Author: The National Center

Supreme Court to Reconsider Affirmative Action in Higher Education

Supreme Court to Reconsider Affirmative Action in Higher Education

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Washington, D.C. - A case challenging the use of racial preferences in public college and university admissions was accepted today by the U.S. Supreme Court. Project 21, the black leadership network, joined a legal brief that urged the Court to ...
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Putting Students to the Test to Make Them Go Farther, by Cherylyn Harley LeBon

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Education experts, counselors and parents often debate the question, "How do we persuade students to start thinking about college?" The answer, according to D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown, is simple and innovative: Require all students in District schools to ...
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Why Voter ID Should Matter to Americans of All Races, by Deneen Borelli

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The Reverend Jesse Jackson and other establishment civil rights leaders scolded South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley earlier this year, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day no less, for her state's voter identification law. They reminded her that her Indian ancestry ...
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Becoming American with a Passport, by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D.

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It is often said that people truly cannot understand the United States of America until they have thoroughly traveled the nation. I'd like to challenge that reasoning somewhat — expanding it to argue that one really cannot understand our nation ...
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Obama Pushes Unwise Energy Policy, by Deneen Borelli

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Fearing a political backlash over his rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline, President Barack Obama tried to use his State of the Union address to appease critics of his war on fossil fuels. By stealing conservatives' "all of the above" ...
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Black Conservatives Comment on Obama State of the Union Address

Black Conservatives Comment on Obama State of the Union Address

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Washington, D.C. - Black conservatives affiliated with the Project 21 leadership network are unimpressed with President Barack Obama's progress during his three years in office. They say Obama's State of the Union address tonight was long on rhetoric and short ...
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Black Conservatives Discuss Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Black Conservatives Discuss Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Washington, D.C. - As the nation prepares to observe the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in conjunction with the national holiday in his honor, black conservatives affiliated with the Project 21 leadership network are speaking out about how ...
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Government ID Needed to Buy Drain Cleaner in Illinois, But Not to Vote

Government ID Needed to Buy Drain Cleaner in Illinois, But Not to Vote

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Black Conservative Sees Hypocrisy in Legislative Opposition to Similar Safeguards for Electoral Process Washington, D.C. - Project 21 spokesman Stacy Swimp is criticizing Illinois lawmakers for requiring people who purchase caustic substances such as drain cleaner to present government-issued ID ...
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Snail Mail's Slow Death by Government Intrusion, by Sean Turner

Snail Mail’s Slow Death by Government Intrusion, by Sean Turner

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The ubiquity of email, social networking websites and other factors are causing a steady decline in the number of people using the services of the 236-year-old U.S. Postal Service. As banks, credit card and utilities companies increasingly offer online payment options, ...
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Certain Signs of Societal Decline, by Deneen Borelli

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There were reports of babies out in the cold for hours in Houston. In Indianapolis, two dozen police officers used pepper spray to control an unruly crowd that pried shopping center doors off their hinges. These were just a few ...
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