Author: The National Center

War on Poverty Won't Be Won – Unless We Change Strategy, by Derryck Green

War on Poverty Won’t Be Won – Unless We Change Strategy, by Derryck Green

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Afghanistan is not, as the media calls it, "America's longest war." In reality, that is the government's "War on Poverty." In 1986, President Ronald Reagan bluntly said, "poverty won." After 50 years, we're still losing the War on Poverty. The ...
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There Should Be Repercussions if Taxes Aren’t Spent Wisely, by Hughey Newsome

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 Americans are now at the tail end of the most dreaded season of all – tax season. Unfortunately, many people may not be thinking properly about their taxes at all. I have a friend whose knowledge of tax policy is ...
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“Black Code” Plus “Acting White” Equals Self-Created Racial Disparity, by Demetrius Minor

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Is America seeing a resurgence of segregation? It's not a reinstitution of race-specific water fountains or separate-but-equal accommodations, but a self-segregation among black youth that could cripple upward mobility. It's a variation on the fear of "acting white." In 2004, ...
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Free-Market Fixes Could Still Save American Health Care, by Elaina F. George, MD

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As "law of the land," ObamaCare has already fundamentally changed American health care. Despite the partisan bickering and disastrous rollout, government has successfully inserted itself between doctors and patients — controlling everything from doctors' treatment options to patient choices about ...
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If I Were a Liberal, by Hughey Newsome

If I Were a Liberal, by Hughey Newsome

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Peggy Noonan, the former Republican speechwriter, recently authored a column the Wall Street Journal titled "Incompetence." She highlighted examples of how Obama staffers "don't have a background in executing" the policies the President seeks to articulate. Rather, Noonan wrote, "they ...
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Get Over It: No Hatred in Obama Critiques, by Christopher Arps

Get Over It: No Hatred in Obama Critiques, by Christopher Arps

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Quite often, fellow African-Americans hear me criticize President Obama and ask me why I hate the President. I reject the premise of the question. I don't hate President Obama, but I do strongly dislike his policies and the divisive tone ...
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Blacks Must Speak Outside the Language of Race (Part 1), by Derryck Green

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Blacks must become multilingual. I'm not saying that black folk should learn a second language such as Spanish or Chinese — although the fact that Hispanics are the dominant minority and China is ascending economically might make knowledge of these ...
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Blacks Must Speak Outside the Language of Race (Part 2), by Derryck Green

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Contrary to popular liberal belief, Black Americans don't speak with one voice. It was the same California blacks who, in 2008, voted for both traditional marriage and Barack Obama — the man who helped craft a U.S. Supreme Court that ...
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Disproportionate Definitions of “Disproportionate,” by Hughey Newsome

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In a speech this past February, Attorney General Eric Holder said Americans need to reconsider the punishment that convicted felons lose their right to vote. While some states have means for felons, usually those convicted of non-violent crimes, to regain ...
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Project 21 Condemns Vandalism of Ole Miss Statue of James Meredith

Project 21 Condemns Vandalism of Ole Miss Statue of James Meredith

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Son of Conservative Civil Rights Icon, a Member of Project 21, Issues Statement FBI, Local Police Investigating Apparent Hate Crime Washington, D.C. - Members of the Project 21 black leadership network condemn the apparent February 16 hate crime on the ...
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