Author: The National Center

Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Praise Janice Rogers Brown; Say Nominee "Epitomizes the Greatness of America"

Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Praise Janice Rogers Brown; Say Nominee “Epitomizes the Greatness of America”

Press Release /
Activists from the black leadership network Project 21 are praising Senate leaders for their efforts to secure an up-or-down vote on the nomination of California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown for a seat on the federal Circuit Court of ...
READ MORE
Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Praise Priscilla Owen, Call Her "One of the Finest Jurists in the Country"

Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Praise Priscilla Owen, Call Her “One of the Finest Jurists in the Country”

Press Release /
Activists from the black leadership network Project 21 are praising Senate leaders for their efforts to secure an up-or-down vote on the nomination of Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen for a seat on the federal 5th Circuit Court of ...
READ MORE
Project 21 Press Release: Blacks Back Bush on Social Security Reform; Allowing Personal Investment and Control Retirement Savings Called a Benefit for Black America

Project 21 Press Release: Blacks Back Bush on Social Security Reform; Allowing Personal Investment and Control Retirement Savings Called a Benefit for Black America

Press Release /
Black activists from the Project 21 leadership network applaud President George W. Bush's calls to reform Social Security by allowing people to directly control a portion of their payroll taxes and be able to transfer these funds to others upon ...
READ MORE
Project 21 Press Release: Black Network Hails Frist Judicial Compromise

Project 21 Press Release: Black Network Hails Frist Judicial Compromise

Press Release /
A proposal offered by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) to preserve robust debate over judicial nominees is being praised by members of the Project 21 black leadership network. Over the past two years, procedural delays have prevented judicial nominees ...
READ MORE
Five Suggestions for Michael Jackson, by Kimberley Jane Wilson

Five Suggestions for Michael Jackson, by Kimberley Jane Wilson

New Visions Commentary /
While shopping recently, I ended up in one of those boxy, warehouse-like stores with a dreaded common dressing room. Four women of different races, ages, shapes and sizes pretended not to notice each other. Suddenly, we heard Michael Jackson's voice ...
READ MORE
Social Security Reform for All Retirees, Present and Future, by Ak'bar Shabazz

Social Security Reform for All Retirees, Present and Future, by Ak’bar Shabazz

New Visions Commentary /
Social Security is in dire condition. Most agree that benefits for present retirees should be protected. At the same time, it's equally important to make sure younger generations - future retirees - see a return on the billions of dollars ...
READ MORE
The Poor Deserve More Than Reimports. by Council Nedd II and Leslie O. Anderson

The Poor Deserve More Than Reimports. by Council Nedd II and Leslie O. Anderson

New Visions Commentary /
In the Bible, the Book of Proverbs has a passage which reads, "a good person knows the rights of the poor, but the wicked cannot understand such things." The Gospel of St. Matthew talks about society's obligation to the "the ...
READ MORE
Terri Schiavo: America's Lost Hope, by Djana Milton

Terri Schiavo: America’s Lost Hope, by Djana Milton

New Visions Commentary /
Terri Schiavo, a woman who collapsed at 26 and suffered severe brain damage, is dead because her husband and our justice system determined that her life wasn't worth living. Many of us never seriously contemplate our own deaths, especially at ...
READ MORE
Project 21 Press Release: Black Network Demands Black Judicial Nominee Be Judged on Her Competence

Project 21 Press Release: Black Network Demands Black Judicial Nominee Be Judged on Her Competence

Press Release /
Janice Rogers Brown, an associate justice on the California Supreme Court who has been nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, is scheduled for a vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 21. Members of ...
READ MORE
Project 21 Press Release: Project 21 Members Hail Committee Action on Filling One Judicial Vacancy, But Note That Struggle To Fill Judicial Vacancies Promptly Continues

Project 21 Press Release: Project 21 Members Hail Committee Action on Filling One Judicial Vacancy, But Note That Struggle To Fill Judicial Vacancies Promptly Continues

Press Release /
Janice Rogers Brown, nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, was approved in the Senate Judiciary Committee on April 21 by a 10-8 party-line vote. Senate liberals, however, imply resumed filibusters will keep her and other ...
READ MORE

Project 21, a leading voice of black conservatives for over 25 years, is sponsored by the National Center for Public Policy Research. Its members have been quoted, interviewed or published over 40,000 times since the program was created in 1992. Contributions to the National Center are tax-deductible and greatly appreciated, and may be earmarked exclusively for the use of Project 21.