Category: Project 21

Why the "N" Word Grows in Popularity, by Jeffrey Hicks

Why the “N” Word Grows in Popularity, by Jeffrey Hicks

New Visions Commentary /
The "n-word" is perhaps the most emotionally-loaded term in the English language. Throughout its history, the n-word's usage was primarily meant to dehumanize, debase and dishonor African-Americans.  In the "good old days," the word was used by bigots with either ...
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Oprah Shouldn't Give Up on Our Kids, by Deneen Borelli

Oprah Shouldn’t Give Up on Our Kids, by Deneen Borelli

New Visions Commentary /
After visiting our nation's failing urban public schools, Oprah Winfrey felt frustrated.  In an interview with Newsweek magazine, she said:  "I became so frustrated with visiting inner-city schools in the U.S.  The sense that you need to learn just isn't ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists React to Senator Joe Biden's Comments About Senator Barack Obama

Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists React to Senator Joe Biden’s Comments About Senator Barack Obama

Press Release /
In calling Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) a "storybook" candidate based on his view that Biden is "articulate, bright and clean," Senator Joe Biden (D-DE) has angered members of the black leadership network Project 21, who say Biden's remarks are elitist, ...
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Black Activist Criticizes Nagin's Convoluted Comments to Senate Committee

Black Activist Criticizes Nagin’s Convoluted Comments to Senate Committee

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Calling his testimony a "smokescreen" to cover up his own failings at the outset of the Hurricane Katrina crisis, members of the black leadership network Project 21 are criticizing the racially-charged rhetoric of New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin (D) before ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Activist Takes Issue with School Choice Opposition

Project 21 Press Release: Black Activist Takes Issue with School Choice Opposition

Press Release /
Senator Edward Kennedy's (D-MA) opposition to a proposed revision of the federal "No Child Left Behind" educational policy to allow school choice is evidence of an elitist attitude and a willingness to put the desires of the teachers' unions over ...
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Black Activists Outraged Over Liberal Merger of Abortion and Civil Rights

Black Activists Outraged Over Liberal Merger of Abortion and Civil Rights

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Inclusion of Planned Parenthood in a self-described civil rights coalition has outraged members of the black leadership network Project 21, as Planned Parenthood advocates and provides abortions - particularly in the black community. "How can a civil rights group that ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Senator Boxer's Insult of Condoleezza Rice Condemned by Black Conservatives

Project 21 Press Release: Senator Boxer’s Insult of Condoleezza Rice Condemned by Black Conservatives

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Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) is being criticized by members of the black leadership network Project 21 for implying that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice lacks a proper perspective on the War on Terror in Iraq because she does not have ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Hail Stem Cell Breakthrough

Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Hail Stem Cell Breakthrough

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With the announcement that researchers have found that stem cells obtained from a mother's amniotic fluid appear to have similar properties and exhibit the same healing potential as stem cells harvested from human embryos, members of the black leadership network ...
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Black Activists Praise President Bush's Aid, Support for Africa

Black Activists Praise President Bush’s Aid, Support for Africa

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Members of the black leadership network Project 21 applaud President Bush for his largely unrecognized work to aid the African continent through a dramatic increase in humanitarian and developmental aid as well as increased trade and diplomatic interest during his ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Comment on the Debate Over Troop Levels in Iraq

Project 21 Press Release: Black Activists Comment on the Debate Over Troop Levels in Iraq

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Now that President George W. Bush has formally announced that 21,500 more soldiers and Marines will be sent to Iraq, and some criticism has been raised by liberals in Congress, veterans who are members of the black leadership network Project ...
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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.