Category: Health

New Clean Air Standards Could Place Children at Greater Risk

National Policy Analysis #164 /
On September 23, 1994, at approximately 3:02 a.m., 17-year-old J. Brandon Young III died. His young life slipped away after it took more than an hour for an ambulance to come to his aid. The ambulance station was just six ...
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Project 21 Asks Congress to Stop Letting Political Correctness Determine How We Fight AIDS

Press Release /
"As AIDS continues to ravage black communities in America, we as members and associates of the black leadership group Project 21 are urging you to give serious attention to provisions contained in the 'HIV Prevention Act of 1997' as a ...
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Letter from Project 21 to the Congressional Black Caucus Regarding AIDS

The Honorable Maxine Waters Chairwoman Congressional Black Caucus 2344 Rayburn HOB Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Madam Chairwoman: As AIDS continues to ravage black communities in America, we as members and associates of the black leadership group Project 21 are urging ...
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Should Public Health Be Sacrificed At the Altar of Political Correctness? by Roderick Conrad

National Policy Analysis #162 /
When names like Arthur Ashe, Rock Hudson, and Kimberly Bergalis are mentioned, people automatically think of AIDS or HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The fact that most Americans would know that Ashe, Hudson, and Bergalis died of AIDS is ...
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African-Americans Suffer Disproportionately From AIDS, by Roderick Conrad

Project 21 Commentary /
by Roderick Conrad A New Visions Commentary paper published May 1997 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Court, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax (202) 543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web https://nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited.When ...
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This New Crusade Would Help Mrs. Clinton Regain Her Popularity

National Policy Analysis #158 /
Bill Clinton's recital of the oath of office at noon January 20 marks more than just the opportunity for a fresh start for the president. It also signifies the possibility of a new beginning for the first lady. According to ...
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Reforming Social Security May Be (Relatively) Easy After All

National Policy Analysis #157 /
When the 13 members of President Clinton's Social Security Advisory Council failed to agree to one or even two sets of recommendations about how the nation can best keep Social Security solvent, most analysts considered the divided verdict as evidence ...
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Text of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan on Social Security

Remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan at the Abraham Lincoln Award Ceremony of the Union League of Philadelphia on the Future of Social SecurityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania December 6, 1996  I am privileged to accept the Union League of Philadelphia's Abraham ...
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Demon Tobacco, by Doug Bandow

National Policy Analysis #149 /
Introduction Political crusades tend to be most successful when directed against an enemy of one sort or another. To promote the public interest is tough. To attack someone who is seemingly obstructing the public interest is far easier. Now the ...
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Is President Clinton’s Attack on Tobacco an Attack on the Constitution?

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For Immediate Release: August 23, 1996 Conact: Chad Cowan (202) 507-6398 "President Clinton's decision to accept most of the Food and Drug Administration's recommended tobacco regulations is disappointing, " said Amy Moritz, President of The National Center for Public Policy ...
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