Author: The National Center

Make Detroit and Wall Street Work Together, by Ak'Bar A. Shabazz

Make Detroit and Wall Street Work Together, by Ak’Bar A. Shabazz

New Visions Commentary /
In bailing out American automakers, Congress is essentially using taxpayer money to cover for bad business decisions. After years of mediocrity in the industry that seemed to come to a head in a recent series of angry congressional hearings, executives ...
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Why I'm Not Thankful We'll Have Obama as President - Yet

Why I’m Not Thankful We’ll Have Obama as President – Yet

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Washington, D.C. - Black conservative leader Deneen Borelli, a full-time senior fellow with the Project 21 black leadership network, says she's not thankful America is about to have Barack Obama as President - at least, not yet. While she's grateful ...
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Black Activist Calls for Rangel's Ouster from Congressional Leadership

Black Activist Calls for Rangel’s Ouster from Congressional Leadership

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Washington, D.C. - As yet another potential tax-related ethical lapse involving Congressman Charles Rangel (D-NY) surfaces, a member of the Project 21 black leadership network is calling for the veteran lawmaker to be removed as chairman of the House Ways ...
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Black Leader Condemns Bush for Not Pardoning or Commuting Sentences of Jailed Border Agents During Pre-Thanksgiving Round of Executive Clemency

Black Leader Condemns Bush for Not Pardoning or Commuting Sentences of Jailed Border Agents During Pre-Thanksgiving Round of Executive Clemency

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Washington, D.C. - Project 21 Chairman Mychal Massie is condemning President Bush’s inaction regarding incarcerated Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean and is reiterating his call for a pardon or commutation of the agents' sentences before the ...
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Black Activist Issues Warning to President-Elect

Black Activist Issues Warning to President-Elect

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Washington, D.C. - Project 21 Senior Fellow Deneen Borelli is issuing a warning to President-elect Barack Obama: Don't let special interests control your Administration. Borelli's comments come in light of the apparent success of ultra-liberal feminist groups in derailing the ...
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Al Qaeda Leader's Anti-Obama Racial Slur Denounced by Black Conservatives

Al Qaeda Leader’s Anti-Obama Racial Slur Denounced by Black Conservatives

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Washington, D.C. - Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are denouncing the racial slur made against President-elect Barack Obama by al Qaeda deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri, and hope al-Zawahiri's crude action is a sobering reminder for the President-elect and ...
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Black Leader to Bush: Commute Sentences of Jailed Border Agents

Black Leader to Bush: Commute Sentences of Jailed Border Agents

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Washington, D.C. - After a federal judge last week refused to reduce the sentences of incarcerated U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean, Mychal Massie - chairman of the Project 21 black leadership network - ...
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What’s Good for the Goose is Good for the Gander, by Ak’Bar A. Shabazz

New Visions Commentary /
National rules for bankruptcy were overhauled by federal legislation in 2005. The new law means that bankruptcy is no longer a guaranteed path to a fresh start and relief from heavy financial burdens.  To declare bankruptcy, one must now meet ...
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Don’t “Change” Religious Freedom, by Bishop Council Nedd II

New Visions Commentary /
As the nation waits with great anticipation for President-Elect Barack Obama to begin unveiling his policies for rescuing our economy and managing our two wars, the real indicator of his presidential success may be how well he handles his most ...
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Black Backing of Barack Should Not Be Unconditional, by Deneen Borelli

New Visions Commentary /
Barack Obama's election is a capstone on black Americans' struggle for equality. While isolated racial intolerance can be expected to continue, Obama's electoral landslide and victory in majority-white states such as Iowa and southern states such as Virginia put to ...
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