Author: The National Center

Bio-Foods Can Improve Nutrition in America, Cut Starvation and Disease in Africa, by John Meredith

New Visions Commentary /
Wouldn't you rather eat a banana than get a shot? I know that I would. Science now makes it possible to get a vaccination against hepatitis, which kills an estimated 100 million people per year worldwide, simply by eating a ...
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Death Taxes are Killing Black Businesses, by Syd Gernstein

National Policy Analysis #301 /
Do you ever feel like you're being taxed to death? The estates of many Americans are taxed when they die - sometimes creating terrible problems for those still living. And these unfair taxes may be the death of new African-American ...
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Controversial EPA Regulations Helping Fuel Spike in Gasoline Prices: Agency Ignored National Research Council Report that Reformulated Gasoline Regulations Aimed at Reducing Air Pollution are Ineffective

Regulations recently implemented by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that require one-third of the nation's gasoline supply to be reformulated gasoline (RFG) ostensibly to reduce air pollution, are significantly contributing to a sudden increase in gasoline prices nationwide that is ...
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Blacks Question Conciliation Toward Cuba: Network Cites Abuses and Anti-Black Racism by Communist Regime

Press Release /
Blacks Question Conciliation Toward CubaNetwork Cites Abuses and Anti-Black Racism by Communist Regime Citing government-sponsored discrimination, military aggression on the African continent and a poor human rights record, members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 question the support liberal ...
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Juneteenth Holiday a Reason for Black Celebration: Education and Achievement Lauded and Encouraged by Project 21 Members

Press Release /
As "Juneteenth," the oldest celebration of the end of slavery in America, is observed nationally on June 19, members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 ask African-Americans everywhere to take time to celebrate the progress they have made and ...
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Needed: Environmental Justice for Minorities, by John Carlisle

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published June 2000 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. "Be it required that ...
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Biotechnology: Putting an End to World Hunger, by Michael Centrone

National Policy Analysis #289 /
Agricultural biotechnology, a dynamic new science that uses genetic engineering to enhance the output and value of many agricultural products, may hold the key to helping stop world hunger. But if the environmental movement has its way, further development of ...
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Organically-Grown Food Not Necessarily Better For You, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #290 /
The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) proposed rule to allow producers of organic food to place a USDA organic seal on their products should be rejected because it misleads consumers into believing that organic food is safer and better ...
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Saving Your Own Life Shouldn’t Be A Crime, by Bobby Unser

National Policy Analysis #291 /
Imagine you are visiting one of our national forests when, without warning, you are caught in a blizzard. All visibility is gone. You have no idea which direction is east and which is west, which is north and which is ...
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No Room for Science at the Union of Concerned Scientists, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #292 /
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), an advocacy group of scientists based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, purports to recommend public policy solutions addressing a myriad of issues ranging from global warming to arms control on the basis of sound science. But ...
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