Category: Project 21

Empower Black Americans Long After Juneteenth is Over

Empower Black Americans Long After Juneteenth is Over

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"Blueprint for a Better Deal for Black America" Could Improve Lives of Millions Washington, DC - Celebrating "Juneteenth," the oldest and most popular commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, leaders of the Project 21 black activist organization ...
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Stop Forcing Black Citizens to Subsidize Non-Citizens

Stop Forcing Black Citizens to Subsidize Non-Citizens

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Prohibit Illegal Immigrants from Accessing Public Services Washington, DC - Illegal immigrants should be prohibited from accessing all but emergency public services because the cost of these services unfairly and disproportionately falls on black families, according to the black leadership network ...
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Kathy Griffin's Comedy Lacks Hart

Kathy Griffin’s Comedy Lacks Hart

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A white woman implying that a black man is being a traitor to his race doesn’t make for good optics as that woman tries to reboot her career in entertainment. But we’re talking about Kathy Griffin. Members of the National ...
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Trump-Kim Meeting a “Teensy Little Bite” – Temper the Speculation

Trump-Kim Meeting a “Teensy Little Bite” – Temper the Speculation

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It’s too early to assign too much to the initial meeting between President Donald Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. Appearing on the Fox Business Network’s “Cavuto Coast-to-Coast,” Project 21 Co-Chairman Stacy Washington compared it to a first date ...
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Make Schools Serving Black Students Better Through Competition

Make Schools Serving Black Students Better Through Competition

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... Make Them Safer By Arming Personnel, Black Leaders Say Washington, D.C. – Students trapped in failing schools can be freed by encouraging competition among public schools through the provision of vouchers and “Tax Credit Scholarships,” according to the black ...
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Pardon Me, Mr. President! by Emery McClendon

Pardon Me, Mr. President! by Emery McClendon

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We often say “pardon me” after accidentally inconveniencing or offending someone. It’s also a polite expression to ask for someone to repeat something. But we now seem more accustomed to using the term pardon in the context of the power ...
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Redemption: It's Time for Trump to Pardon Model Prisoners Serving Time for Low-Level Crimes, by Council Nedd II

Redemption: It’s Time for Trump to Pardon Model Prisoners Serving Time for Low-Level Crimes, by Council Nedd II

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Last December, President Donald Trump first exercised his power to pardon by commuting the sentence of Sholom Rubashkin. The kosher meatpacking executive received 27 years in prison for money laundering. Rubashkin’s pardon was championed by members of Congress, former attorneys ...
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Hogg SWATting Incident Bolsters Project 21 Blueprint

Hogg SWATting Incident Bolsters Project 21 Blueprint

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In Project 21’s “Blueprint for a Better Deal for Black America,” a recommendation to end “SWATting” is among provisions for improving public safety and police-community relations. SWATting is when police respond to a report based on a false threat. In ...
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Time for Consensus on Coarseness

Time for Consensus on Coarseness

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Treatment of Roseanne Barr and Samantha Bee revealed a tremendous double-standard. Neither offender deserves mercy for their high-profile contributions to the coarsening of American culture, yet Bee received it. Project 21 member Jerome Danner suggested we agree upon a standard ...
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Black Leaders Urge Repeal of Gas and “Sin Taxes” to Level Playing Field for Minorities

Black Leaders Urge Repeal of Gas and “Sin Taxes” to Level Playing Field for Minorities

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Washington, D.C. – Excise taxes should be repealed because they harm the poor disproportionately by requiring them to pay a higher portion of their incomes in taxes, say members of the Project 21 black leadership network. In its “Blueprint for ...
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