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National Center for Public Policy Research Reacts to Ban on Use of Cell Phones While Driving

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Washington, D.C. - The National Transportation Safety Board announced Tuesday that it is recommending that all states ban the use of cell phones and text-messaging devices while driving. Previously, the NTSB had recommended such bans only for novice drivers, school ...
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Black Conservatives Say Attorney General Holder’s Tuesday Night Speech at LBJ Library Was Partisan and Racialist

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"Eric Holder is Putting the Quality of our Electoral Process at Risk" and "the Real Racists... Claim Enforcing Voting ID Laws Hurts Minorities" Say Project 21 Spokesmen Voter ID "Protects the Voices of Those who Deserve to be Heard" Washington, ...
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Black Conservatives Critical of NAACP on Eve of Saturday’s NAACP New York “Mobilization”

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NAACP Marches to Oppose Voter IDs, Purging Voter Lists of Dead or Unqualified Voters and the Enforcement of Laws Prohibiting Felons from Voting NAACP Position "Demeans Blacks" Say Project 21 Spokesmen: "Does the NAACP Believe Blacks are Too Lazy, Ignorant ...
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President Obama’s Anti-Coal Agenda Threatens Reliability of our Electricity Supply

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Utilities and Electricity Grid Operators Warn Federal Regulators that New EPA Regulations Will Lead to Power Shortages The Senate Must Act Now to Reign in the EPA Before the Lights Go Out, says National Center for Public Policy Research Washington, ...
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ObamaCare-Funded Federal Program Leads to Crackdown on E-Cigarettes

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Devices that Help Smokers Quit Smoking Now to Be Heavily Regulated in Boston Which City is Next? Federal Program Funding Pro-Regulation Effort Set to Spend $2 Billion Tax Dollars a Year by 2015 Washington, D.C. - Following lobbying from the ...
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Silencing of the Black Conservative, by Lisa Fritsch

New Visions Commentary /
Glenn Beck was more ahead of his time than I realized in 2009 when he aired his first program to prove the existence of black conservatives. Despite Beck's assistance, we remain largely unseen on the news channels. As a black ...
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Giving the SAT to the TSA, by Cherylyn Harley LeBon

New Visions Commentary /
In the past several months, there have been increasing attacks on the SAT — the college admissions-related standardized test — that include charges that it is racially and culturally biased. Additionally, activists are pushing colleges and universities to adopt a ...
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We’ve Been There Before, by Jimmie L. Hollis

New Visions Commentary /
I was just a young black lad during the civil rights marches and rallies of the early 1960s, but I will never forget what I saw during those dark days. I remember the hate, the violence, the water hoses, the ...
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Simple, Complex Community Service Suggestions for Black Churches, by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D.

New Visions Commentary /
In tough economic times, such as those Americans are currently experiencing, there are some ways that black churches can perform services that could help parishioners weather financial crises more effectively. For instance, a church might be able to reduce the ...
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Federal Judge’s Ruling is Wrong, Says Scholar: The Three Dozen States Considering Drug Tests for Welfare Recipients Can Do So Under the Law and U.S. Constitution

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What's More, Says Horace Cooper, Such Drug Tests Benefit Children and are Sound Public Policy Washington, D.C. - Contrary to a federal court ruling, the Constitution does not prohibit states from testing welfare recipients for drug use, says a new ...
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