Author: The National Center

Black Conservatives Denounce Juneteenth-Related Violence

Press Release /
With violent acts - including one death - plaguing several local Juneteenth observances across the nation, members of the black leadership network Project 21 are critical of celebration organizers who deflect blame for what happened. Project 21 members, longstanding supporters ...
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Caterpillar CEO Confronted at Company Stockholder Meeting for Joining Environmentalist Lobbying Group

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Washington, D.C. - The National Center for Public Policy Research and the Project 21 black leadership network challenged senior Caterpillar, Inc. officials at the company's stockholder meeting Wednesday, asking them to explain Caterpillar's decision to join the United States Climate ...
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Activists to Demand Explanations from Caterpillar at Stockholder Meeting Wednesday

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Deneen Borelli of the African-American group Project 21 will confront Caterpillar Inc. management at the corporation's shareholder's meeting Wednesday, demanding it explain why it joined the U.S. Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), which lobbies for energy restrictions on the U.S. economy ...
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Letter: Letter to Caterpillar CEO James Owens

June 12, 2007 Mr. James W. Owens Chief Executive Officer Caterpillar, Inc. 100 North East Adams Street Peoria, IL 61629 Dear Mr. Owens, You recently acknowledged that excessive regulations harm Caterpillar’s bottom line, noting in your 2006 Annual Report to ...
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70-Plus Groups Confront Caterpillar on Eve of Shareholder Meeting

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Washington, D.C. - On the eve of the Caterpillar Corporation's stockholders meeting in Chicago, 70+ groups and companies have sent a letter to Caterpillar, Inc.  CEO Jim Owens urging him to immediately withdraw Caterpillar from the United States Climate Action ...
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Addressing the Most Painful Discrimination, by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D.

New Visions Commentary /
There is no denying that racism is a truly pernicious form of discrimination. Despite laws making racial discrimination illegal, social pressure and economic incentives favoring racial harmony, it is an unfortunate reality that there will always be people still wanting ...
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Jefferson Conspiracy Anything But a Conspiracy, by Stella Dulanya

New Visions Commentary /
Imagine the scene: government agents raid a Washington, D.C. home and find $90,000 in cash wrapped in foil and hidden in a freezer.  Further investigation reveals it may be part of a network of secret financial transactions involving the bribery ...
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Forget Borders and Laws, by Mychal Massie

New Visions Commentary /
America doesn't need immigration reform.  America needs border enforcement. No matter how supporters try to spin it, the Senate's immigration reform legislation is little more than an amnesty bill for those who have blatantly broken the laws of our nation ...
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No to New Fuel Economy Standards: Consumer Choice, Not Congress, Should Drive Detroit’s Decisionmaking, by Eric Peters

National Policy Analysis #556 /
If the government decides to pass a law requiring that McDonalds sell only low-fat chicken breast wraps and diet soda, the result would be more business for Wendy's and Burger King -- and empty stores for McDonalds.  So it is ...
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Sanctions on Sudan Applauded; Darfur Situation “An Embarrassment” to the Civilized World, Says Project 21, “Strong Determined Action” Needed to Stop Suffering of the People of Darfur

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President Bush began the work week with an early-morning press conference in which he announced U.S.-imposed sanctions on government and rebel leaders in Sudan and Sudanese-controlled companies due to their role in prolonging the mass murder in Sudan's Darfur region ...
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