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Project 21 Release: Black Activists Support Pledge of Allegiance: Group Outraged by Black Lawmaker Refusing to Honor the Flag and Nation – July 2001

Press Release /
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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Black Men and Families: What’s Going On? by Kimberley Jane Wilson

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published July 2001 by The National Center for Public Policy Research * 501 Capitol Ct., N.E., Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web http://www.nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. While in my ...
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1972 Treaty Grants the United Nations Control Over American Historical Landmarks, by Melissa Wiedbrauk

National Policy Analysis #341 /
When our Founding Fathers sparked the American Revolution and signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, they sought self-government for the American colonies and an escape from the dominance of England. The Founding Fathers would be shocked to learn that ...
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Campaign to Save Our Environment Plays Loose with the Truth on Arsenic, by Tom Randall

National Policy Analysis #343 /
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 so misleading it poses potentially serious harm to both the environment and ...
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In the Klamath Basin, Farmers and Ranchers are Becoming the Real Endangered Species, by Gretchen Randall

National Policy Analysis #345 /
In the public mind, the Endangered Species Act (ESA) protects species close to extinction, such as the bald eagle and the peregrine falcon. It does not endanger family farms. 1,400 farmers in the Upper Klamath Lake region of Oregon and ...
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Patients’ Bill of Rights Could Provide Patients With a Bigger Health Care Bill, by Syd Gernstein

National Policy Analysis #348 /
Few issues are as fraught with peril as the proposed reform of Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs). HMOs are the most affordable source of health care for millions of Americans, so it is vital that HMO reformers not jeopardize their existence ...
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The Ten Commandments: Between a Rock and a Hard Place, by Melissa Wiedbrauk

New Visions Commentary /
Reprints permitted provided source is credited. One thing is for sure. The U.S. Supreme Court has put itself between a rock and a hard place when it comes to the Ten Commandments. Placed along the top border of the Supreme ...
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Sharpton Requires a Foggy Memory, by Michael King

New Visions Commentary /
Reprints permitted provided source is credited A man whose actions led to cold-blooded murders is now running for President. And, because the Reverend Al Sharpton is black and liberal, his infractions will be overlooked by many and forgotten by other ...
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Where’s the NAACP? by R.D. Davis

New Visions Commentary /
Reprints permitted provided source is credited. The NAACP is not around to help Ron Greer, a black pastor and fireman in need of assistance. "Civil rights" organizations also weren't there for Pastor Reggie White, the former Green Bay Packer star, ...
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Boycott the NAACP! by Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

New Visions Commentary /
Boycotts are an effective means for achieving social change. The Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott was a key point in the struggle for civil rights. Southern Baptists are boycotting the Walt Disney Company to protest the company's moves away from family-friendly ...
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