Author: The National Center

Should African-Americans Favor Privatizing Social Security? by Dr. B.B. Robinson

New Visions Commentary /
Reprints permitted provided source is credited. For the past couple of weeks, major newspapers have carried stories about new efforts to privatize the U.S. Social Security System (SSS). Although the real battle to effect this change is far from beginning ...
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National Academy Of Sciences Issues Final Report On Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards, by Gretchen Randall

BACKGROUND: The National Academy of Sciences issued its report on the fuel efficiency standards of cars and light-duty trucks, noting that there are trade-offs in tightening the fuel standards. Currently automakers must achieve an average of 27.5 mpg for their ...
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Speech of Executive Director David Almasi at the National Missile Defense Press Conference, U.S. Capitol – July 31, 2001

Executive Director David Almasi addressed a press conference on national missile defense at the U.S. Capitol on July 31, 2001. Other speakers included Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), Senator John Kyl (R-AZ), Congressman David Weldon (R-PA), Heritage Foundation analyst Baker Spring, ...
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Speech of Executive Director David Almasi at the National Missile Defense Press Conference, U.S. Capitol

Executive Director David Almasi addressed a press conference on national missile defense at the U.S. Capitol on July 31, 2001. Other speakers included Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), Senator John Kyl (R-AZ), Congressman David Weldon (R-PA), Heritage Foundation analyst Baker Spring, ...
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CAFE Standards Increases Would Be a Lose-Lose Proposition for People and the Environment, by Pearse M. Frazier

BACKGROUND: A leaked draft of the upcoming National Academy of Sciences report on Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards re-ignites an old debate over the wisdom of having and raising federally-imposed fuel economy standards. Environmental groups, some media and many ...
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Increasing Fuel Economy Standards Would Cost Lives Without Aiding the Environment

The Relief Report /
Campaign to Save Our Environment Plays Loose with the Truth on Arsenic The "Campaign to Save Our Environment," a coalition including the Natural Resources Defense Council and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), has begun running a television commercial ...
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7/15/01

Contents: Energy Crisis Spreads: Aluminum Industry Faces Shutdown, Layoffs Due to Electricity Shortage New Study Says the Earth May Self-Regulate Its Temperature New E-Mail Publication Summarizes Breaking Environmental News in Ten Seconds or Less Energy Crisis Spreads: Aluminum Industry Faces ...
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July 12, 2001

Contents * Campaign Finance Regulation Faces Tough Fight in House * Supporters of Increased Campaign Regulation Exposed * Congressman Admits Guilt, But Doesn't Seem to Have Learned His Lesson * Paycheck Protection Bill Passes in Florida House * Black Congressman ...
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Black Activists Support Pledge of Allegiance: Group Outraged by Black Lawmaker Refusing to Honor the Flag and Nation

On the eve of the 225th anniversary of American independence, members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 are appalled that there are prominent African-Americans who refuse to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. These people claim the American flag represents ...
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Out-of-Control Alaska Forest Fire Fueled By Forest Service Neglect

BACKGROUND: A controlled burn set by the U.S. Forest Service in Alaska's Kenai peninsula is now burning out of control. Acres of dead trees that were killed over the last ten years by the spruce beetle and never cut down ...
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