Project 21: Press Releases

Project 21 Delegation to Defend Ballot Integrity Measures, Rebut NAACP Request that U.N. Human Rights Council Investigate the United States Importance of Protecting Sanctity of Voting Lest Hard-Won Voting Franchise Be Diluted by Fraud to Be Stressed New York City, NY / Washington, DC - A delegation from the Project 21 black leadership network will meet today with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to urge the U.N. Human Rights Council not to waste its time investigating state-level voter integrity laws. In March, leaders of the NAACP formally asked the Human Rights Council to, ...
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"This is a Win for the Recipient, Their Children and Taxpayers," Says Michigan Activist Stacy Swimp "Drug Testing as a Condition of Receiving Tax-Funded Benefits Absolutely is Constitutional," Says Legal Expert Horace Cooper Saginaw, MI / Washington, D.C. - Stacy Swimp and Horace Cooper of the black leadership group Project 21 are applauding the Michigan House of Representatives for voting Thursday to require Michigan welfare recipients over age 18 to pass a drug test as a condition of receiving benefits. "The reality is that substance abuse is a prominent barrier preventing people from making the necessary transition from governmental dependence ...
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If Pressure Group Truly Means What It Says, It Will Push Coke to Drop Ties to Radical Environmental Group Washington, D.C. - If the activists at the group Color of Change are serious about wanting to keep the Coca-Cola Company from hurting the black community, members of the Project 21 black leadership network suggest that the group demand the soft drink manufacturer also sever its ties to the World Wildlife Fund for its support of overburdening regulation. "The sagging economy over the last three years has devastated black Americans. Unemployment, declining home values and high fuel prices have hit black ...
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Washington, D.C. - Just days after the second anniversary of its enactment, the U.S. Supreme Court begins hearing arguments today regarding several cases that could declare all or significant parts of "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" (popularly known as "ObamaCare") to be unconstitutional. Black conservatives affiliated with the Project 21 black leadership network are speaking out against ObamacCare in favor of more patient control over their own health care decisions. "Amid the second anniversary of ObamaCare's passage, its diagnosis is grim," said Project 21 spokesman Jerome Hudson. "Last month, economist Jonathan Gruber -- a chief architect of the legislation ...
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Washington, D.C. - Black conservatives with the Project 21 leadership network are condemning the welfare state cheerleading of Jesse Jackson, who claimed President Obama deserves a "big hand" and "honor" for being a "food stamp president." Project 21 members also dispute Obama Administration assertions that welfare spending stimulates the economy effectively. "This is twisted logic. Dr. King didn't march and die for the perpetuation of the welfare state," said Project 21 spokesman Jerome Hudson. "They are doing little more than perpetuating a class of jobless and poor people to shore up the rest of the economy. Not only is it ...
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Washington, D.C. - A case challenging the use of racial preferences in public college and university admissions was accepted today by the U.S. Supreme Court. Project 21, the black leadership network, joined a legal brief that urged the Court to take the case. "I'm pleased to see the Supreme Court agree to hear this case," said Project 21 spokesman Horace Cooper, who previously taught at the George Mason University School of Law in Virginia. "Despite the intent of the framers, the adoption of the 14th amendment and the admonition of Martin Luther King, we've reached the 21st century and we ...
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Washington, D.C. - Black conservatives affiliated with the Project 21 leadership network are unimpressed with President Barack Obama's progress during his three years in office. They say Obama's State of the Union address tonight was long on rhetoric and short in presenting a strategy to fix the stagnant American economy that has not improved under his leadership. "President Obama's State of the Union address was no more than a reminder of the failures of his presidency. When given an opportunity to create an economy 'built to last' - by taking on Washington's culture of fiscal irresponsibility, reining in an excessively ...
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Washington, D.C. - As the nation prepares to observe the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in conjunction with the national holiday in his honor, black conservatives affiliated with the Project 21 leadership network are speaking out about how Dr. King's words and actions relate to today. "In 1967, Dr. King declared that we must 'undergo a radical revolution of values.' Today, as America collapses under great division and debt, we need to embrace that call to national action," said Project 21 spokesman Jerome Hudson. "Dr. King fought for a moral identity to parallel the promise of equal opportunity ...
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Black Conservative Sees Hypocrisy in Legislative Opposition to Similar Safeguards for Electoral Process Washington, D.C. - Project 21 spokesman Stacy Swimp is criticizing Illinois lawmakers for requiring people who purchase caustic substances such as drain cleaner to present government-issued ID after previously rejecting a similar ID requirement for polling places and allowing newly-proposed voter ID legislation to languish. "The new law in Illinois tracking the sale of Drano was motivated by concern over a single incident. There are many instances of documented voter fraud all over the nation in just the past few years -- and voter fraud in Illinois ...
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Calls Bounty for Zimmerman "Outrageous" and "Lawless" Washington, D.C. - Legal commentator Horace Cooper, a founding member of the African-American leadership group Project 21, is criticizing the New Black Panthers' call for a ransom on George Zimmerman in the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting. "The efforts of the New Black Panthers go beyond legitimate discourse and are the legal equivalent of shouting fire in a crowded theatre," says Cooper. "In addition to their ongoing investigation into the Martin shooting, authorities in Florida and Washington should insure that hate groups like the Panthers stay within legal bounds." The New Black ...
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Washington, D.C. - Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are criticizing Jesse Jackson for comparing increasingly violent Occupy Wall Street events to the civil rights movement. Project 21's black conservatives say the Tea Party movement more closely resembles civil rights-era activism. "Some people don't want to acknowledge this, but Tea Party members express their frustrations with the government and are working for change in the same manner as the civil rights movement fought for freedom," said Project 21 spokeswoman Lisa Fritsch. "They protest in peace. They protest in civility. And they translate their protest into power — not ...
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"Eric Holder is Putting the Quality of our Electoral Process at Risk" and "the Real Racists... Claim Enforcing Voting ID Laws Hurts Minorities" Say Project 21 Spokesmen Voter ID "Protects the Voices of Those who Deserve to be Heard" Washington, D.C. - On the heels of Attorney General Eric Holder's fiercely political and racially divisive speech Tuesday night, members of the Project 21 black leadership network are criticizing Holder for treating Americans differently based on their race or ethnicity and for his apparent disregard of very real voter fraud threats. In his speech at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library ...
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NAACP Marches to Oppose Voter IDs, Purging Voter Lists of Dead or Unqualified Voters and the Enforcement of Laws Prohibiting Felons from Voting NAACP Position "Demeans Blacks" Say Project 21 Spokesmen: "Does the NAACP Believe Blacks are Too Lazy, Ignorant or Incapable of Getting Valid Identification?" Washington, D.C. - Black conservatives with the Project 21 leadership network are calling out the alarmists and political schemers at the NAACP who are once again "crying wolf" -- claiming this time that the ballot integrity and voter-protection statues passed or under consideration by state legislatures across the nation are "the greatest coordinated legislative ...
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What's More, Says Horace Cooper, Such Drug Tests Benefit Children and are Sound Public Policy Washington, D.C. - Contrary to a federal court ruling, the Constitution does not prohibit states from testing welfare recipients for drug use, says a new paper by former constitutional law professor Horace Cooper for the National Center for Public Policy Research. Cooper also argues that drug testing of welfare recipients is a sound public policy and beneficial to children. The paper, "Drug Testing of Welfare Recipients is Sound, Sensible and Constitutional," says U.S. Federal District Judge Mary Scriven's temporary injunction blocking the implementation of Florida's ...
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Washington, D.C. - With Occupy Wall Street protesters planning a mass demonstration in New York City and issuing calls for disruptions in other cities on November 17, members of the Project 21 black leadership network demand that high-profile supporters of the Occupy effort reject the violence, rudeness and hate that has come to embody the leftist protests and -- in the alleged absence of a leadership structure among Occupy protesters -- apologize for the mobs' uncivil actions. "The behavior of the Occupy Wall Street protesters is boorish and violent, and it has no place in civil society," said Project 21 ...
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Washington, D.C. - Black conservatives with the Project 21 black leadership network are rallying in support of efforts to block implementation of the EPA's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR), which would require 27 states to reduce sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions. This week, the Senate is expected to vote on a one-sentence resolution offered by Senator Rand Paul, S.J. 27, that "disapproves" of CSPAR, finalized by the EPA in July. Paul's resolution employs the Congressional Review Act, under which a simple majority of senators can disapprove of a regulation. A similar disapproval vote must occur in the ...
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Washington, D.C. - Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are amused and appalled at the latest publicity stunt from the radical People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) "animal rights" group. PETA is suing to take control of five killer whales away from the SeaWorld marine parks, claiming the whales are being held and forced to perform as "slaves" in violation of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. "Oops! I just fell out of my chair. PETA's comparison of SeaWorld and slavery insults the remains of hundreds of thousands of slaves who are buried across the ...
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Group Joins Pacific Legal Foundation, American Civil Rights Foundation, National Association of Scholars and Center for Equal Opportunity in Seeking Clarity on Race-Based School Admissions Standards Washington, D.C. - The black leadership network Project 21 has joined a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a case asking the Court to revisit race-based admissions standards at colleges and universities. "What's to be decided in this latest challenge to race-based preferences is something very fundamental -- should an applicant to a college or university be rewarded or penalized simply because of the color of their skin," said Project 21 ...
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Washington, D.C. - Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are condemning the divisive, radical rhetoric used by President Obama and his supporters in promotion of the President's $477 billion "American Jobs Act." "The President's remarks are disgraceful and dangerous. At a time when so many Americans are mired in the failing agenda of the Obama Administration, it is shameful to see the President peddling the divisiveness of race and class warfare," said Project 21 spokesman Jerome Hudson. "The President should be preaching a message of inspiration and American exceptionalism — not victimhood and racial antipathy." Playing the race ...
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As Green Jobs Fizzle, White House Should End War on Fossil Fuels Washington, D.C. - In the wake of the half-billion-taxpayer-dollar bankruptcy of "green" manufacturer Solyndra, members of the Project 21 black leadership network are criticizing the high cost and low yield of the Obama White House's "green jobs" agenda. They say tax dollars could be better spent on educational choice scholarships for kids in underperforming schools and jobs could better be created by ending Obama Administration regulations preventing their creation. "The Obama Administration -- with its liberal, government-knows-best policies that choose winners and losers -- gave our hard-earned tax ...
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