Kanye West surprised the American music scene last Friday by dropping a single “Ye vs. The People,” in which he and fellow rapper T.I. go back and forth about their political views. Some are calling his vocal support of President ...
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Free Enterprise Project Questions Controversial Board Member at PepsiCo’s Annual Shareholder Meeting New Bern, N.C. / Washington, D.C. – At today’s annual meeting of PepsiCo investors, the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) – the nation’s ...
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Project 21 Proposes Bold, Innovative Reforms to Promote Black Opportunity and Prosperity Washington, D.C. – Project 21, the black leadership network, has asked the White House and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office for a “better deal” for African-Americans, urging both ...
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Generations-long war may be over on the Korean Peninsula, Tom Brokaw is facing #metoo allegations and ABBA reunited – but CNN is still focused on all things potentially scandalous involving President Donald Trump. On the April 26 edition of “CNN ...
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Drugmaker Claims to Have No Official Position on National Immigration Reform; Its Corporate Philanthropy Suggests Otherwise Pfizer Support of the Human Rights Campaign, a Notoriously Anti-Religious Group, Also Called into Question Short Hills, N.J. / Washington, D.C. – At today’s ...
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Starbucks Shutdown Prompts Concern That “Racial Bias Training” Programs Actually Violate Civil Rights Non-Minority and Male Employees Could Be Disadvantaged Washington, DC – With the Starbucks chain of coffeehouses planning to shutter over 8,000 locations on May 29 to train ...
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Corporate Free Speech and Free Association Protected and Promoted at GE’s Annual Investor Meeting Free Enterprise Project Uses “First-to-File” Tactic to Derail Hostile As You Sow Shareholder Proposal Imperial, PA/Washington, DC – At today’s annual meeting of General Electric (GE) ...
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Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan Refuses to Say How Much Money Investors Will Lose Because of His Decision to Join Those Who Oppose Second Amendment Charlotte, N.C. / Washington, D.C. – At today’s annual meeting of Bank of America ...
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There’s an uncomfortable feeling in the room when you ask the leadership of a heavily unionized company if they’d do their workforce the courtesy of letting them decide whether or not they’d actually still like to stay with their Big ...
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On Wednesday, the National Center’s Free Enterprise Project will present Proposal #4 – “Political Lobbying and Contributions” – at General Electric’s annual shareholder meeting in Imperial, Pennsylvania. While the content of the proposal is not new, it is making a ...
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