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LeBron James and 50 Cent - Public Enemies #1, by Bruce H. Edwards

LeBron James and 50 Cent – Public Enemies #1, by Bruce H. Edwards

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published October 2003 by The National Center for Public Policy Research. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. Across America, bouncing basketballs are heard a little more often. "Professional basketball player" reigns as the top answer ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Conservatives Attending World Trade Organization Meeting in Cancun - September 2003

Project 21 Press Release: Black Conservatives Attending World Trade Organization Meeting in Cancun – September 2003

New Visions Commentary, Press Release /
Project 21 Members Attending WTO Talks on Agriculture Policy Two members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 are attending the World Trade Organization ministerial meeting in Cancun, Mexico (September 10-14) and are available to the media for comments on ...
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Tinkering With Energy is Playing With Fire: Cap and Trade Schemes are Regressive, Placing Burdens on Low-Income Communities, by Bonner Cohen

Tinkering With Energy is Playing With Fire: Cap and Trade Schemes are Regressive, Placing Burdens on Low-Income Communities, by Bonner Cohen

National Policy Analysis #490 /
Hopes for a swift and lasting economic recovery could be dashed if Congress approves a misbegotten scheme that two independent government agencies have concluded will send energy prices through the roof. The "Climate Stewardship Act of 2003" (S. 139), introduced ...
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Homosexual School More About Social Policy Than Socialization, by Mychal Massie

Homosexual School More About Social Policy Than Socialization, by Mychal Massie

New Visions Commentary /
New York City now has a high school exclusively for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender children, an expansion of a two-classroom alternative school that has operated for years. Its principal claims, "This school will be a model for the country, ...
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The Mixed Blessing of Affirmative Action, by Matthew Craig

The Mixed Blessing of Affirmative Action, by Matthew Craig

New Visions Commentary /
Endorsement of affirmative action policies that allow schools to continue using race as a factor in student admissions can, at best, be seen as a mixed blessing for the black community. But while the U.S. Supreme Court acknowledges that blacks ...
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Black and Conservative in America, by Sean Turner

Black and Conservative in America, by Sean Turner

New Visions Commentary /
A child of the 70s, I grew up in a typical two-parent, middle-income household. My father, then a U.S. Navy man honorably serving his country, carried much of the discipline he acquired in the military into parenting. Much of that ...
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Jim Crow's New Face, by La Shawn Barber

Jim Crow’s New Face, by La Shawn Barber

New Visions Commentary /
Legal segregation of the races is an embarrassing part of America's history. Called Jim Crow after a black character from an 1840s minstrel show, the laws prescribed separate facilities for blacks and whites from around 1865 until the 1960s. "Separate ...
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Why "Buffalo Soldiers"? by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D.

Why “Buffalo Soldiers”? by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D.

New Visions Commentary /
I was invited to review a recently released movie titled "Buffalo Soldiers," a movie previously released in Europe under the title "Army Go Home." It's about corrupt and incompetent American servicemen in Germany in the late 1980s. My invitation to ...
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America has Apologized, by Mychal Massie

America has Apologized, by Mychal Massie

New Visions Commentary /
The United States didn't invent slavery. While it is historical fact that certain regions participated in and benefited from slavery, it should also be pointed out that America had the good sense to eliminate slavery and emancipate its slaves - ...
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How Losing the Race Changed My Life, by Darryn "Dutch" Martin

How Losing the Race Changed My Life, by Darryn “Dutch” Martin

New Visions Commentary /
As one of her six children, the greatest gift I received from my dear, now-departed mother was an appreciation of the value of an education. This appreciation helped me rise from our poor surroundings in inner city Cleveland to become ...
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