Blacks Say Labor Union Behavior is Best Reason for "Paycheck Protection"

Blacks Say Labor Union Behavior is Best Reason for “Paycheck Protection”

Press Release /
California voters will go to the polls on June 2 to decide the fate of a paycheck protection ballot initiative. California members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 point out that the practices and tactics used by organized labor ...
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He's Got More than Game. He's Got Perspective, by B.B. Robinson

He’s Got More than Game. He’s Got Perspective, by B.B. Robinson

New Visions Commentary /
Spike Lee has done the right thing again! His new movie "He Got Game" touches almost every nerve and fiber of the African-American contemporary experience. More importantly, Lee provides a valid metaphorical perspective on that experience. If you want a ...
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James Earl Ray is Survived by a Family of Troubling Questions, by Deroy Murdock

James Earl Ray is Survived by a Family of Troubling Questions, by Deroy Murdock

New Visions Commentary /
Dead men tell no tales, but the questions they inspire can be immortal. This is true for James Earl Ray, Dr. Martin Luther King's convicted assassin who died in prison April 23 of liver failure at age 70. Alive and ...
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Working in a White Man's World, by Kimberley Wilson

Working in a White Man’s World, by Kimberley Wilson

New Visions Commentary /
For many people, The Black Man's Guide to Working in a White Man's World is going to be hard to read. This is not because it is a dry, scholarly tome, but because it will make quite a few readers ...
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Black Leadership Network Praises Congressional Efforts on Behalf of Minority Communities - April 1998

Black Leadership Network Praises Congressional Efforts on Behalf of Minority Communities – April 1998

Press Release /
For immediate release: April 29, 1998 Contact: Roderick Conrad (202) 507-6398 or [email protected] Republican congressional leaders are to be commended for tackling key issues of concern among minority communities, says Project 21, an African-American leadership network. Project 21 members contend ...
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Lower the Lifeboats, Now! Public Schools are Sinking, by Phyllis Berry Myers

Lower the Lifeboats, Now! Public Schools are Sinking, by Phyllis Berry Myers

New Visions Commentary /
Inner-city public schools are like a sinking ship, and the children on board need to be rescued before it's too late. Their schools are sinking fast and educational opportunities are being lost. Roofs leak. Boilers are busted. Science and computer ...
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What Earth Day Means to Minority Citizens, by Edmund Peterson

What Earth Day Means to Minority Citizens, by Edmund Peterson

National Policy Analysis #193 /
April 22, 1998 marks the 28th annual Earth Day celebration, but like many other people of color I will not be celebrating. To me, Earth Day is merely an annual reminder of the environmental movement's insensitivity to the needs and ...
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Black Teen Suicide Study Alarming, Yet Misleading

Black Teen Suicide Study Alarming, Yet Misleading

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Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 reject a recent Center for Disease Control and Prevention study on teen suicide that says African-American teens reared in upwardly mobile families are not able to cope with the "stressful" environment created ...
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Slap in the Face of the Reverend Floyd Flake, by Jackie Cissell

Slap in the Face of the Reverend Floyd Flake, by Jackie Cissell

New Visions Commentary /
Former Democratic congressman Floyd Flake of New York was recently uninvited to the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus Prayer Breakfast. Now, if anyone should be welcome at the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus Prayer Breakfast, it should be Floyd Flake. Rev. Flake ...
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Government Rules Akin to "Regulatory Racism," by Kevin Pritchett

Government Rules Akin to “Regulatory Racism,” by Kevin Pritchett

National Policy Analysis #188 /
A new report from the Milton E. Eisenhower Foundation claims the predictions of the 30-year-old Kerner Commission have come true: America has become two separate societies, one black and one white. Among other problems, the urban policy group cites high ...
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