Category: Project 21 Press Releases

Group Applauds FCC Letter on Fairness Doctrine

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Project 21 Chairman Mychal Massie today applauded a statement by FCC Chairman Kevin Martin confirming that the so-called Fairness Doctrine is obsolete. "It can't make our case any stronger than when the agency that once administered the Fairness Doctrine says ...
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Protecting Police Officers More Important Than Helping Political Donors, Group Says

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Congress should not put the lives of law enforcement officials at risk to benefit its trial lawyer contributors, says Deneen Borelli of the national black group Project 21. Congress is now considering overturning the Tiahrt Amendment, a measure that restricts ...
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Hispanic Group Calls for New “Fairness Doctrine”; Blacks Support Free Market

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Black and Hispanic organizations appear to be lining up on different sides of the Fairness Doctrine debate. Domingo Garcia, the national co-chairman of the civil rights commission of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), announced at the group's ...
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Black Group Slams Proposed Resurrection of Radio “Fairness Doctrine”

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The Bush Administration is commended for announcing that it would veto any legislation reinstating the so-called "Fairness Doctrine." The Administration's announcement came following media reports of support for reimposing the Fairness Doctrine by Senators Dianne Feinstein, Dick Durbin, Barbara Boxer, ...
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Black Group Calls Senate Leaders “Hypocrites”

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Project 21 members say the liberal Senate leadership, which has embarked on an overnight session to "highlight Republican obstructionism" on consideration to legislation to withdraw troops from Iraq, is hypocritical, as these senators have used the same tactics they now ...
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Blacks Admonish Barack Obama for His Opposition to Options for Children in Failing Public Schools

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In a speech to the nation’s largest teachers' union, Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) criticized school vouchers as a means of improving American schools.  The black leadership network Project 21 says the senator supports taking away needed education options for children ...
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Black Activists Applaud Defeat of Amnesty Bill

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Members of the Project 21 black leadership network applaud the defeat of legislation in the U.S. Senate earlier today that would have created a path to legalization for millions of foreigners residing illegally in the United States without solid guarantees ...
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Black Activists Applaud Supreme Court Ruling Against Racial Preferences

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Today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling against the use of racial preferences in public school admissions is being hailed by members of the Project 21 black leadership network as a necessary step in breaking down existing racial resentment and promoting true ...
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Black Conservative Groups Commends President for Stem Cell Veto

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Members of the Project 21 black leadership network hail President George W. Bush's veto of a bill that would allow federal funding to be used for embryonic stem cell research.  Project 21 members stand firmly with the large numbers of ...
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Black Conservatives Mark “Juneteenth” Civil Rights Holiday

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Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are asking that the oldest and most recognized commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States - "Juneteenth," observed on June 19 - be used as a day for reflection ...
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