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Black Leadership Network Applauds Supreme Court for Striking Down Sampling

Black Leadership Network Applauds Supreme Court for Striking Down Sampling

Press Release /
Project 21 Says Actual Headcount is Best Way to Conduct Census The January 25 U.S. Supreme Court ruling requiring the 2000 census be conducted through a person-by-person headcount was applauded by the members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 ...
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Black Americans Would Benefit From Private Social Security Accounts, by Horace Cooper

Black Americans Would Benefit From Private Social Security Accounts, by Horace Cooper

New Visions Commentary /
President Clinton's announcement in his January State of the Union speech that he supports investing Social Security funds in the stock market was a half-step in the right direction for saving Social Security. Unfortunately, the President's prescription did nothing to ...
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Impeachment and the Rule of Law, by Faye Anderson

Impeachment and the Rule of Law, by Faye Anderson

New Visions Commentary /
A New Visions Commentary paper published January 1999 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 501 Capitol Court, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002, 202/543-4110, Fax (202) 543-5975, E-Mail [email protected], Web http://www.nationalcenter.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. It's the rule ...
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Free Market Social Security Reform Would Benefit Minorities - December 1998

Free Market Social Security Reform Would Benefit Minorities – December 1998

Press Release /
African-Americans are being short-changed by the existing Social Security system. The African-American leadership network Project 21 says President Bill Clinton should use the White House symposium he has convened this week to ponder the future of Social Security as a ...
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Who's a Leader? by Kimberly Wilson

Who’s a Leader? by Kimberly Wilson

New Visions Commentary /
It has been said that there is a crisis in black leadership. I agree. But as a black woman, more and more, I find myself questioning the term "black leader." Who really is a black leader? Is it Al Sharpton ...
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The Ring Does Matter, by Mike Ramey

The Ring Does Matter, by Mike Ramey

New Visions Commentary /
Lots of good news was broadcast over the nation's airwaves during the past few months. Drug use among young people decreased. More young adults are discovering the joys of marriage. The number of out-of-wedlock births is also trending downward. Of ...
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The Money Trail to Better Education, by Star Parker

The Money Trail to Better Education, by Star Parker

New Visions Commentary /
In recently donating $100 million to allow 50,000 needy children to attend private school, investment banker Ted Forstmann and Wal-Mart executive John Walton will do far more to improve the education of inner-city youths than philanthropist Walter Annenberg's much-vaunted $500 ...
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Black Folks and Bill Clinton, by Kimberly Wilson

Black Folks and Bill Clinton, by Kimberly Wilson

New Visions Commentary /
One of the more frequent comments made during the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal is that black people are solidly in the President's corner. Polls show as many as 85% of us support Bill Clinton. I'm one who's not so sure about that ...
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A Taxing Proposition: Should the Working Poor Finance New Government Spending? by Faye Anderson

A Taxing Proposition: Should the Working Poor Finance New Government Spending? by Faye Anderson

National Policy Analysis #220 /
On November 3, California voters will cast their votes for or against Proposition 10, the California Children and Families Initiative. If passed, the measure would increase the tax on cigarettes by 50 cents per pack to fund early childhood development ...
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Protect the Black Middle Class: Cut Taxes Now! - September 1998

Protect the Black Middle Class: Cut Taxes Now! – September 1998

Press Release /
STATEMENT OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN LEADERSHIP NETWORK PROJECT 21 AT A SEPTEMBER 8, 1998 PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB IN WASHINGTONIt must be the duty of our elected leaders in Congress to act quickly and decisively to provide tax ...
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