Author: The National Center

hospital bed holding hands

Elinore McCance-Katz and Rachel Barkley: America Urgently Needs Options To Care For Mentally Ill Neighbors

Able Americans, Commentary /
“The United States has only 18 mental health beds per 100,000 people, far below what is needed to serve people in need,” write Able Americans‘ Elinore McCance-Katz and Rachel Barkley in a commentary published at The Daily Caller. “For individuals with the most severe mental health conditions, ...
READ MORE
George Tenet Dick Cheney Condoleezza Rice George W Bush GWB

Dick Cheney Remembered by Black Conservatives

Project 21 Commentary /
Former Vice President Dick Cheney passed away last night at the age of 84. "History will remember him as among the finest public servants of his generation — a patriot who brought integrity, high intelligence and seriousness of purpose to ...
READ MORE
Tesla electric vehicles

Tesla Shareholders Urged to Vote on Child Labor, Elon Musk Compensation and More

Press Release /
Washington, D.C. – The National Center for Public Policy Research is urging Tesla, Inc. shareholders to make their voices heard this week by voting their proxy ballots before Thursday’s annual shareholder meeting. The National Center recommends investors support its own ...
READ MORE
lazy welfare food stamps snap sleeping

Christopher Arps: SNAP Saps Motivation and Creates Dependency

Project 21 Commentary /
"No one, especially a conservative like myself, wants to see low-income families or children go hungry," writes Project 21 Ambassador Christopher Arps in a commentary published at RedState. "However, this moment sheds light on something much deeper happening in our country: ...
READ MORE
handout poverty dependency

Showdown Over SNAP Benefits Points to Excessive Government Control and Dependency

Project 21 Commentary /
Black Americans make up about 13.6 percent of our population, but they account for 26 percent of those receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. With the government shutdown, families experiencing poverty are once again at the mercy of the ...
READ MORE
black man voting vote election

Realigning the Voting Rights Act Would Preserve the VRA’s Legacy

Project 21 Commentary /
The U.S. Supreme Court is reexamining the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 -- especially Section 2, which prohibits voting practices that discriminate on the basis of race.  Louisiana v. Callais questions whether the creation of a second majority-black congressional district ...
READ MORE
student disability autism class school special education special ed

We Can Support Special Education Without the Department of Education

Able Americans /
Able Americans Director Rachel Barkley was interviewed by The 19th about the Trump administration’s decision to lay off most employees within the U.S. Department of Education’s special education office: Reducing the Department of Education has long been a stated goal ...
READ MORE
Middle East Peace Israel Palestine

Christopher Arps: How Trump Used Leadership and Leverage to Forge a Gaza Peace Deal

Project 21 Commentary /
President Trump's recent Middle East peace deal "was such a momentous achievement for the president and the administration that even the Democrats and the media had to give the president plaudits," writes Project 21 Ambassador Christopher Arps in a commentary published ...
READ MORE
Jesi Able Americans wheelchair paperwork disability

We Must Not Penalize People With Disabilities For Working and Saving

Able Americans /
“My boyfriend and I have talked about marriage a few times, and we’re not going to do it because I would lose my Medicaid, and it would cost us so much money for me to have private insurance.” After a ...
READ MORE
Simchat Torah Jewish celebration hostages freedom Israel

The Hostages Are Home! Project 21 Responds

Project 21 Commentary /
Hours after President Trump confirmed that Hamas had freed all surviving Israeli hostages, ambassadors with the Project 21 black leadership network are responding with gratitude and celebration. Project 21 Ambassador Marie Fischer, a Jewish activist: October 7, 2023 was Simchat ...
READ MORE

The National Center for Public Policy Research is a communications and research foundation supportive of a strong national defense and dedicated to providing free market solutions to today’s public policy problems. We believe that the principles of a free market, individual liberty and personal responsibility provide the greatest hope for meeting the challenges facing America in the 21st century.