Author: The National Center

War on Poverty Won’t Be Won – Unless We Change Strategy, by Derryck Green

New Visions Commentary /
Afghanistan is not, as the media calls it, "America's longest war." In reality, that is the government's "War on Poverty." In 1986, President Ronald Reagan bluntly said, "poverty won." After 50 years, we're still losing the War on Poverty. The ...
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There Should Be Repercussions if Taxes Aren’t Spent Wisely, by Hughey Newsome

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 Americans are now at the tail end of the most dreaded season of all – tax season. Unfortunately, many people may not be thinking properly about their taxes at all. I have a friend whose knowledge of tax policy is ...
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“Black Code” Plus “Acting White” Equals Self-Created Racial Disparity, by Demetrius Minor

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Is America seeing a resurgence of segregation? It's not a reinstitution of race-specific water fountains or separate-but-equal accommodations, but a self-segregation among black youth that could cripple upward mobility. It's a variation on the fear of "acting white." In 2004, ...
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What the Obama Administration Hasn’t Told You About the HHS Mandate – But DID Put in the Federal Register

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Hint: The Main Purpose of the HHS Mandate is Not Birth Control Nor is it Health Care Washington, D.C. - Americans misunderstand the Obama Administration's purpose in imposing the HHS contraception mandate, says the National Center for Public Policy Research ...
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On ObamaCare’s 4th Anniversary, It’s Clear There Are More Losers than Winners

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Under ObamaCare, Patients, Insurance Consumers, Low-Income Workers, Physicians, Employees, and Medical Device Manufacturers Have Suffered "To keep track of the losers, you need a scorecard. To keep track of the winners, you need a search party," says Health Expert David ...
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Starbucks Applauded for Standing Firm in Defense of GMOs

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Free-Market Activist Group Urges International Coffee Giant to Reject Doing Business with Suppliers Working With Activists Opposing Company and Humanitarian Interests Seattle, WA / Washington, D.C. - At the annual meeting of Starbucks shareholders in Seattle Wednesday, the National Center ...
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Disney Chief Robert Iger Calls ABC News “Fair and Balanced” In Response to Media Bias Question at Shareholder Meeting Today

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But that's the Fox News Slogan....? Iger Declines to Apologize for ABC News' Role in Empowering President Obama's "If You Like Your Health Care Plan, You Can Keep your Health Care Plan" Lie Portland, OR / Washington, D.C. - Responding ...
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Statement of Risk Analysis Division Director Jeff Stier in Response to Chimerix Decision to Make Experimental Drug Brincidofovir Available to Seven-Year-Old Boy

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New York, NY / Washington, D.C. - The following is the response of Jeff Stier, director of the National Center's Risk Analysis Division, to the decision of the drug company Chimerix to make an experimental drug, Brincidofovir, available to an ...
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Obama Administration to Insert Global Warming Activism into Dietary Guidelines Mandated by Congress

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Climate Change Activists to Meet Food Police at Closed-Door Meeting March 14 New York, NY / Washington, D.C. - At a closed-door meeting to take place March 14, the Obama Administration's Departments of Agriculture and Health and Human Services plan ...
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Los Angeles City Council Votes to Treat Much-Safer E-Cigarettes Just Like Dangerous Tobacco Cigarettes

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Vote Closer than Expected; Public Health Advocates Hope Elected Officials are Becoming Aware of Relative Public Health Benefits of Tobacco-Free E-Cigarette "Vaping" Alternative Los Angeles, CA / Washington, D.C. - In a closer vote than expected, the Los Angeles City ...
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