Category: Project 21

Bush Criticized for Pardoning Drug Offenders, Embezzler While Leaving Border Patrol Agents Behind Bars

Bush Criticized for Pardoning Drug Offenders, Embezzler While Leaving Border Patrol Agents Behind Bars

Press Release /
Washington, D.C. - The chairman of the Project 21 leadership network is condemning President George W. Bush's March 25 issuance of a new set of presidential pardons that includes forgiveness for drug smugglers, an embezzler and others but not for ...
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Conservatives Lose When They Shun U.N. Conferences, by Bishop Council Nedd II

Conservatives Lose When They Shun U.N. Conferences, by Bishop Council Nedd II

New Visions Commentary /
Since long before I became involved in Washington politics, my fellow conservatives have sought an American withdrawal from the United Nations. Reasons for getting the U.S. out the U.N. include revulsion over allowable human rights abuses by member nations such ...
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Backdoor Imposition of Fairness Doctrine Opposed by Black Broadcasters Who Charge that New "Local Programming" Regulations Under FCC Consideration Could Lead to Broadcast Restrictions

Backdoor Imposition of Fairness Doctrine Opposed by Black Broadcasters Who Charge that New “Local Programming” Regulations Under FCC Consideration Could Lead to Broadcast Restrictions

ConservativeBlog.org, Press Release /
Washington, D.C. - Concerned that proposed Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations regarding "local programming content and diversity" could lead to a new "Fairness Doctrine," black broadcasting veterans affiliated with Project 21 have submitted comments to the FCC opposing new restrictions ...
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Project 21’s Massie Responds to Black College Presidents in Washington Post

Project 21’s Massie Responds to Black College Presidents in Washington Post

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From David Almasi: Last Sunday, the Washington Post published a letter to the editor from four presidents of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in Maryland, who took issue with Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow and U.S. Commission on Civil Rights ...
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Underserved and Overlooked, by Bishop Council Nedd II

New Visions Commentary /
Companies manufacturing new drugs to combat illnesses from the flu to AIDS are at risk of losing their patent rights.  Supporters of this say it will make drugs cheaper and more plentiful.  Stripping drug companies of this financial security, however, ...
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Is a Black Leader Best for Black Voters? by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D.

New Visions Commentary /
Senator Barack Obama's success on the campaign trail has presented Americans with the first truly viable black presidential candidate.  This unprecedented situation has made some wonder whether race should trump other traditional criteria in selecting a commander-in-chief. Using a more ...
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Property Rights Going Up in Smoke, by Sean Turner

New Visions Commentary /
"Life, liberty, and property do not exist because men have made laws. On the contrary, it was the fact that life, liberty and property existed beforehand that caused men to make laws in the first place."  - Frédéric Bastiat I ...
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Changing Attitudes, Changing Lives, by B.B. Robinson, Ph.D.

New Visions Commentary /
Back in 1958, the pollsters at the Gallup organization began what became a regular survey of American attitudes about race.  In particular, they asked people whether they approved of interracial marriage and if they could support a black person running ...
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Pardon Ramos and Compean, Says Project 21 Chairman

Pardon Ramos and Compean, Says Project 21 Chairman

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Advocates of pardons for incarcerated border agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean have an ally in Project 21 Chairman Mychal Massie, who called on President Bush to pardon Ramos and Compean in an op-ed published by the Washington Times: ...
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Project 21, Center for Equal Opportunity Present Amici Curiae Brief to U.S. Supreme Court in Voter Fraud Case

Project 21, Center for Equal Opportunity Present Amici Curiae Brief to U.S. Supreme Court in Voter Fraud Case

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Project 21 Members Argue that Voter ID Laws Depress Fraud, not Turnout Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court today will hear oral arguments in the combined cases of William Crawford, et al. v. Marion County Election Board, et al ...
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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.