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Project 21 Member’s Spiritual and Racial Redemption Highlighted by National Black Radio Network

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As part of its coverage and commemoration of the anniversary of the birth of civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the American Urban Radio Networks interviewed Project 21 member Reverend Steven L. Craft, M.Div. Reverend Craft offers a ...
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Despite the Rise of the Race Hustlers, America’s Youth Provide Optimism for a More Perfect Union

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The following post was written by Michael Dozier, a member of the National Center’s Project 21 black leadership network: When I was in elementary school, I auditioned to be the lead in a school play.  I was given the part.  ...
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Race-Conscious Public Policy Puts Public at Risk in Buffalo, NY

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Discussing the organization’s participation in a racial preference case that was recently argued before the New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, Project 21 Co-Chairman Cherylyn Harley LeBon said actions by city officials in Buffalo that denied firefighters ...
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Creating Unjustified Racial Strife Dishonors MLK Legacy

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Bishop Council Nedd II, a longtime member of the National Center’s Project 21 black leadership network, explained that there are too many people in America these days whose action “dishonor” the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  They dishonor ...
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E-Cigarettes Help Tobacco Smokers Quit – Public Health Groups Should Get Out of Their Way

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An editorial in the January 15 Detroit News by our own Jeff Stier asks the question: Will Michigan Governor Snyder "drop the ball" on e-cigarettes? The Michigan legislature passed a bill to ban the sale of e-cigarettes (tobacco-free nicotine-delivery devices ...
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ObamaCare: Is 40 Hours Worse than 30?

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Under ObamaCare, employers with 100 or more full-time employees must provide those employees with health insurance or pay a fine, with “full-time” being defined as 30 hours or more a week.  Last Thursday the House of Representatives voted 252-172 to change ...
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Armed and at Risk, Police Critic Learns the Value of Compliance with Cops

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Given a gun and a mission, a once-vehement critic of the police quickly found his “attitude has changed.”  Furthermore, he has pledged to let people know that they “need to comply with the orders of law enforcement officers — for ...
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About Those Jobs Numbers for December: The Devil Is in the Details

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Federal figures on jobless numbers were released this morning, and the appearance of good news unfortunately has a lot of bad news hidden in the details. To explain the devils in those details, as he does every month, is Project ...
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Michigan Legislators Got E-Cig Regulation Right. Will Governor Snyder Drop the Ball? RAD Sets Record Straight

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Michigan’s legislature got it right last year, passing bills to ban the sale of e-cigarettes to minors. Only a handful of states haven’t gotten around to this sensible, limited form of e-cigarette regulations. Under pressure from activist groups who oppose ...
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Sometimes Reality Even Finds Its Way into Harvard

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Every so often, a really wonderful article appears in the New York Times.  Robert Pear’s “Harvard Ideas on Health Care Hit Home, Hard,” is one: “For years, Harvard’s experts on health economics and policy have advised presidents and Congress on how ...
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