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Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Criticize Congressional Proposals to Create a Race-Based Hawaiian Government

Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Criticize Congressional Proposals to Create a Race-Based Hawaiian Government

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Without a hearing, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources is expected to vote on the "Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2007" (H.R. 505) on May 2.  Members of the black leadership network Project 21 are expressing ...
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Dutch Martin

Liberals are Doubting Thomas for No Real Reason, by Darryn “Dutch” Martin

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  Liberals are Doubting Thomas for No Real Reason by Darryn "Dutch" Martin In the eyes of retired Brooklyn Law School professor Henry Mark Holzer, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas is one of the most brilliant legal minds ...
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Deneen Borelli

Gun Ownership Becoming a Capital Idea, by Deneen Borelli

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  Gun Ownership Becoming a Capital Idea by Deneen Borelli (bio) For years, Shelly Parker faced intimidation and harassment from the drug dealers and gang-bangers who roamed her neighborhood.  Already frustrated because the police never did enough to make her ...
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Hold Your Tongue, Unless You're Criticizing a Conservative by David Almasi

Hold Your Tongue, Unless You’re Criticizing a Conservative by David Almasi

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Comments considered to cross the line of good taste recently have led to a surprisingly large number of firings among radio hosts and staff. Most notable was Don Imus's April firing from CBS Radio and MSNBC after he called the ...
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Dutch Martin

Why Father’s Day Saddens Me, by Darryn “Dutch” Martin

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Why Father's Day Saddens Me by Darryn "Dutch" Martin (bio) As the product of a single-parent home, I always have mixed feelings when Father's Day rolls around. What could I understand about the importance of fathers when my own formative ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Laud Supreme Court's Ban on Partial Birth Abortion

Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Laud Supreme Court’s Ban on Partial Birth Abortion

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Today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding a legislative ban on the practice of partial birth abortion is being hailed by members of the black leadership network Project 21 as a victory for the safety and welfare of the unborn as ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Conservatives: Duke Rape Case Shows Importance of "Innocent Until Proven Guilty"

Project 21 Press Release: Black Conservatives: Duke Rape Case Shows Importance of “Innocent Until Proven Guilty”

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Today's announcement that dubious sexual assault charges filed against the three current and former Duke students were dropped has members of the Project 21 black leadership network sharply criticizing those who used the year-long investigation to create racial animosity for ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Conservatives Speak Out on Don Imus Controversy, Criticism

Project 21 Press Release: Black Conservatives Speak Out on Don Imus Controversy, Criticism

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Don Imus has been suspended by CBS Radio and MSNBC for two weeks in the wake of comments made on his April 4, 2007 syndicated radio show.  On that show, Imus called members of the Rutgers University women's basketball team ...
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B.B. Robinson

A Rational Response to an Irrational Act, by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D.

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A Rational Response to an Irrational Act by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D. (bio) Recent events put Don Imus' neck on the chopping block for broadcasting a statement - which you already know and which I will not repeat here - about ...
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Joe Hicks

Chavez Commemoration Craves Consensus it Lacks, by Joe Hicks

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Chavez Commemoration Craves Consensus it Lacks by Joe Hicks This past March marked the 80th anniversary of the birth of the late farm labor organizer Cesar Chavez, and some members of Congress are pushing legislation that may someday lead to ...
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