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African-American Group Says Workers Need Protection from Unions, Too; House to Vote on “Worker Right to Know Act” – July 1996

Contact: Arturo Silva at (202) 507-6398 or [email protected] Saying that workers need protection from powerful, authoritarian labor unions as much as they do from employers, members of the African-American leadership group Project 21 are applauding an effort in the U.S ...
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Movie Review: “Courage Under Fire” a Much Brighter Light than “The Nutty Professor” – July 1996

A New Visions Commentary published July 1996 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 20 F Street NW, Suite 700 , Washington, D.C. 20001, (202) 507-6398, Fax (301) 498-1301, E-Mail [email protected] Oprah Winfrey rained heavy accolades on Eddie Murphy's ...
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Movie Review: Are You Nutty to See “The Nutty Professor”? – July 1996

A New Visions Commentary published July 1996 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 20 F Street NW, Suite 700 , Washington, D.C. 20001, (202) 507-6398, Fax (301) 498-1301, E-Mail [email protected] Eddie Murphy's new movie "The Nutty Professor" is ...
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Conservative Group Slams Speaker Newt Gingrich’s Environmental Record

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A press release issued June 24, 1996 by The National Center for Public Policy Research (202) 507-6398, (301) 498-1301, http://www.nationalcenter.org. Contact: David Ridenour (202) 507-6398, [email protected] House Speaker Newt Gingrich is the single greatest threat to needed reform of environmental ...
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Environmental Policy Task Force News

Grassroots Activists to Protest Clinton's Property Rights and Other "Crimes" at "March of Crimes" Protest: Protesters to Don Clinton Masks and Prison Uniforms to Symbolize Administration's Crimes Against Public MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: June 17, 1996 Contact: David Ridenour ...
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Giving Back Gained Ground: The Clinton Administration and the War on Drugs, by Nate Stewart

National Policy Analysis #145 /
"You should know that every year for the last three years, murders have dropped and robberies have dropped and drug use has dropped... The number of cocaine users has fallen by 30 percent in the last three years alone." -- ...
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New FDA Tobacco Regulations Raise Constitutional and Economic Questions, by Nate Stewart

National Policy Analysis #147 /
The Food and Drug Administration has recently proposed some new tobacco and advertising regulations that invoke serious constitutionalas well as practical questions. The new regulations have the full endorsement of the Clinton Administration, which has championed and campaigned on their ...
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Project 21 Leaders Applaud Six New Attempts to Reform Congress – June, 1996

Contact: Arturo Silva at (202) 507-6398 or [email protected] Two Republican nominees for Congress, leaders of the African-American group Project 21, are applauding efforts by some Members of Congress to return the legislative branch to a citizens' legislature. The proposals include: ...
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Why Capitalism Isn’t a Dirty Word – June, 1996

by Michael Session National Policy Analysis paper # 148 published June 1996 by The National Center for Public Policy Research Unfortunately, to many black Americans, capitalism is a dirty word. The word capitalism brings to mind images of racial subjugation ...
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Five Medal of Honor Winners Call on President Clinton to Withdraw Claim of Armed Military Service

This is the full text of a letter sent May 27, 1996 by five Medal of Honor winners to President Bill Clinton asking the President to withdraw his claim, filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in the Paula Corbin Jones ...
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