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Black Veterans Critical of Obama's Afghanistan Plans

Black Veterans Critical of Obama’s Afghanistan Plans

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Washington, D.C. - Veterans affiliated with the Project 21 black leadership network are critical of the speech by President Obama last night in which he laid out plans to begin withdrawing substantial American military forces from Afghanistan. "It is unfortunate ...
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Black Activists Criticize Jesse Jackson on Voting Rights

Black Activists Criticize Jesse Jackson on Voting Rights

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Controversial Reverend Attacks Election Day Photo ID Requirements as Racist Conspiracy Washington, D.C. - Spokesmen for the Project 21 black leadership network are critical of the Reverend Jesse Jackson's call for federal intervention against state-level efforts to protect voting integrity, ...
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"Juneteenth" Emancipation Observance Marks Revival of Virtues and Values

“Juneteenth” Emancipation Observance Marks Revival of Virtues and Values

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Juneteenth Holiday Called a "Celebration of American Freedom" Washington, D.C. - Black conservatives with the Project 21 leadership network urge people to use this year's observance of "Juneteenth" to restore the values and virtues of self-improvement, self-reliance and educational empowerment ...
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Administration Energy Policy Linked to Black Jobless Rate

Administration Energy Policy Linked to Black Jobless Rate

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Washington, D.C. - As President Obama meets today in North Carolina with his Council on Jobs and Competitiveness and tours a local "green economy" company, members of the black leadership network Project 21 are reminding him that the black unemployment ...
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Despite Congressional Leader's Claim, Requiring an ID to Vote is Nothing Like Forced Segregation

Despite Congressional Leader’s Claim, Requiring an ID to Vote is Nothing Like Forced Segregation

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America Remembers Jim Crow, and Ballot Security is No Jim Crow Washington, D.C. - Efforts to protect voting integrity are not "literally" equivalent to Jim Crow segregation laws, and claims that they are by a member of the Congressional leadership ...
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Two Leading Liberals Condemned for Playing "Gender Card" to Push for Government Growth

Two Leading Liberals Condemned for Playing “Gender Card” to Push for Government Growth

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Washington, D.C. - Cherylyn Harley LeBon and Deneen Borelli of the Project 21 black leadership network today are condemning liberal U.S. Representatives Barney Frank (D-MA) and Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) for falsely alleging that sexism, not policy disagreements, are behind Republican ...
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Voter ID is No Jim Crow — I Know, by Charles Butler

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Having experienced the psychological pain of Jim Crow laws firsthand, I won't allow those who likely only read about Jim Crow in history books to trivialize it. That's why I'm outraged about a recent edition of TV One's "Washington Watch" ...
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Affirmative Action in Basketball? Not Good There… Or Anywhere, by Jerome Hudson

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Exposingleftists.com arrived on the campus of the University of California, Merced last May to gather signatures on a petition calling for a redistribution of grade point averages. Not surprisingly, few star students wanted to share the fruits of their academic ...
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Forget the Debt Ceiling — Raise Our Moral Ceiling, by Jerome Hudson

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As the White House lobbies to raise the nation's debt ceiling, why not instead help raise its moral ceiling? After decades of rewarding bad behavior, it's in the government's best interest — and perhaps even its duty — to promote ...
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Obama’s Energy Policy Benefits America’s Elites, by Deneen Borelli

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Our nation's natural resources and access to affordable energy are under assault from environmentalists, business interests and progressive politicians. Their plan is to raise the price of fossil fuels to make renewable energy economically competitive. But too many Americans already ...
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