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A group of over 100 Black male leaders is declaring that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden “has” to name a Black woman as his running mate. In a letter made public on Monday, the signatories warned the former vice president that “failing to select a Black woman in 2020 means you will lose the election.” [cut] At the top of the list is rapper, record executive and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs, [cut] The letter also posed a series of questions. Some Democrats reportedly worry Biden's VP announcement could draw attention to his gaffesVideo “Was Joe Biden ever labeled 'too...

Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., announced Saturday that she would invest $100 billion of federal money into housing assistance for black families as part of an effort to close the racial wealth gap in the United States if elected president.

Minneapolis voters will not weigh in this November on whether the city should raise its minimum wage to $15 per hour, following a ruling issued Wednesday by the state’s highest court. In a unanimous order released a day after it heard the case, the Minnesota Supreme Court sided with the city of Minneapolis, which had argued that a proposal to raise the wage was not a proper subject for an amendment to the city’s charter. The court also ruled in the city’s favor on a separate charter amendment case, in which a police-accountability group sought to let voters decide whether...

During a press conference earlier this week explaining the circumstances under which local police shot a suspect they were pursuing, Sheriff Ed Mattingly of Bardstown, Kentucky, expressed relief that the man who was shot was white. "We are glad that he is white, and we shouldn't have to be worried about that. And we do not want any backlash or violence in this community because people have been misinformed," Mattingly said. Mattingly's comments have themselves caused backlash in what otherwise might have been a comparatively uncontroversial incident: Unlike high-profile cases like the killings of Walter Scott and Eric Garner —...

Black Conservatives Commend NAACP for Reversing Position on Image Awards 3/8/2004 8:07:00 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: David Almasi, 202-371-1400 ext. 106 or email: project21@nationalcenter.org WASHINGTON, March 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Members of the black conservative organization Project 21 today applauded the NAACP for "seeing the light" by determining that a morals clause may be warranted for future NAACP "Image Award" nominations. The goal of the NAACP's annual Image Awards is to honor "those who strive for the portrayal of positive images and meaningful opportunities for African-Americans." Project 21 played a leading role in bringing public attention to...

Swaping RealityWhen you think television has scraped the bottom of the barrel, something even more ridiculous comes along.I got an e-mail from my editor at Project 21 today. He had been contacted by someone with ABC television, concerning an upcoming reality television show, The Swap, currently scheduled to air Summer 2004. They are looking for "conservative black families" to participate in the show.The premise? Two families swap moms for ten days. The first five days, the moms adjust to and try to fit into their new families. The second five days, the new moms get to make any changes they...

Michael Jackson. Go ahead, crack a joke, sigh or shake your head. Michael's lifestyle and his current predicament inexorably lead to those reactions. There seem to be only two main schools of thought concerning the one-time "King of Pop": he's either guilty of molesting a young boy and ought to be tried, convicted and put in a cell deep under a prison or he's innocent. These groups also seem to be split into two other categories: black and other. A couple of white friends have asked me why this should be. I chalk it up to history and love. Our...

Black America has a growing problem that needs to be addressed. It is, in my opinion, the most persistent problem facing us as a race in this country. Despite what "our" media-appointed black leaders tell us, this problem is not racism, reparations, affirmative action, President Bush or the Confederate Battle Flag. It's attitude. Overall, we have terrible attitudes. If we want our situation to change, our attitudes will have to lead the way. Many of our so-called leaders would like us to believe that we as individuals have absolutely no control over our lives. They want us to think that...

 TVC Weekly News: NAACP Leader Resigns Over Judiciary Committee Scandal   Summary: The memogate scandal in the Democratic side of the Senate Judiciary Committee has claimed one victim so far. Elaine Jones, head of the NAACP's Legal and Defense Education Fund, has resigned her post in the wake of complaints lodged against her by Project 21, Coalition for a Fair Judiciary, CORE, and the Center for Individual Freedom before the Virginia Bar Association. Project 21 is a conservative black organization, part of the National Leadership Network of Conservative African-Americans. Jones' resigned because of exposure of her memo to Senator...

African-Americans who oppose the liberal black agenda are organizing what they call a "National Day of Repudiation of Jesse Jackson" in Los Angeles on Monday. Members of Project 21 said the rally, now in its fifth year, would take place outside of Jackson's Los Angeles offices. "This annual repudiation of Jackson's activities and his right to be considered a reliable representative of the thoughts and aspirations of black Americans...is timed to coincide with the federal observance of the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.," Project 21 said in a press release. The Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny, a...

WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- After nearly three years of political wrangling over the nomination of Judge Charles W. Pickering, President Bush exercised his prerogative to put him on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals while the Senate was in recess. Senate Democrats stymied Pickering's nomination through procedural obstacles when they were in the majority and finally resorted to a filibuster when faced with the certainty of confirmation if a floor vote were taken. In a statement Friday, Bush said that he was using his constitutional authority to appoint Pickering because "a minority of Democratic Senators has been using unprecedented obstructionist...

Black Group Praises Recess Appointment of Judge Charles Pickering 1/16/04 5:22:00 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: David Almasi of the National Center for Public Policy Research, 202-371-1400 ext. 106 WSAHINGTON, Jan. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Members of the Project 21 African-American leadership network praised President George W. Bush for his recess appointment of Judge Charles Pickering to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. Pickering, who was originally nominated in May of 2001, has over 40 years of judicial experience. During his legal career, he testified against the Ku Klux Klan, defended black clients during the Jim Crow era...

My New Business: "Some Of My Best Friends Are Black" Political Commentary By Kevin L. Martin I had some very interesting thoughts in the days after watching the exchange between Reverend Al Sharpton and Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean at the Black and Brown Debate in Iowa. Sharpton called out Dean on the lack of Blacks and Hispanics in his cabinet during his 12 years as governor, and Dean had to admit that the charge was true. Just as true as was former President Bill Clinton's lack of minorities in his inner cabinet. Dean and his handlers sought to downplay...

To: National Desk Contact: David Almasi of the National Center for Public Policy Research, 202-371-1400 ext. 106 WSAHINGTON, Jan. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Members of the Project 21 African-American leadership network praised President George W. Bush for his recess appointment of Judge Charles Pickering to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. Pickering, who was originally nominated in May of 2001, has over 40 years of judicial experience. During his legal career, he testified against the Ku Klux Klan, defended black clients during the Jim Crow era and helped set up the Institute of Racial Reconciliation at Ole Miss. "President Bush...

Why Black Christians Shouldn't Celebrate Kwanzaa By La Shawn Barber A New Visions Commentary paper published December 2003 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 777 North Capitol Street NE #803, Washington, D.C. 20002, 202/371-1400, Fax 202/408-7773, E-Mail Project21@nationalcenter.org, Web http://www.project21.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines." - Hebrews 13:8-9 America - the greatest country in the world - was founded on the concept of religious freedom. In America, you can be a Christian, Jew, Muslim, atheist or pagan without...

In the early 20th century, black educational pioneer Booker T. Washington noted: "There is another class of coloured people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs and the hardships of the Negro race before the public. Having learned that they are able to make a living out of their troubles, they have grown into the settled habit of advertising their wrongs - partly because they want sympathy and partly because it pays. Some of these people do not want the Negro to lose their grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs." Sounds like Jesse...

The Problem of Liberal Government and Black Bastards By Mike GreenA New Visions Commentary paper published August 2002 by The National Center for Public Policy Research, 777 North Capitol Street NE #803, Washington, D.C. 20002, 202/371-1400, Fax 202/408-7773, E-Mail Project21@nationalcenter.org, Web http://www.project21.org. Reprints permitted provided source is credited. A recent segment of the Fox News Channel's "The O'Reilly Factor" discussed the large number of black kids born out of wedlock and raised without fathers. It's about time responsible journalists addressed the issues affecting America in an aggressive and well- informed manner. But I'd like to add some startling facts. The...

WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- Several groups, including the African-American leadership network Project 21, are asking the Virginia State Bar to investigate the role of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund in an alleged scheme to ensure the outcome of the landmark University of Michigan affirmative action case. The allegations came after Senate Judiciary Committee memos were obtained by the Wall Street Journal that detailed contacts NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund president and director-counsel Elaine R. Jones had with the office of Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) on April 17, 2002 that sought to delay the confirmation of judicial nominees...

Black Network Files Complaint Against NAACP Attorney Unethical Influence in Shaping Constitutional Cases Charged For Release: December 4, 2003 Contact: David Almasi at 202/371-1400 x106 The African-American leadership network Project 21 is asking the Virginia State Bar to investigate NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc president and director-counsel Elaine R. Jones. "Obstructionism is the order of the day in the Senate," said Project 21 member Gregory Parker of New Braunfels, Texas. "Now we know that this judicial obstructionism is part of a carefully orchestrated plan by a few senators and left-wing special interest groups." The complaint, to be filed...

REMARKS BY PROJECT 21 DIRECTOR DAVID ALMASI AT THE JUSTICE FOR JUDGES ³RACE AND THE NOMINATION PROCESS² PRESS CONFERENCE, U.S. CAPITOL, WASHINGTON, D.C., NOVEMBER 13, 2003, 12:30 AM I am here today as a representative of Project 21, the African-American leadership network of The National Center for Public Policy Research. Project 21 was formed over a decade ago when it was observed that the vast numbers of conservative African-Americans were being overlooked by the media and misrepresented by those claiming to be the leaders of the black community. There are many members of Project 21 on the panel here with...