Category: Project 21

Project 21 Press Release: Sharpton Must Apologize; Weeks After Imus Crusade, Sharpton Shows Intolerance of His Own

Project 21 Press Release: Sharpton Must Apologize; Weeks After Imus Crusade, Sharpton Shows Intolerance of His Own

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Black activists representing the Project 21 leadership network are calling upon the Reverend Al Sharpton to acknowledge and apologize for his inappropriate and insensitive remarks directed at the Mormon faith.  The particular shame of Sharpton making such a statement, Project ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Referee Racism in Pro Basketball? Black Activists Skeptical of New Study

Project 21 Press Release: Referee Racism in Pro Basketball? Black Activists Skeptical of New Study

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Black activists charged today that premature release of a new study claiming a racial bias by NBA referees will unnecessarily incite racial tensions. Business professor Justin Wolfers of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Joseph Price, a ...
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Blacks Back Wolfowitz: Project 21 Members and International Leaders Praise Wolfowitz's Focus on Africa; Efforts to End Poverty and Corruption

Blacks Back Wolfowitz: Project 21 Members and International Leaders Praise Wolfowitz’s Focus on Africa; Efforts to End Poverty and Corruption

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Black activists with the Project 21 leadership network are voicing their support for embattled World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz because of his strong commitment to helping ease poverty and suffering on the African continent. "It's unconscionable that, when there is ...
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Black Activists Support President Bush's Iraq Timetable Veto

Black Activists Support President Bush’s Iraq Timetable Veto

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Veterans who are members of the black leadership network Project 21 are supporting President George W. Bush's veto of the recently-passed emergency military spending bill because it contains a timetable for pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq. "It was a ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Criticize Congressional Proposals to Create a Race-Based Hawaiian Government

Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Criticize Congressional Proposals to Create a Race-Based Hawaiian Government

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Without a hearing, the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources is expected to vote on the "Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2007" (H.R. 505) on May 2.  Members of the black leadership network Project 21 are expressing ...
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Dutch Martin

Liberals are Doubting Thomas for No Real Reason, by Darryn “Dutch” Martin

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  Liberals are Doubting Thomas for No Real Reason by Darryn "Dutch" Martin In the eyes of retired Brooklyn Law School professor Henry Mark Holzer, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas is one of the most brilliant legal minds ...
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Deneen Borelli

Gun Ownership Becoming a Capital Idea, by Deneen Borelli

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  Gun Ownership Becoming a Capital Idea by Deneen Borelli (bio) For years, Shelly Parker faced intimidation and harassment from the drug dealers and gang-bangers who roamed her neighborhood.  Already frustrated because the police never did enough to make her ...
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Hold Your Tongue, Unless You're Criticizing a Conservative by David Almasi

Hold Your Tongue, Unless You’re Criticizing a Conservative by David Almasi

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Comments considered to cross the line of good taste recently have led to a surprisingly large number of firings among radio hosts and staff. Most notable was Don Imus's April firing from CBS Radio and MSNBC after he called the ...
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Dutch Martin

Why Father’s Day Saddens Me, by Darryn “Dutch” Martin

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Why Father's Day Saddens Me by Darryn "Dutch" Martin (bio) As the product of a single-parent home, I always have mixed feelings when Father's Day rolls around. What could I understand about the importance of fathers when my own formative ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Laud Supreme Court's Ban on Partial Birth Abortion

Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Laud Supreme Court’s Ban on Partial Birth Abortion

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Today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding a legislative ban on the practice of partial birth abortion is being hailed by members of the black leadership network Project 21 as a victory for the safety and welfare of the unborn as ...
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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.