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A Different Standard for the Powerful Means no Environmental Justice from Washington, by Syd Gernstein

A Different Standard for the Powerful Means no Environmental Justice from Washington, by Syd Gernstein

National Policy Analysis #387 /
Laws are supposed to make our society orderly and protect the public interest. But red tape can overwhelm and actually cause more harm than good. The process can also be corrupted. Take, for instance, "environmental justice." This policy empowers the ...
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Second Amendment Rights Not a Matter of Race, by Jimmie Lee Hollis

Second Amendment Rights Not a Matter of Race, by Jimmie Lee Hollis

New Visions Commentary /
I'm not a firearm enthusiast, but I am a staunch defender of the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Based on years of watching the gun control debate in the public square, my conclusion is that some Second ...
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Civil Rights Commission Needs to Assess the Economic Impact of Environmental Justice Policies, by David Almasi

Civil Rights Commission Needs to Assess the Economic Impact of Environmental Justice Policies, by David Almasi

New Visions Commentary /
Over the past few years, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights hasn't been known for promoting racial harmony. Chairman Mary Frances Berry is a stalwart liberal who rules the Commission with an iron fist. Critics accuse her of using the ...
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Brownfield Revitalization Cuts Urban Blight, Suburban Sprawl, by Syd Gernstein

Brownfield Revitalization Cuts Urban Blight, Suburban Sprawl, by Syd Gernstein

New Visions Commentary /
As concern over "urban sprawl" intensifies, the Bush Administration is coming to the rescue by making it easier to revitalize decaying city infrastructures. This will both lessen the need for cities to expand and create new jobs and new sources ...
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Which Uncle Tom Am I? by Mike Green

Which Uncle Tom Am I? by Mike Green

New Visions Commentary /
A while ago, as a response to the reparations debate, I wrote that it was us - black Americans - who owed our slave ancestors a debt of gratitude for their suffering. We must "pay" reparations by living up to ...
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Act With Patience or Panic? The EPA Lets Demographics Decide, by Syd Gernstein

Act With Patience or Panic? The EPA Lets Demographics Decide, by Syd Gernstein

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published December 2001 by The National Center for Public Policy Research * 501 Capitol Ct., N.E., Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web http://www.nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. Residents of the ...
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Project 21 Release: Is It Wrong to Require Work in Exchange for a Welfare Check? - December 2001

Project 21 Release: Is It Wrong to Require Work in Exchange for a Welfare Check? – December 2001

Press Release /
Black Group Says Public Housing Residents Wrong to Spurn Community Service Provision Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 sharply criticize a provision in the pending 2002 Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) spending bill that would repeal ...
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A Piece of Black History is Lost, by Kimberley Jane Wilson

A Piece of Black History is Lost, by Kimberley Jane Wilson

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published December 2001 by The National Center for Public Policy Research * 501 Capitol Ct., N.E., Washington, DC 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax 202-543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web http://www.nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. The Choctaw Terminal ...
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Patience or Panic? The EPA Seems to Let Demographics Decide, by Syd Gernstein

Patience or Panic? The EPA Seems to Let Demographics Decide, by Syd Gernstein

National Policy Analysis #380 /
Residents of the affluent Spring Valley community in Washington, D.C. will wake up this Christmas morning to open presents, eat coffeecake and maybe even brush snow off their SUVs and Mercedes as they have the past 15 years. Despite Spring ...
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King Family is Selling Out Martin's Legacy, by Michael King

King Family is Selling Out Martin’s Legacy, by Michael King

New Visions Commentary /
"I'm going to King-Land, King-Land; in Atlanta, G-A, I'm going to King-Land..." - with apologies to singer Paul Simon. It appears that the family of slain civil rights giant Martin Luther King, Jr. is looking for more ways to milk ...
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