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Levi Strauss, Pfizer, Goldman Sachs and Cigna Face Challenges from Conservative Shareholders

Press Release /
Proposals Target Donations to Radical Causes, Net Zero Plans and DEI Programs Washington, D.C. – Shareholder activists with the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) will present proposals at four shareholder meetings this week –Levi Strauss, ...
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Biden’s Title IX Rewrite Threatens 50 Years of Advancement in Women’s and Girl’s Sports

Project 21 Commentary /
The Biden administration is taking away opportunities for young women, and particularly minority women, who compete in sports with a rewrite of Title IX that considers “gender identity” on par with biological sex. Ambassadors with the Project 21 black leadership ...
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No Laughing Matter: Comedian Bill Maher Says Abortion Is Murder, And That’s OK

Project 21 Commentary /
Bill Maher just said the quiet part out loud. On last Friday's show, the host of "Real Time with Bill Maher" started with a conciliatory tone: “I scold the left when they say [pro-lifers] hate women… they don’t hate women.” ...
Horace Cooper on Hannity

Horace Cooper: While Awaiting Dexter Reed Investigation, I Back the Blue

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On Fox News' "Hannity," Project 21 Chairman Horace Cooper joined host Sean Hannity and fellow panelist Paul Mauro in a discussion of the latest high-profile cop-involved shooting of a black man -- in this case, the shooting of Dexter Reed ...
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Donna Jackson: The Biden Administration’s Biased Electric Vehicle Agenda

Project 21 Commentary /
"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s ultra-stringent vehicle emissions rule... threatens Black families struggling to reach the middle class," writes Project 21 Director of Membership Development Donna Jackson in a commentary published at FoxNews.com. "Blacks and others seeking to move up ...
Bidenflation Is "Scorching Everything in Its Path"

Bidenflation Is “Scorching Everything in Its Path”

Project 21 Commentary /
Bidenflation isn't going away. This week the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.5% in March from a year earlier. This measure of inflation was higher than many expected. Ambassadors with ...
Diversity DEI discrimination

The Shareholder Activism of Anti-Discrimination Proponents

FEP Commentary /
Corporate Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) policies pose "serious and potentially vast financial risks to companies in addition to being inherently discriminatory and in violation of civil rights." Thankfully the National Center's Free Enterprise Project (FEP) is sounding the alarm ...
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Horace Cooper: Politicians Must Choose — Public Servant or Instagram Model? They Can’t Be Both.

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On tonight's episode of "Hannity" on the Fox News Channel, Project 21 Chairman Horace Cooper and host Sean Hannity were incredulous that failed Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has been tapped to investigate Dolton (IL) Mayor Tiffany Henyard, who has been ...
Craig DeLuz: Black and Hispanic Youths Pay the Biggest Price for Minimum Wage Hikes

Craig DeLuz: Black and Hispanic Youths Pay the Biggest Price for Minimum Wage Hikes

Project 21 Commentary /
While many well-meaning souls naïvely cheer over a new California law that raises the hourly wage of fast-food workers to $20/hour, Project 21 Ambassador Craig DeLuz cites a sobering statistic: "for every 10 percent increase in the minimum wage, employment ...
Loving someone with a disability

Mark Mostert: Across the Disability Community, Everyone Can Agree on More Than You Think

Able Americans, Commentary /
Supporting people with disabilities is an endeavor upon which all Americans should be able to agree, argues Able Americans Senior Researcher Mark P. Mostert, Ph.D., and helping these individuals access the resources they need is an especially worthwhile pursuit. But ...

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