Category: Project 21

Senate Puts Black Arkansas Jurist at the Back of the Bus, by David Almasi

Senate Puts Black Arkansas Jurist at the Back of the Bus, by David Almasi

New Visions Commentary /
Bill Clinton used the fact that he was born in Hope, Arkansas to campaign for president as the "man from Hope" - using the name of his birthplace to enhance his image. Lavenski R. Smith, a trailblazing black jurist, is ...
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LCV Environmental Scorecard Ratings Shortchange Urban Blacks, by Mike Green

LCV Environmental Scorecard Ratings Shortchange Urban Blacks, by Mike Green

New Visions Commentary /
While pretending to be nonpartisan, the League of Conservation Voters (LCV) recently published a "report card" grading politicians on their environmental voting records. Internet ads hyping the rankings tease "Did your senator vote to trash the environment?" We are supposed ...
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How the Media Distorts the News, by R.D. Davis

How the Media Distorts the News, by R.D. Davis

New Visions Commentary /
When I heard about veteran CBS reporter Bernard Goldberg's new book, Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News, I knew I had to read it. It's not that I had to be convinced. I noticed the ...
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Rumor Control: Your Vote is Safe, But Your Bank Account is At Risk, by Edmund Peterson

Rumor Control: Your Vote is Safe, But Your Bank Account is At Risk, by Edmund Peterson

New Visions Commentary /
Have you heard black Americans might lose the right to vote in 2007? It's nonsense, but it's caused a lot of us anxiety. While we're not about to lose the right to cast a ballot, we - and all Americans ...
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Death of a Dream for a Boy and a Community, by Kimberley Wilson

Death of a Dream for a Boy and a Community, by Kimberley Wilson

New Visions Commentary /
A dream died on March 13th. Derrick Lemell Breedlove robbed a liquor store and was fatally shot by a frightened clerk. Police found Breedlove's dead body on the floor of Modern Discount Liquors with a pellet gun in one hand ...
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Giving With One Hand, Taking Away with the Other: Competing Government Policies Both Promote and Deny Homeownership Opportunities for Minorities, by David Almasi

Giving With One Hand, Taking Away with the Other: Competing Government Policies Both Promote and Deny Homeownership Opportunities for Minorities, by David Almasi

New Visions Commentary /
It's three steps forward, but two steps back. Policies removing barriers to minority homeownership are favored by governments, but the competing objective of combating the perceived threat of urban sprawl by some of these governments is simultaneously restricting homeownership opportunities ...
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Giving With One Hand, Taking Away with the Other: Competing Government Policies Both Promote and Deny Homeownership Opportunities for Minorities, by David Almasi

Giving With One Hand, Taking Away with the Other: Competing Government Policies Both Promote and Deny Homeownership Opportunities for Minorities, by David Almasi

National Policy Analysis #402 /
It's three steps forward, but two steps back. Policies removing barriers to minority homeownership are favored by governments, but the competing objective of combating the perceived threat of urban sprawl by some of these governments is simultaneously restricting homeownership opportunities ...
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Project 21 Press Release: U.S. Environmental Policy Unfriendly to Minorities; African-American Network Wants Earth Day Reassessment of Regulations - April 2002

Project 21 Press Release: U.S. Environmental Policy Unfriendly to Minorities; African-American Network Wants Earth Day Reassessment of Regulations – April 2002

Press Release /
Environmental regulations are harming minorities and low-income Americans while providing little real environmental protection. Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 suggest that Earth Day 2002, observed on April 22, be used as a time to reassess our nation's ...
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Time to Stop "Nomination Profiling," by Kevin Martin

Time to Stop “Nomination Profiling,” by Kevin Martin

New Visions Commentary /
We were shocked and horrified to learn police officers were using race as a factor to identify potential criminals. "Racial profiling" is condemned for generalizing entire classes of people. But that was then and this is now. In the liberal-controlled ...
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Enron and Global Crossing: A Double-Standard? by Michael King

Enron and Global Crossing: A Double-Standard? by Michael King

New Visions Commentary /
Reprints permitted provided source is credited.In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a new species of businessman sprung up across the land. Known as "robber barons," they were known, sometimes unjustly, but often accurately, for their ruthless tactics and ...
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