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FEP Locks In Deals With Chevron, PepsiCo and Bristol Myers Squibb

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The shareholder activism wins keep coming in 2026! On the heels of our announcement last week that our Free Enterprise Project (FEP) had successfully negotiated shareholder proposal withdrawals with five corporations -- Prudential, Eli Lilly, Exxon, Capital One and AT&T ...
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Costco’s Board in the Hot Seat Over Green Claims and Poor Performance

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Washington, D.C. -- Shareholder activists with the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project (FEP) are urging Costco shareholders to make their voices heard by voting their proxy ballots before Costco's annual shareholder meeting on January 15. FEP ...
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Black Conservatives Praise Trump For Addressing Persecution in Nigeria

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President Trump recently called out Nigerian leaders for failing to adequately respond to the persecution of Christians within their country. Ambassadors with the Project 21 black leadership network are praising the president for taking this stand. Charisma Peoples, Project 21 ...
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Does CVS Support Pushing Transgenderism on Children? It Won’t Say

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Washington, D.C. -- At yesterday's annual shareholder meeting of CVS Health Corporation, CVS executives refused to answer two important questions pertaining to the company's controversial positions and partnerships that risk both its reputation and bottom line. Only 24 minutes into ...
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Horace Cooper: The Left Should Be Wearing a Medical Alert Bracelet

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Leftist leaders -- who should be focused on developing a winning plan for next year's midterms -- are struggling to simply keep their party alive, says Project 21 Chairman Horace Cooper. On the Fox News Channel program "Hannity," Horace told guest ...
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UPS Could Be Liable for Greenwashing, Shareholders Warn

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Washington, D.C. -- At today’s annual United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) shareholder meeting, a representative of the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) will present a proposal addressing the risks UPS faces if the U.S. Securities ...
Join Our Team! The Free Enterprise Project is Hiring

Join Our Team! The Free Enterprise Project is Hiring

Free Enterprise Project /
Do you believe, as Milton Friedman said, that the social responsibility of business is to increase its profits? If so, we may have a job for you. Our Free Enterprise Project (FEP) -- the original and premier opponent of the woke ...
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Horace Cooper: California Is No Longer Where Dreams Come True, But Where Dreams Go to Die

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"In my lifetime, California has changed from an amazing, remarkable place where people go to to live out their dreams to now a place where dreams go to die," Project 21 Chairman Horace Cooper said on the Fox News Channel's ...
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Horace Cooper Predicts the FCC Will Fine CBS Over Kamala Harris Interview

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Today, after a request from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), CBS's "60 Minutes" released the REAL transcript and clips of its October interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris, and let's just say that CBS's edits went well beyond the occasional ...
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Horace Cooper: Luxury Beliefs About Race Aren’t Relevant to Black America

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Will the majority of black Americans be choosing their president based on identity politics or kitchen-table issues? On the Fox News Channel program "Hannity," Project 21 Chairman Horace Cooper told host Sean Hannity, "Luxury beliefs about race and about who's ...

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