Emery McClendon: A Farewell to President Biden
The end of Joe Biden's disastrous presidency cannot come soon enough. As we eagerly anticipate tomorrow's reinstatement of President Trump, Project 21 Ambassador Emery McClendon has written a farewell letter to President Biden, published in The Journal Gazette. After listing devastating evidence of Biden's failures, Emery manages to end on ...
Christopher Arps: Equity vs. Excellence: How Modern Education Policies Are Failing Students
It's no secret that our schools -- and our children -- are in trouble. Recent studies reveal that student performance has continued to plummet while the Biden administration has spent more than $100 million focusing on DEI, restorative justice, and social and emotional learning. In a commentary published at RedState, ...
National Center Withdraws AT&T DEI Shareholder Proposal After Successful Negotiation
Washington, D.C. – Today, the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) and AT&T negotiated a withdrawal of a National Center shareholder proposal seeking information about the telecommunications company’s supplier expectations surrounding Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). “We commend AT&T for moving in the right direction when ...
Stefan Padfield: DEI Is the Problem
"In light of recent research finding that 'DEI may escalate workplace hostility and racial bias,' [Paolo] Gaudiano’s claim that anti-DEI activists seek to foment anger and polarization appears to be pure projection," writes Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield in a response to Gaudiano's Forbes piece. "It is the ...
Stefan Padfield: Mark Zuckerberg Acted Like a Good Capitalist By Responding to Calls for Free Speech
The times, they are a-changing, as our nation prepares to welcome Donald Trump back to the Oval Office. And this week we learned that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is apparently making big changes to Facebook in response to the election results. On "Washington Watch with Tony Perkins," Free Enterprise Project ...
Stefan Padfield: Prediction: Costco’s Race-Focused DEI Programs Won’t See 2026
While dozens of companies are abandoning their DEI goals under public pressure, big-box retailer Costco has announced its plans to simply dig its plus-sized heels deeper into the soil of racism. In a commentary published at RealClearMarkets, Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield responds to Costco's defiance, explaining why ...
Donna Jackson: Time For A Post-Al Sharpton Agenda For The Black Community
"The ethically questionable collaboration between [Al] Sharpton and the failed Harris campaign is but one example of the lucrative race hustle game he and others have played for years," writes Project 21 Director of Membership Development Donna Jackson in a commentary published by The Detroit News. "Rich white liberals, seeking absolution ...
Stefan Padfield Named as Free Enterprise Project’s New Executive Director
We are delighted to announce that Stefan Padfield has been named as the new executive director of the National Center’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP). Stefan, who joined the FEP team in 2023, previously spent over 15 years teaching law at the University of Akron School of Law, worked in private ...
Horace Cooper on Trump’s Tough-On-Crime Agenda: “Accountability is Coming”
Project 21 Chairman Horace Cooper is eager to watch the incoming Trump administration roll back the perverse tolerance (and even celebration) of crime in America. On the day President Biden commuted the sentences of 37 individuals on death row, and days after a Saturday Night Live audience erupted in cheers ...
Horace Cooper: To Reverse NYC Crimewave, Fire Alvin Bragg
Something has got to be done to change the crime trajectory in New York City and other urban American communities. And Project 21 Chairman Horace Cooper recommends starting with a leadership change. On the Fox News Channel program "Hannity," Horace told guest host Tammy Bruce and fellow panelist Larry Elder ...
