Category: Project 21

Ak'Bar A. Shabazz

Raising Taxes By the Mile, by Ak’Bar A. Shabazz

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  Raising Taxes By the Mile by Ak'Bar A. Shabazz (bio) During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama endeared himself to many voters with a promise that 95 percent of Americans would get a tax cut and those making under $250,000 ...
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Black Activists Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Invalidate Outdated Section of Voting Rights Act

Black Activists Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Invalidate Outdated Section of Voting Rights Act

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Washington, DC - As the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments today in the voting rights case Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder, the Project 21 black leadership network is joining with other organizations to ask that this ...
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Devon Carlin

Green Trumps Black and White for Television Diversity, by Devon Carlin

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Green Trumps Black and White for Television Diversity by Devon Carlin Complaints about a racial "white-out" on television are common, but are they valid? As network executives contemplate fall schedules, they undoubtedly have the concerns of the NAACP on their ...
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Jeffery Temple

Disconnect on Accuracy Doesn’t Add Up, by Jeffery Temple

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Disconnect on Accuracy Doesn't Add Up by Jeffery Temple (bio) Remember how important every vote was in the 2000 election?  Back then, and in subsequent close elections, the message has been that every vote counts. Imagine that those votes were ...
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Ak'Bar A. Shabazz

World Peace Comes Through Strength, by Ak’Bar A. Shabazz

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  World Peace Comes Through Strength by Ak'Bar A. Shabazz (bio) Imagine if, when local governments meet to create a budget for their police departments, they entertain requests from criminals against buying bulletproof vests and other protective gear. After all, ...
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Mychal Massie

Anti-Gun Laws Favor Criminals, by Mychal Massie

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Anti-Gun Laws Favor Criminals by Mychal Massie (bio) On April 3, three Pittsburgh cops were brutally murdered in the line of duty. Eric Kelly, Stephen Mayhle and Paul Sciullo II were senselessly murdered while responding to a domestic violence call.  ...
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Conservative Black Group Challenges Liberal Urban League's "State of Black America 2009" Report

Conservative Black Group Challenges Liberal Urban League’s “State of Black America 2009” Report

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Washington, DC - This year’s edition of the liberal National Urban League's annual State of Black America report fails to effectively challenge the Obama Administration, is unnecessarily dreary and makes recommendations that would be harmful, say members of the conservative ...
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Supreme Court Decision Against Racial Gerrymandering Hailed

Supreme Court Decision Against Racial Gerrymandering Hailed

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Washington, D.C. - Project 21 Chairman Mychal Massie today hailed a new U.S. Supreme Court decision prohibiting the use of the Voting Rights Act to supercede other laws to create predominantly black voting districts, saying the decision is a new ...
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Kevin Martin

Hurricane Katrina Hypocrisy, by Kevin Martin

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Hurricane Katrina Hypocrisy by Kevin Martin (bio) Since Hurricane Katrina, liberal critics have hung the plight of New Orleans around the neck of former President Bush like an albatross. These critics relentlessly hounded the Bush Administration for its "inadequate" response ...
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Real Stimulus: Reform How Banks Shop Credit Cards, by Bishop Council Nedd II

Real Stimulus: Reform How Banks Shop Credit Cards, by Bishop Council Nedd II

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Americans are justifiably distraught over the home foreclosure crisis and the glut of delinquent debt.  They are also upset and perplexed by the capricious nature of the government's rush to rescue the financial institutions central to the problem. It's not ...
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