that it doesn't afford us the motivation to look inward and work to find effective solutions to our race's problems. It's easier to just ...
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EPA Policies Expose Americans to Deadly Infections

Press Release /
Dust carried by the wind could potentially be laced with a deadly biological cocktail: staphylococcus aureus, a dangerous pathogen that is often the cause of serious hospital infections. This killer is combined with chemical irritants such as lyme that make ...
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New Web Site Focuses on Reparations Debate

Press Release /
New Web Site Focuses on Reparations Debate African-American Group Seeks to Provide Objective Source of InformationAmericans are sharply divided over proposals for the U.S. government to pay reparations to blacks as part of an apology for the once-legal practice of ...
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A Global Warming Primer, by Gerald Marsh (updated)

National Policy Analysis #420 /
(Please note: This is an updated version of National Policy Analysis #316 of the same title, published September 2001.  A pdf version of this updated version can be found here.) Introduction The purpose of this primer is to help the ...
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