Author: The National Center

Just Don't Do the Crime, by R.D. Davis

Just Don’t Do the Crime, by R.D. Davis

New Visions Commentary /
Racism is blamed for just about everything negative involving blacks. The debilitating effect of this is that it doesn't afford us the motivation to look inward and work to find effective solutions to our race's problems. It's easier to just ...
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New Web Site Focuses on Reparations Debate

New Web Site Focuses on Reparations Debate

Press Release /
New Web Site Focuses on Reparations Debate African-American Group Seeks to Provide Objective Source of InformationAmericans are sharply divided over proposals for the U.S. government to pay reparations to blacks as part of an apology for the once-legal practice of ...
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Project 21 Release: Juneteenth a Time for Black Celebration; Holiday Commemorates End of Slavery, Beginning of Full Self-Determination - June 2002

Project 21 Release: Juneteenth a Time for Black Celebration; Holiday Commemorates End of Slavery, Beginning of Full Self-Determination – June 2002

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Holiday Commemorates End of Slavery, Beginning of Full Self-Determination "Juneteenth," the oldest known celebration marking the end of slavery in America, is observed on June 19. Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 ask for people everywhere to set ...
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Vouchers Offer Hope to Black Families; Supreme Court Decision to Permit Choice in Areas with Failing Schools

Vouchers Offer Hope to Black Families; Supreme Court Decision to Permit Choice in Areas with Failing Schools

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The U.S. Supreme Court's June 27 decision upholding the constitutionality of school vouchers is hailed by the African-American leadership network Project 21 as a major leap forward in providing inner-city minority children with access to a quality education. "The Supreme ...
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EPA's Regulatory Turnaround an Example of Compassionate Conservatism in Action, by Syd Gernstein

EPA’s Regulatory Turnaround an Example of Compassionate Conservatism in Action, by Syd Gernstein

National Policy Analysis #426 /
Just the thought of new environmental regulations can make people groan. Nobody wants to breathe dirty air or drink toxic water, but government policies to protect the planet can be unnecessarily expensive - especially for those who can least afford ...
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Shakedown: A Shocking Jesse Jackson Biography, by Kimberley Wilson

Shakedown: A Shocking Jesse Jackson Biography, by Kimberley Wilson

New Visions Commentary /
I've been cynical about Jesse Jackson for years, but a new biography about him - investigative reporter Kenneth Timmerman's Shakedown - left me totally shocked. Shakedown savages the first and most important Jesse legend: the claim that Dr. Martin Luther ...
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For the Love of Rilya, We Need to Fix the Black Family, by Kimberley Jane Wilson

For the Love of Rilya, We Need to Fix the Black Family, by Kimberley Jane Wilson

New Visions Commentary /
Last year, I wrote a column asking "Whatever Happened to Chandra Levy?" It turns out Chandra's been dead in Rock Creek Park - just a few miles from her Washington, DC apartment. This mystery is finally over. In Miami, Florida, ...
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In Support of Demoracy Abroad, by Arica Young

In Support of Demoracy Abroad, by Arica Young

New Visions Commentary /
Hopes among Bush Administration officials for a more democratic Venezuela as a result of the recent coup attempt in that country in mid-April earned the President criticism from the American media. Hugo Chavez, the Venezuelan president, survived a coup that ...
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Historic Preservation Saves Buildings But Robs Residents of Goods and Services, by Syd Gernstein

Historic Preservation Saves Buildings But Robs Residents of Goods and Services, by Syd Gernstein

National Policy Analysis #413 /
Homes of black heroes such as Frederick Douglass and Carter G. Woodson, where roofs leak and walls are collapsing, are historic landmarks located in our nation's capital that need protection.1 A still-operating grocery store and a boarded-up hardware store, however, ...
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Black Group Condemns Anti-Pledge Ruling; Senate Faulted for Stalling Nominations of Qualified Nominees

Black Group Condemns Anti-Pledge Ruling; Senate Faulted for Stalling Nominations of Qualified Nominees

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An opinion issued by an understaffed federal court which outlawed children reciting the Pledge of Allegiance as an unconstitutional promotion of religion has outraged the membership of the African-American leadership network Project 21.A panel of judges on the 9th Circuit ...
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