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Parody Ad Takes Up Cause of Ringed Seals, Says Polar Bear Populations are Prosperous and Growing

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Listing the Polar Bear as "Threatened" Under the ESA Could Harm Bears and Humans Alike; Says New Study Released with the Ad Washington, D.C.: In light of environmentalist campaigns pressuring the Administration to list the polar bear as "threatened" under ...
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Black Activists See No Racial Double-Meaning in LeBron James-Gisele Bundchen Vogue Magazine Cover

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Washington, D.C. - While some might consider it a milestone that basketball star LeBron James became the first black man to grace the cover of Vogue for the fashion magazine's April issue, critics are saying the photo of him with ...
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Americans Cool to Global Warming Action, New Poll Finds

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Nearly Half Wouldn't Be Willing to Pay Even a Penny More for Gasoline; Opposition to Taxes Especially Strong Among Minorities Washington, D.C.: Forty-eight percent of Americans are unwilling to spend even a penny more in gasoline taxes to help reduce ...
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Black Activist Asks: If Courts Can Gut Second Amendment, How Can We Assume 13th Amendment Ban on Slavery is Safe?

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Washington, D.C. - As the U.S. Supreme Court considers its first major case involving the definition of the 2nd Amendment's protection of gun rights in almost 70 years, black activists with the Project 21 leadership network assert that government should ...
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Eliot Spitzer’s Bigger Scandal

Senior Fellow Tom Borelli looks at an Eliot Spitzer scandal even larger than the one that caused him to resign as governor of New York State. _____ Labels: Business, Government Power, Legal Reform, Regulatory Victims ...
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54% of Americans Reject Oberstar-Feingold Proposal to Expand Clean Water Act, New Poll Finds

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Clean Water Restoration Act Opposed by 56% of Independents; Renounced in Every Region of the Country Washington, D.C.: A majority of Americans oppose a proposal to expand the Clean Water Act, according to a new nationwide survey released today by ...
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The Bush Presidency is Unconstitutional. So Was Bill Clinton’s

No joke. Make of it what you will. Hat tip: Professor Bainbridge ...
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Peyton Knight on Eco-Terrorism

From David Almasi: National Center for Public Policy Research Director of Environmental and Regulatory Affairs Peyton Knight will be on KIRO in Seattle on Monday night at 3:00 pm PST (3 pm eastern) to talk about the eco-terror attack in ...
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Africa’s Failing Approach to Health Care, by Thompson Ayodele

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After decades of neglect, effective health care is one of the biggest concerns in Africa. Both foreign donors and African governments, making finding a solution a priority, have opened the money taps.  Foreign hard currency is flowing into the health ...
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Global Warming Policies Cool Minority Economic Engines, by Deneen Borelli

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For someone once considered "our first black president," Bill Clinton seems to have particular disregard for the economic well-being of minorities when it comes to energy. At a recent rally, the former Man from Hope said: "We just have to ...
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