Year: 2006

Black Activists Hopeful New U.N. Chief Will Treat Darfur Genocide Seriously

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A pledge made by newly-installed United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to become personally involved in efforts to end the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan is being met with hope by members of the Project 21 black leadership network.  ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Criticize Use of Taxpayer Funds to Buy New NAACP Headquarters

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Members of the black leadership network Project 21 are critical of the District of Columbia City Council's vote to give the NAACP $3.5 million in taxpayer money to relocate the NAACP's headquarters from Baltimore to the nation's capitol.  The NAACP ...
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CEPR Could Be Right: After All, Anything is Possible

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David Hogberg writes: At first this column in the Sacramento Bee by Marc Weisbrot of the left-wing Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) seemed pretty unremarkable -- the usual silly nonsense about how government-run health care would be better ...
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“Convict Quotas” Coming to DC?

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Not a joke. DC employers may soon be required to hire ex-cons. From Legal Times (subscription required), December 11: Ex-convicts would be protected from employment, housing, and educational discrimination as the newest protected class in the D.C. Human Rights Act ...
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European Union REACHes for Yet More Regulation

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On Wednesday, the European Union adopted sweeping new regulations on chemicals. As an EU statement put it: One of the biggest pieces of legislation in the EU's history, REACH will set up a system for the registration, evaluation and authorization ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Criticize CNN Report on Racial Bias

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A CNN December 12 news report and poll data implying that Americans are racist is being criticized by members of the black leadership network Project 21. Results of a survey of 328 blacks and 703 whites conducted for CNN by ...
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Patrick Leahy’s Bipartisan Commission

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There are currently 51 judicial vacancies, with 24 of these vacancies considered "judicial emergencies" due to a court's large caseload and extended vacancies.  The incoming chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee should be talking about getting these vacancies promptly filled, ...
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‘Congressional Reform’ Proposal Would Regulate Ordinary Citizens More Harshly than K Street Lobbyists

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Why is Joan Claybrook of Public Citizen going after the little guy? Will Nancy Pelosi -- as expected -- follow her lead? The Free Speech Coalition has the details (emphasis is mine): Public Citizen acknowledges it is helping craft legislation ...
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Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area Act Dies – For Now

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Peyton Knight applauds one of the last non-acts, but wise decisions, of the 109th Congress: Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area Act Dies With 109th Congress Washington, D.C. - Despite a furious, last-minute charge from anti-property rights lobbyists, Congress ...
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Green Europe Has Red Face

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Looks like Europe is still taking the Kyoto global warming treaty as seriously as ever. A Reuters report says Austria, Denmark, Hungary and Italy have failed "to submit plans that allocate how much carbon dioxide (CO2) their industries may emit ...
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