Category: Project 21 Commentary

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Curtis Hill: Congressional Black Caucus Should Not Panic Over Losing Race Districts

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"The end of race-based districts does not diminish Black political strength — it invites its expansion on firmer, more principled ground." Yesterday the Washington Post published a letter to the editor from Curtis Hill, a former attorney general of Indiana ...
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Eric Wallace: The Dangerous Bargain Behind Federal Student Aid

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"Christian colleges are discovering the inevitable reality: whoever funds you eventually governs you," writes Project 21 Ambassador Dr. Eric Wallace in a commentary published by Freedoms Journal Institute. He continues: Perhaps the real lesson for Christian colleges is not how to ...
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Curtis Hill: As a Lifetime NAACP Member, It Is ‘Out of Bounds’ for Playing Politics With Football

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"What does college football have to do with redistricting? Absolutely nothing," writes Curtis Hill, former Indiana attorney general, who now serves as both a Senior Advisor to our Free Enterprise Project and an ambassador with the Project 21 black leadership network ...
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Craig DeLuz: Leftists Don’t Want to Protect the Black Vote. They Want to Own It.

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"If leftists are so deeply concerned about black Americans, why does their concern so reliably align with their electoral interests?" In a commentary syndicated by InsideSources, Project 21 Ambassador Craig DeLuz analyzes the Left's distress in the aftermath of the ...
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Project 21 Remembers Bob Woodson (1937-2026)

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Ambassadors with the Project 21 black leadership network are honoring the legacy of Bob Woodson, a civil rights activist whose example and wisdom inspired and empowered many within our current generation of black conservatives. Charisma Peoples, Project 21 Ambassador: Bob ...
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Michael Austin: President Trump, Kansas and Missouri Should Give the Gas Tax a Holiday

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Suspending the gas tax won’t fix everything, but it will put real money back in drivers’ pockets. In a Kansas City Star commentary, Project 21 Ambassador Michael Austin notes that even temporary relief could mean meaningful savings for families feeling ...
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Eric Wallace: The NAACP is Out of Bounds and Obsolete

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Project 21 Ambassador Dr. Eric Wallace has written a scathing indictment of the NAACP's new "Out of Bounds" protest campaign. In a commentary published by Freedoms Journal Institute, he writes: The NAACP claims to champion black advancement, yet too often it ...
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Craig DeLuz: When Wall Street Moves In Next Door

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"Homeownership has long been one of the most reliable paths by which ordinary people build wealth," writes Project 21 Ambassador Craig DeLuz in the commentary below.  However, "the large-scale acquisition of single-family homes by institutional investors" is preventing a growing number ...
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Charisma Peoples: They Called It Jim Crow. Here’s What the Record Actually Shows

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"When you renew your driver’s license, you show ID. When you board a plane, you show ID. When you pick up a prescription, buy a firearm, open a bank account, or apply for government assistance — you show ID. Nobody ...
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Curtis Hill: SCOTUS Ruling Against Race-Based Gerrymandering Reaffirms America’s Colorblind Constitution

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Last week's Supreme Court decision "directly attacks the racist stereotyping that has infected redistricting for too long," writes former Indiana Attorney General Curtis T. Hill, Jr. "For decades, mapmakers have operated on the crude assumption that black voters form a monolithic ...