Elinore McCance-Katz and Rachel Barkley: America Urgently Needs Options To Care For Mentally Ill Neighbors
“The United States has only 18 mental health beds per 100,000 people, far below what is needed to serve people in need,” write Able Americans‘ Elinore McCance-Katz and Rachel Barkley in a commentary published at The Daily Caller. “For individuals with the most severe mental health conditions, we must ensure there are enough inpatient hospital beds to ...
Dick Cheney Remembered by Black Conservatives
Former Vice President Dick Cheney passed away last night at the age of 84. "History will remember him as among the finest public servants of his generation — a patriot who brought integrity, high intelligence and seriousness of purpose to every position he held," wrote former President George W. Bush ...
Tesla Shareholders Urged to Vote on Child Labor, Elon Musk Compensation and More
Washington, D.C. – The National Center for Public Policy Research is urging Tesla, Inc. shareholders to make their voices heard this week by voting their proxy ballots before Thursday’s annual shareholder meeting. The National Center recommends investors support its own proposal on child labor, two proposals regarding executive compensation and ...
Horace Cooper: When Government Shuts Down, the Post Office Stands Up
"The Postal Service provides an essential service and has done so for 250 years," writes Project 21 Chairman Horace Cooper in a commentary published at Townhall. "A government shutdown gives Americans a good reason to remember why it's lasted so long and why it continues to be needed." Read Horace's commentary ...
Stefan Padfield: SEC Aim to End Shareholder Proposals Won’t Depoliticize Corporations
SEC Chairman Paul Atkins recently suggested eliminating shareholder proposals in order to "depoliticize" corporate governance, but Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield warns that this strategy "would almost certainly have the opposite effect. It would further entrench corporate politicization rather than reduce it." In a commentary published at RealClearMarkets, Stefan ...
Christopher Arps: SNAP Saps Motivation and Creates Dependency
"No one, especially a conservative like myself, wants to see low-income families or children go hungry," writes Project 21 Ambassador Christopher Arps in a commentary published at RedState. "However, this moment sheds light on something much deeper happening in our country: We’ve replaced community with bureaucracy and compassion with an entitlement ...
Showdown Over SNAP Benefits Points to Excessive Government Control and Dependency
Black Americans make up about 13.6 percent of our population, but they account for 26 percent of those receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. With the government shutdown, families experiencing poverty are once again at the mercy of the political class. As Project 21 Ambassador Christopher Arps aptly writes ...
Realigning the Voting Rights Act Would Preserve the VRA’s Legacy
The U.S. Supreme Court is reexamining the Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 -- especially Section 2, which prohibits voting practices that discriminate on the basis of race. Louisiana v. Callais questions whether the creation of a second majority-black congressional district in Louisiana amounts to an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. Ambassadors with ...
We Can Support Special Education Without the Department of Education
Able Americans Director Rachel Barkley was interviewed by The 19th about the Trump administration’s decision to lay off most employees within the U.S. Department of Education’s special education office: Reducing the Department of Education has long been a stated goal for some on the right. “Republicans generally are seeing education ...
Stefan Padfield: Don’t Ask Cisco About the ROI For Its DEI
If tech giant Cisco truly believes its DEI agenda is good for business, why can't it defend that agenda when we ask questions about it? In a commentary published at RealClearMarkets, Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield notes: If Cisco’s leadership believed its DEI investments truly boosted innovation and ...
