Category: Project 21

Needed: Environmental Justice for Minorities, by John Carlisle

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published June 2000 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Ct., N.E., Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web http://www.nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. "Be it required that ...
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Biotechnology: Putting an End to World Hunger, by Michael Centrone

National Policy Analysis #289 /
Agricultural biotechnology, a dynamic new science that uses genetic engineering to enhance the output and value of many agricultural products, may hold the key to helping stop world hunger. But if the environmental movement has its way, further development of ...
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Bill Clinton’s Foreign Policy Double Standard, by Kevin Martin

New Visions Commentary /
In one corner, the long dead are reburied with full honors. In another corner, a young boy with no hands walks down a dusty road towards government-held positions - fleeing rebels closing in on the capital. Yet another corner has ...
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Media’s Selective Indignation Molds Moral Conscience, by Murdock “Doc” Gibbs

New Visions Commentary /
We were shocked when a black immigrant in New York City was shot at by police over 40 times while simply reaching for his wallet. We were appalled by the merciless and brutal beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles ...
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Promoting Academic Achievement and Safe Schools, by Rita Thompson

New Visions Commentary /
As an African-American and the proud daughter of a woman who was a leader in the New York civil rights movement during the 1960s and 1970s, I am very sensitive to the issue of discrimination. However, I disagree with the ...
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The Time is Now for A New Environmental Justice Policy, by Michael Centrone

National Policy Analysis #296 /
When Select Steel Inc. proposed construction of a $175 million steel mill that would create 200 jobs in the economically-distressed community of Genesee County, Michigan, the majority of local residents welcomed the proposal. But thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency's ...
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Bill Clinton Makes Blacks Pay More at the Pump, by Stuart Pigler

National Policy Analysis #297 /
With gasoline prices rising to well over two dollars a gallon in the Midwestern United States, America's love affair with the automobile may be headed toward a break-up. But before we ditch our wheels, we should first demand the government ...
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Bio-Foods Can Improve Nutrition in America, Cut Starvation and Disease in Africa, by John Meredith

National Policy Analysis #298 /
Wouldn't you rather eat a banana than get a shot? I know that I would. Science now makes it possible to get a vaccination against hepatitis, which kills an estimated 100 million people per year worldwide, simply by eating a ...
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Orioles Baseball Team Warned Not to Discriminate ­ May 2000

Press Release /
African-American Network Asks Owner Angelos to Consider Afro-Cubans Recent statements by officials of the Baltimore Orioles baseball team in which they orginially said - but later retracted - that they would not sign Cuban defectors to play for the team ...
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Black Network Demands Social Security Reform

Press Release /
Black Network Demands Social Security Reform Bipartisan Support for Private Investment of Payroll Taxes Applauded When 48% of young Americans believe they will see a UFO but only 28% believe they will see a Social Security check when they retire, ...
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