Christopher Arps: Equity vs. Excellence: How Modern Education Policies Are Failing Students

Christopher Arps: Equity vs. Excellence: How Modern Education Policies Are Failing Students

Project 21 Commentary /
It's no secret that our schools -- and our children -- are in trouble. Recent studies reveal that student performance has continued to plummet while the Biden administration has spent more than $100 million focusing on DEI, restorative justice, and ...
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National Center Withdraws AT&T DEI Shareholder Proposal After Successful Negotiation

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Washington, D.C. – Today, the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) and AT&T negotiated a withdrawal of a National Center shareholder proposal seeking information about the telecommunications company’s supplier expectations surrounding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) ...
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Stefan Padfield: DEI Is the Problem

FEP Commentary /
"In light of recent research finding that 'DEI may escalate workplace hostility and racial bias,' [Paolo] Gaudiano’s claim that anti-DEI activists seek to foment anger and polarization appears to be pure projection," writes Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield ...
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Stefan Padfield: Mark Zuckerberg Acted Like a Good Capitalist By Responding to Calls for Free Speech

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The times, they are a-changing, as our nation prepares to welcome Donald Trump back to the Oval Office. And this week we learned that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is apparently making big changes to Facebook in response to the election ...
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Stefan Padfield: Prediction: Costco’s Race-Focused DEI Programs Won’t See 2026

FEP Commentary /
While dozens of companies are abandoning their DEI goals under public pressure, big-box retailer Costco has announced its plans to simply dig its plus-sized heels deeper into the soil of racism. In a commentary published at RealClearMarkets, Free Enterprise Project ...
Donna Jackson: Time For A Post-Al Sharpton Agenda For The Black Community

Donna Jackson: Time For A Post-Al Sharpton Agenda For The Black Community

Project 21 Commentary /
"The ethically questionable collaboration between [Al] Sharpton and the failed Harris campaign is but one example of the lucrative race hustle game he and others have played for years," writes Project 21 Director of Membership Development Donna Jackson in a commentary ...
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Stefan Padfield Named as Free Enterprise Project’s New Executive Director

Free Enterprise Project /
We are delighted to announce that Stefan Padfield has been named as the new executive director of the National Center’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP). Stefan, who joined the FEP team in 2023, previously spent over 15 years teaching law at ...
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Horace Cooper on Trump’s Tough-On-Crime Agenda: “Accountability is Coming”

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Project 21 Chairman Horace Cooper is eager to watch the incoming Trump administration roll back the perverse tolerance (and even celebration) of crime in America. On the day President Biden commuted the sentences of 37 individuals on death row, and ...
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Horace Cooper: To Reverse NYC Crimewave, Fire Alvin Bragg

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Something has got to be done to change the crime trajectory in New York City and other urban American communities. And Project 21 Chairman Horace Cooper recommends starting with a leadership change. On the Fox News Channel program "Hannity," Horace ...
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Bonner Cohen: New York’s Anti-Fossil Fuel Shakedown Could Spread To Other States

Commentary, Environment /
Last week, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law a bill allowing the state to fine oil and gas companies up to $75 billion over 25 years, blaming them for climate-related damage to state infrastructure. "Their agenda is extortion," ...