Minimum Wage Increase - Help or Hype? by Kimani Jefferson

Minimum Wage Increase – Help or Hype? by Kimani Jefferson

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Massachusetts senator John Kerry, like other liberal politicians, is once again calling for an increase in the minimum wage. The Kerry plan calls for a 36 percent increase to seven dollars an hour. He says it will help those living ...
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Has Culture Supplanted Race in the American Social Landscape? by Jeffrey Hicks

Has Culture Supplanted Race in the American Social Landscape? by Jeffrey Hicks

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Over the years, much has been written about the American racial question and its impact on life in the United States. Conspicuously absent from the debate has been a recognition of how racism may now be but a convenient proxy ...
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Black Network Speaks Out Against Apparent NASCAR Shakedown

Black Network Speaks Out Against Apparent NASCAR Shakedown

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A self-syled minority activist group has announced plans to protest a Nextel Cup NASCAR auto race this weekend. Members of the black leadership network Project 21 speculate that this is another attempt to wrest money and influence from the professional ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Conservatives Decry Advance Claims of Voter Suppression; Conspiratorial Claims are Not Constructive to Full Voter Participation, Group Says

Project 21 Press Release: Black Conservatives Decry Advance Claims of Voter Suppression; Conspiratorial Claims are Not Constructive to Full Voter Participation, Group Says

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The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hold a briefing September 17 on the potential for voter disfranchisement in the 2004 general election. Project 21 members charge liberal groups are raising the specter of voter suppression in friendly venues such ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Has the NAACP Taken Sides in the Presidential Campaign? Black Conservatives Say Revoked Invitation to Bush Official Implies Partisanship

Project 21 Press Release: Has the NAACP Taken Sides in the Presidential Campaign? Black Conservatives Say Revoked Invitation to Bush Official Implies Partisanship

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A reported command from the NAACP's national leadership forcing the NAACP's Ohio chapter to rescind a speaking invitation to Secretary of Education Rod Paige is disturbing to members of the Project 21 black leadership network. Project 21 members say the ...
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Project 21 Press Release: Black Conservatives Praise Bill Cosby's Remarks on Parenting; Comedian's Comments Over Past Few Months Have Done More for Black Families Than Years of Black Politicians' Blustering, Say Project 21 Members

Project 21 Press Release: Black Conservatives Praise Bill Cosby’s Remarks on Parenting; Comedian’s Comments Over Past Few Months Have Done More for Black Families Than Years of Black Politicians’ Blustering, Say Project 21 Members

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Members of the black leadership network Project 21 applaud comedian Bill Cosby for his continued and steadfast demands for better parenting in the black community. The entertainer began his current criticism of modern childrearing in Washington, D.C. in May during ...
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Bush Knew! by Geoffrey Moore

Bush Knew! by Geoffrey Moore

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When commenting on the tragic events of September 11, 2001, many on the left have one thing to say. That one thing is "Bush knew"! If you listen to the likes of Michael Moore (no relation, thank God) and Cynthia ...
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Liberal Dominance of Black Media Won't Fix Itself, by Michael King

Liberal Dominance of Black Media Won’t Fix Itself, by Michael King

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Not all blacks are liberal, but liberals nonetheless dominate the black media. So what's a conservative - especially a black conservative - to do about it? For one thing, stop allowing this dominance to occur by default, because it's falsely ...
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Ryshawn Bynum: American Slavery's Latest Victim? by Kimberley Jane Wilson

Ryshawn Bynum: American Slavery’s Latest Victim? by Kimberley Jane Wilson

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Two-year-old Ryshawn Lamar Bynum died on July 31, 2003. His father, Isaac Bynum, had brought the child to the intensive care unit of Oregon Health and Science University Hospital the previous day. Ryshawn arrived unresponsive, and doctors soon realized why: ...
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Thank You, Bill Cosby, For Saying the Right Thing at the Right Time, by Lisa Fritsch

Thank You, Bill Cosby, For Saying the Right Thing at the Right Time, by Lisa Fritsch

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There are many reasons to thank Bill Cosby. First, there is his success as the first black comedian to tap into the creative and educational aspect of animation. His Fat Albert television show (soon to be a live-action movie), where ...
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