Does Bill Clinton really want to suppress the black vote? And why, for that matter, is civil rights hero Andrew Young apparently willing to discourage minority, elderly and student from going to the polls? At least that’s what would be ... READ MORE
This was a bad week for Lois Lerner, but nothing that she apparently couldn’t have prevented. It’s her mess. The former head of the Internal Revenue Service’s division that oversees tax-exempt organizations incurred the wrath of two different congressional committees ... READ MORE
Legendary baseball star Hank Aaron fouled out when he tried to play politics — essentially spoiling the 40th anniversary of his record-breaking 715th home run for many fans. During an interview with USA Today, when Aaron unfortunately steered the conversation ... READ MORE
It’s probably a pretty safe bet that President Obama won’t be talking about last month’s unemployment numbers when he officiates at “Equal Pay Day” at the White House on Tuesday, April 8. Last Friday, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics ... READ MORE
While the Obama Administration and its supporters crow about the 7.1 million enrollment numbers for ObamaCare, the National Center’s Dr. David Hogberg could not figure how things logically add up as he went over the numbers with Fox Business Network ... READ MORE
Is 6.6 percent the best Obama is going to be able to do when it comes to job creation? This morning, the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics posted that the official unemployment rate for March was unchanged at 6.7 percent. ... READ MORE
In today’s decision in the case of McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that an aggregate limit on the amount of money a person may contribute to political candidates and committees is unconstitutional. Writing for the ... READ MORE
When states consider and implement voter ID laws, the usual complaint from the left is that requiring someone to have valid government-issued proof of identification disfranchises minorities, the old and young as well as those who are generally thought to ... READ MORE
Nearly every member of Project 21, the National Center’s black leadership network created to celebrate the diversity of black political opinion, has a story about how their conservative beliefs led to them being ostracized among their black peers (and often ... READ MORE
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in the combined cases of Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood — family-owned businesses challenging ObamaCare’s contraceptive mandate under the auspices of free exercise of religion and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (passed overwhelmingly ... READ MORE
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