Category: Project 21

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Obama is Playing to His Base on Gay Marriage (But It Isn’t Blacks), by Derryck Green

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While campaigning for the U.S. Senate in 2004, Barack Obama was asked about his views on gay marriage. At that time, he stated: "What I believe, in my [Christian] faith, is that a man and a woman, when they get ...
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Voter ID and South Carolina: The Supreme Court Speaks Yet DOJ Won't Listen, by Horace Cooper

Voter ID and South Carolina: The Supreme Court Speaks Yet DOJ Won’t Listen, by Horace Cooper

Summary The Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice has formally objected to South Carolina's new voter identification law. The Department of Justice is effectively ignoring Supreme Court precedent, signaling a willingness to ignore electoral voter violations, raising grave ...
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NAACP: Now a Partisan Tool? by Stacy Swim

NAACP: Now a Partisan Tool? by Stacy Swim

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Legislative report cards that favors some politicians over others are nothing new, but the NAACP's newest one throws the group's nonpartisan mandate into question. Every single Republican in the 112th Congress received a failing grade from the NAACP! Of Democrats ...
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President Obama and Right to Work, by Stacy Swimp

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"Right to Work" laws provide American workers with a choice. Put simply, it prohibits compulsory union membership. If a worker wants to join a union, they can. Right to Work laws mean they cannot be forced to do so and ...
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Government Health Care Rules Raise Costs, Harm Health, by Elaina F. George, MD

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Before the liberals rammed through ObamaCare, conservatives in Congress proposed health care reform that didn't go through. Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) said "The Patients' Choice Act" would "finally enable Americans to own their health care instead of being trapped in ...
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Hoodie Rights and Responsibilities, by Charles Butler

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Now that George Zimmerman faces murder charges for the death of Trayvon Martin, it's time to reflect on things that were said and done in Martin's defense. Not all of it was necessary or logical. Take, for instance, that wearing ...
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Holder’s “Sacred” Speech Leaves Project 21 Members Puzzled

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“Sacred.” It’s an interesting word for Attorney General Eric Holder to have used — considering the venue. Holder was a guest of the Congressional Black Caucus yesterday as they met with black clergy to, in the words of CBC chairman ...
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Civil Disobedience or Uncivil Chaos? by Stacy Swimp

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Protesters, many aligned with Occupy Wall Street, recently disrupted American businesses to commemorate International Workers' Day (May Day). Banks in Manhattan received suspicious (albeit non-toxic) powder in envelopes. Businesses were vandalized. Commuters were disrupted. Stacy Washington, a member of the ...
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Pink Slime and Consumer Choice, by Cherylyn Harley LeBon

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Recently, we have been besieged with news reports about hamburger. At issue is whether hamburger containing lean finely textured beef (LFTB) is safe and should be part of our diet. As I am a mom, food safety warnings naturally raise ...
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Trayvon’s Story Made Famous for the Wrong Reasons, by Jerome Hudson

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Trayvon Martin became a household name for all the wrong reasons. Martin's death created an international firestorm because George Zimmerman, the person at fault, was not immediately taken into custody by Sanford, Florida authorities. What made things worse is that ...
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