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The Bush Administration is commended for announcing that it would veto any legislation reinstating the so-called "Fairness Doctrine." The Administration's announcement came following media reports of support for reimposing the Fairness Doctrine by Senators Dianne Feinstein, Dick Durbin, Barbara Boxer, Hillary Clinton, and others. Rep. Maurice Hinchley (D-NY) intends to re-introduce legislation "to restore the Fairness Doctrine" in coming weeks. Hinchley's "Media Ownership Reform Act (H.R. 3302)," better known as MORA, had 16 co-sponsors in the 109th Congress, but got nowhere due to GOP control. "It's the 'Hush Rush' crowd at it again, and it has nothing to do with...

The leader of America's largest civil rights organization on Monday attacked African American groups that he said were helping white conservatives promote a right-wing agenda. Kweisi Mfume, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, condemned the groups as a "collection of black hustlers" who have adopted a conservative agenda in return for "a few bucks a head." "When the ultraconservative right-wing attacker has run out of attack strategy, he goes and gets someone that looks like you and me to continue the attack," Mfume said in his opening address to the NAACP's annual convention. "They've financed...

Black Groups Call for Investigation of Congressional Black Caucus; Details of Black Lawmakers' Relationship with Deposed Haitian Leader Sought 4/7/2004 6:00:00 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: David Almasi of the National Center for Public Policy Research, 202-371-1400 ext. 106 or Project21@nationalcenter.org WASHINGTON, April 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In response to actions and comments by members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) regarding American policy toward Haiti, the African-American leadership network Project 21 endorsed a letter to Chairman Joel Hefley (R-Colo.) asking the U.S. House of Representative's Committee on Standards of Official Conduct to conduct a formal investigation of...

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...

October 21, 2003 Chairman Orrin Hatch Senate Judiciary Committee #224 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Chairman Hatch: Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 are calling upon senators to give California Supreme Court Associate Justice Janice Rogers Brown fair and timely consideration as she faces the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, October 22. Liberal special interest groups and politicians have stepped up their criticism of Brown as her hearing date nears. Liberal senators have already placed legislative holds on or are filibustering the confirmation votes of many other Bush judicial nominees in an attempt to keep...

Black, Hispanic Activists to Protest Treatment of Bush Judicial Nominees Liberal Activist Group Cited as Key Player in ³Political Hate Crime² Against Hispanic Candidate For Immediate Release: September 5, 2003 Contact: David Almasi at (202) 371-1400 x106 Members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 will join the Coalition for a Fair Judiciary, Hispanic activists and others in front of the Washington, D.C. offices of People for the American Way at 10:00 am on Monday, September 8, 2003 to protest the group¹s leading role in an ongoing campaign that is denying President George W. Bush of his constitutional right to...

(CNSNews.com) - As homosexual advocacy groups increasingly model their push for greater acceptance on the rhetoric and tactics of the civil rights movement of the 1960s, some black groups are beginning to take exception. The comparison between the two movements and the "rights" associated with them can be misleading, said David Almasi, director for Project 21, a group of conservative black leaders. "Homosexuality is behavior. It's not something you're born with," Almasi said. The homosexual movement identifies itself with a number of sympathetic causes, including the Holocaust remembrance and the civil rights struggle, to advance its effort to gain acceptance....

<p>More black Americans today are finishing high school, going to college, moving to the suburbs and earning higher salaries than in previous decades, while the trend of single-mother households is in historic decline, a new report shows.</p> <p>According to a report released yesterday by the Census Bureau, the percentage of black families led by unmarried females is 43 percent, the lowest percentage since at least 1980, when 40 percent of black families were led by an unmarried woman.</p>

Commentary by National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice Sent to Black Media by Project 21 For Release: April 17, 2003 Contact:  David Almasi at 202/371-1400 x106 Observations on faith and freedom made by National Security Advisor Dr. Condoleezza Rice at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. this past February are being circulated to the black media as a New Visions Commentary by the African-American leadership network Project 21. While Dr. Rice's remarks were initially re-released to coincide with the observance of Easter, her comments are increasingly poignant now since American military forces have led the liberation of Iraq. "Our cherished...