Author: The National Center

Empower Black Americans Long After Juneteenth is Over

Empower Black Americans Long After Juneteenth is Over

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"Blueprint for a Better Deal for Black America" Could Improve Lives of Millions Washington, DC - Celebrating "Juneteenth," the oldest and most popular commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, leaders of the Project 21 black activist organization ...
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Stop Forcing Black Citizens to Subsidize Non-Citizens

Stop Forcing Black Citizens to Subsidize Non-Citizens

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Prohibit Illegal Immigrants from Accessing Public Services Washington, DC - Illegal immigrants should be prohibited from accessing all but emergency public services because the cost of these services unfairly and disproportionately falls on black families, according to the black leadership network ...
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Make Schools Serving Black Students Better Through Competition

Make Schools Serving Black Students Better Through Competition

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... Make Them Safer By Arming Personnel, Black Leaders Say Washington, D.C. – Students trapped in failing schools can be freed by encouraging competition among public schools through the provision of vouchers and “Tax Credit Scholarships,” according to the black ...
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Pardon Me, Mr. President! by Emery McClendon

Pardon Me, Mr. President! by Emery McClendon

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We often say “pardon me” after accidentally inconveniencing or offending someone. It’s also a polite expression to ask for someone to repeat something. But we now seem more accustomed to using the term pardon in the context of the power ...
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Redemption: It's Time for Trump to Pardon Model Prisoners Serving Time for Low-Level Crimes, by Council Nedd II

Redemption: It’s Time for Trump to Pardon Model Prisoners Serving Time for Low-Level Crimes, by Council Nedd II

New Visions Commentary /
Last December, President Donald Trump first exercised his power to pardon by commuting the sentence of Sholom Rubashkin. The kosher meatpacking executive received 27 years in prison for money laundering. Rubashkin’s pardon was championed by members of Congress, former attorneys ...
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Black Leaders Urge Repeal of Gas and “Sin Taxes” to Level Playing Field for Minorities

Black Leaders Urge Repeal of Gas and “Sin Taxes” to Level Playing Field for Minorities

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Washington, D.C. – Excise taxes should be repealed because they harm the poor disproportionately by requiring them to pay a higher portion of their incomes in taxes, say members of the Project 21 black leadership network. In its “Blueprint for ...
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Roseanne Barr, Samantha Bee and the Need for Consistency, by Jerome Danner

Roseanne Barr, Samantha Bee and the Need for Consistency, by Jerome Danner

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Tuesday's cancellation of the comedienne Roseanne Barr's show was simultaneously surprising and not surprising, if that is at all possible. It was surprising because it was a top-ranked show with its millions of viewers, which meant dollar signs for the ...
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Big Government’s Focus on Fines and Fees Disparately Impacts Poor, Minority Communities

Big Government’s Focus on Fines and Fees Disparately Impacts Poor, Minority Communities

Black Leaders Offer Better Deal From the Criminal Justice System Washington, D.C. – Law enforcement agencies focus too much on revenue-generating activities that have a negative impact on poor and minority communities, further straining the relationship between police and the ...
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Big Government’s Focus on Fines and Fees Disparately Impacts Poor, Minority Communities

Big Government’s Focus on Fines and Fees Disparately Impacts Poor, Minority Communities

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Black Leaders Offer Better Deal From the Criminal Justice System Washington, D.C. – Law enforcement agencies focus too much on revenue-generating activities that have a negative impact on poor and minority communities, further straining the relationship between police and the ...
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Is Starbucks-Style “Racial Bias Training” Discriminatory?

Is Starbucks-Style “Racial Bias Training” Discriminatory?

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Black Activists Ask Justice Department, EEOC to Investigate “Troubling Trend” Targeting Employees’ Race and Gender Washington, DC. – Over 8,000 Starbucks locations nationwide will close today to counsel approximately 175,000 employees about how to avoid their “implicit bias… [to] ensure ...
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