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Obama Health Care Bill Contains Race Preferences; Black Activist Speaks Out Against Proposed Unequal Allocation of Health Resources

Obama Health Care Bill Contains Race Preferences; Black Activist Speaks Out Against Proposed Unequal Allocation of Health Resources

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Washington, D.C. - An examination of the 1018-page "America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009" (H.R. 3200) - the official Obama health care bill - finds several cases in which grant money for medical training can be awarded solely on ...
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NAACP Seeks to Impede Black Advancement By Endorsing Climate-Based Regulation

NAACP Seeks to Impede Black Advancement By Endorsing Climate-Based Regulation

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Washington, DC - Contending with political realities such as the election of the first black president, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is understandably struggling to justify its continued existence.  At its centennial convention, it clearly ...
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Black Activists Praise Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Decision; Justices' Ruling Throws Sotomayor Nomination into Serious Question

Black Activists Praise Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision; Justices’ Ruling Throws Sotomayor Nomination into Serious Question

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Washington, D.C. - An apparent effort by the Congressional Black Caucus to deter ethics investigations of its membership is drawing sharp criticism from members of the black leadership group Project 21. CBC members reportedly are considering changes to the law ...
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Project 21 Critical of Members of Congress Under Ethics Investigation for Retaliating Against House Ethics Office and for Playing "Race Card"

Project 21 Critical of Members of Congress Under Ethics Investigation for Retaliating Against House Ethics Office and for Playing “Race Card”

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Washington, D.C. - An apparent effort by the Congressional Black Caucus to deter ethics investigations of its membership is drawing sharp criticism from members of the black leadership group Project 21. CBC members reportedly are considering changes to the law ...
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African-Americans Favor Delay on Climate Change Legislation

African-Americans Favor Delay on Climate Change Legislation

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Washington, DC - Democrats risk alienating one of their most important constituencies by advancing the Waxman-Markey climate change bill this week or any time before an economic recovery is underway, according to the non-partisan National Center for Public Policy Research ...
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Black Activists Call Senate Slavery Apology "Useless"; Say It Will Empower the Call for Reparations

Black Activists Call Senate Slavery Apology “Useless”; Say It Will Empower the Call for Reparations

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Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Senate resolution apologizing for slavery and segregation will be used as a lobbying tool to acquire reparations payments, say members of the black leadership network Project 21.  The group urges the Senate to "move on," ...
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Black Conservatives Warn of Threat to Continued Freedom on “Juneteenth” Civil Rights Holiday

Black Conservatives Warn of Threat to Continued Freedom on “Juneteenth” Civil Rights Holiday

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Washington, D.C. - On the occasion of “Juneteenth,” the oldest and most recognized annual commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States, members of the Project 21 black leadership network suggest the civil rights-themed holiday be used to ...
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Black Leader Criticizes Voting Rights Act Supreme Court Compromise

Black Leader Criticizes Voting Rights Act Supreme Court Compromise

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Justices Note “Serious Constitutional Concerns,” Yet Do Nothing to Fix Problem Washington, D.C. - A failure by the U.S. Supreme Court to act decisively to fix an inherent problem within the Voting Rights Act is drawing the condemnation of the ...
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Black Leader Calls for Special Counsel to Investigate Possible Voting Rights Corruption at Justice Department

Black Leader Calls for Special Counsel to Investigate Possible Voting Rights Corruption at Justice Department

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Washington, DC - In light of a Washington Times report today that political appointees at the U.S. Department of Justice forced career prosecutors to drop and/or reduce charges against men observed intimidating Philadelphia voters last election day, Project 21 Chairman ...
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Black Leader Urges Senate Scrutiny for Sotomayor Supreme Court Nomination; No Rubber Stamp for Controversial Nominee

Black Leader Urges Senate Scrutiny for Sotomayor Supreme Court Nomination; No Rubber Stamp for Controversial Nominee

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Washington, D.C. - With President Obama's nomination of U.S. Circuit Court judge Sonia Sotomayor to the vacancy being created by U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter's impending retirement, Mychal Massie, chairman of the Project 21 black leadership network, is urging ...
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