Tag: Press Release

Black Leadership Network Warns Color Chasm in Cyberspace is Real Threat to Black Progress

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Two recent studies, by Vanderbilt University researchers and the Commerce Department, have found a major disparity between black and white Americans in the digital world. The studies show that white families are more than twice as likely as black and ...

Greenpeace Promotes Environmentally-Harmful Legislation

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Contents * President and Veep Are Wrong About Cause of This Year's Weather * Minorities Harmed by Environmental "Justice" * Paper Examines Enviro "Justice" * Enviros Exploit Religion * This Act Kills Jobs * This Act Kills Jobs Too * ...

Black Leadership Network Warns Color Chasm in Cyberspace is Real Threat to Black Progress – August 1998

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 Two recent studies, by Vanderbilt University researchers and the Commerce Department, have found a major disparity between black and white Americans in the digital world.The studies show that white families are more than twice as likely as black and Hispanic ...

Study Challenging Validity of Satellite Global Temperature Data Flawed

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A study released yesterday suggesting that satellite data showing a drop in the earth's temperature over the past 18 years is wrong is fatally flawed. The study thus has no impact on the ongoing global warming debate. The study, written ...

Global Warming Not to Blame for Heat Wave, Temperature Data Shows

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President Plays Upon Fears and Emotions of Public to Advance Political Agenda Contrary to statements by both President Bill Clinton and Vice President Albert Gore, the recent heat waves afflicting the south and west do not demonstrate that global warming ...

Americans 65 and Older Have the Same Civil Rights as Younger Americans, Group Says

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Amy Ridenour, president of The National Center for Public Policy Research, a non-partisan Capitol Hill think-tank, today criticized the federal government for standing fast in its wrong-headed decision to prohibit Americans 65 and older from choosing their own doctors. "The ...

Blacks Say Shays/Meehan Campaign Reform Bill Would Have Chilling Effect on Minority Political Speech

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Members of the Black leadership network Project 21 say that the campaign finance reform legislation by Representatives Chris Shays (R-CT) and Marty Meehan (D-MA), which is scheduled for a House vote the week of July 13-17, is unwise and would ...

Blacks say Shays/Meehan Campaign Reform Bill Would Have Chilling Effect on Minority Political Speech – July 1998

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Black Leadership Network Project 21 says that H.R. 3526 would make it harder for ethnic and racial minority, women and non-mainstream voices to be heard Members of the Black leadership network Project 21 say that the campaign finance reform legislation ...

Black Leadership Drops the Ball on Minority AIDS Epidemic – July 1998

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Devastating Families and Communities Black leadership network Project 21 says AIDS among minorities is a public health emergency that can no longer be ignored by the black community and its leadersWhile thousands of experts on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) are ...

The Death of the Tobacco Bill is Good News for Food, Coffee, Cola and Restaurants

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The June 17 death of the massive tobacco bill is good news for the American people, says Amy Ridenour, president of The National Center for Public Policy Research. "Proponents of the bill lost sight of the original agreement between states ...