Category: Project 21 Press Releases
Statement of Project 21 Fellow Deneen Borelli on Allegations of Racism Against Critics of Obama Policies
Washington, DC - This statement was issued today by Deneen Borelli of the national black leadership network Project 21: "There they go again. Now Jimmy Carter has joined House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel, Texas Representative Eddie Bernice ...
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Black Activists Call on Obama to Condemn Race-Baiting Tactics in Health Care Debate
Washington, D.C. - The Project 21 black leadership network is condemning New York Times liberal columnist Paul Krugman for scurrilously pinning racist motives on critics of President Obama's health care proposals. The group is calling upon President Obama to condemn ...
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Obama Health Care Bill Contains Race Preferences; Black Activist Speaks Out Against Proposed Unequal Allocation of Health Resources
Washington, D.C. - An examination of the 1018-page "America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009" (H.R. 3200) - the official Obama health care bill - finds several cases in which grant money for medical training can be awarded solely on ...
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NAACP Seeks to Impede Black Advancement By Endorsing Climate-Based Regulation
Washington, DC - Contending with political realities such as the election of the first black president, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is understandably struggling to justify its continued existence. At its centennial convention, it clearly ...
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Black Activists Praise Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision; Justices’ Ruling Throws Sotomayor Nomination into Serious Question
Washington, D.C. - An apparent effort by the Congressional Black Caucus to deter ethics investigations of its membership is drawing sharp criticism from members of the black leadership group Project 21. CBC members reportedly are considering changes to the law ...
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Project 21 Critical of Members of Congress Under Ethics Investigation for Retaliating Against House Ethics Office and for Playing “Race Card”
Washington, D.C. - An apparent effort by the Congressional Black Caucus to deter ethics investigations of its membership is drawing sharp criticism from members of the black leadership group Project 21. CBC members reportedly are considering changes to the law ...
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African-Americans Favor Delay on Climate Change Legislation
Washington, DC - Democrats risk alienating one of their most important constituencies by advancing the Waxman-Markey climate change bill this week or any time before an economic recovery is underway, according to the non-partisan National Center for Public Policy Research ...
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Black Activists Call Senate Slavery Apology “Useless”; Say It Will Empower the Call for Reparations
Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Senate resolution apologizing for slavery and segregation will be used as a lobbying tool to acquire reparations payments, say members of the black leadership network Project 21. The group urges the Senate to "move on," ...
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Black Conservatives Warn of Threat to Continued Freedom on “Juneteenth” Civil Rights Holiday
Washington, D.C. - On the occasion of “Juneteenth,” the oldest and most recognized annual commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, members of the Project 21 black leadership network suggest the civil rights-themed holiday be used to ...
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Black Leader Criticizes Voting Rights Act Supreme Court Compromise
Justices Note “Serious Constitutional Concerns,” Yet Do Nothing to Fix Problem Washington, D.C. - A failure by the U.S. Supreme Court to act decisively to fix an inherent problem within the Voting Rights Act is drawing the condemnation of the ...
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