Horace Cooper
Washington, D.C. – A case challenging the use of racial preferences in public college and university admissions was accepted today by the U.S. Supreme Court. Project 21, the black leadership network, joined a legal brief that urged the Court to take the case.
“I’m pleased to see the Supreme Court agree to hear this case,” said Project 21 spokesman Horace Cooper, who previously Continue reading
Democrats from Coal Dependent States Should Join Inhofe’s Effort to Protect Constituents from Skyrocketing Electricity Prices, says National Center for Public Policy Research
Senator James Inhofe
Washington, D.C. — Policy experts from the National Center for Public Policy Research are urging bipartisan support for a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) introduced today by Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) that will stop implementation of the EPA’s Utility MACT rule.
“President Obama is using the EPA to wage a war on coal-fired electricity, which will bring about his promise to make electricity prices skyrocket. It’s time for Senators, especially Continue reading
By Alan Sexton
Naturally, some articles are more difficult to write than others, and, for as many reasons as there are topics. I consider this article as my single most difficult to write article-ever, yet I also consider this the single most important article I have written.
I strongly feel, perhaps desperately hope, that Continue reading
U.S. Corporations Need to Be Competitive at Home and Abroad
Tax Foundation president Scott Hodge. Via Tax Foundation
Washington, DC, February 21, 2012—Raising taxes on U.S. corporations with operations abroad will not help create jobs, but will only succeed in making American companies less competitive overall which means fewer jobs at home, according to the Tax Foundation.
“Prominent politicians, including President Obama, have suggested that companies that ‘ship jobs overseas’ should be subjected to higher corporate tax rates, but that characterization fundamentally misstates how the modern business world functions,” said Tax Foundation president Continue reading
Cherylyn Harley LeBon
By Cherylyn Harley LeBon, Project 21
Education experts, counselors and parents often debate the question, “How do we persuade students to start thinking about college?”
The answer, according to D.C. Council Chairman Kwame R. Brown, is simple and innovative: Require all students in District schools to take a college-entrance exam and apply to a college.
Announced in January, Brown’s plan has been Continue reading
