On Monday, the National Center's Free Enterprise Project (FEP) team agreed to withdraw the shareholder proposal we had submitted to Comcast in exchange for Comcast making meaningful positive changes to its terms of service, advancing religious liberty and viewpoint neutrality. Our proposal reques| nationalcenter.org
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 p| nationalcenter.org
"We have had a wonderful year or two," National Center General Counsel Scott Shepard acknowledges about the freedom movement's progress to move woke corporations back to neutral. But now is not the time to rest, because "we've got a huge fight ahead of us." At this month's Pray Vote Stand Summit,| nationalcenter.org
"With its May 25 decision in Sackett v. EPA, written by Justice Samuel A. Alito, the Supreme Court has finally imposed a limiting principle on the EPA’s authority," writes National Center Senior Fellow Bonner Cohen, Ph.D., at The Hill. First Bonner explains how the Sackett decision will protect t| nationalcenter.org
In a commentary published by the Wall Street Journal, Free Enterprise Project Associate Bennett Nuss discusses how a socialist takeover in New York City would disastrously affect the rest of the state and even be felt across the nation by taxpayers who would be forced to bail out the failed experime| nationalcenter.org
"Wind and solar power require a lot of upfront capital, and investors may be having second thoughts about placing their bets on what looks like a losing horse," writes Dr. Bonner Cohen in a Daily Caller commentary. Bonner provides an overview of President Trump's recent actions pulling away from| nationalcenter.org
"The first item of business for the EEOC ought to be the creation of a legal definition of what constitutes discriminatory DEI practices through note-and-comment rulemaking," writes Free Enterprise Project Associate Bennett Nuss in a commentary published at Legal Reader. He notes that DEI definit| nationalcenter.org
In the commentary below, Free Enterprise Project Associate Bennett Nuss encourages us to examine the line of attack that Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is using in a complaint against Starbucks's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs, noting "that there are a few concerning corpora| nationalcenter.org
"I believe there are many powerful people on both sides of the aisle who just want to make a positive difference in this world without having to endure a cancel culture struggle session every time they try to do so," writes Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield. In the commen| nationalcenter.org
"DEI proponents cannot stop lying because the truth is fatal to their cause," writes Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield in a commentary published at RealClearMarkets. He notes: Once stripped of selective statistics, cooked-up correlations, and ideological cover, DEI is re| nationalcenter.org
The U.S. Department of Education will soon strengthen the right to pray in school, President Trump recently announced. "To have a great nation, you have to have religion," he said during a meeting of the Religious Liberty Commission at the Museum of the Bible. Ambassadors with the Project 21 blac| nationalcenter.org
In a commentary published at The Baltimore Sun, Project 21 Ambassador Torrey Snow warns Americans intrigued by Maryland Governor Wes Moore as a national candidate to look beyond his charisma and commanding presence to examine why "Maryland’s economy is nosediving" and why "[m]any of us are still sit| nationalcenter.org
Project 21 Chairman Horace Cooper appeared twice on Fox News primetime this week to discuss President Trump's efforts to tackle crime in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere. Horace noted the irony in how leftists try to smear the president as racist when he exposes their own failure to protect those who| nationalcenter.org
"The road ahead for California is fraught with challenges," acknowledges Project 21 Ambassador Craig DeLuz in a commentary syndicated through InsideSources, and California's leftist leaders are only exacerbating the state's economic woes. Craig says the only hope for his home state is a transform| nationalcenter.org
Washington, D.C. -- At today’s Starbucks annual shareholder meeting, a representative of the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) will present Proposal 8, requesting an annual emissions congruency report. FEP’s proposal is timely, as Starbucks stakeholders wonde| nationalcenter.org
Is the grass greener economically in states where policies are greener? In a commentary published at The Orange County Register, National Center Senior Fellow Dr. Bonner Cohen lined up two recent state rankings -- one examining environmental policies and one examining economic growth -- and found| nationalcenter.org
National Center Senior Fellow Bonner Cohen, Ph.D., says the Biden administration has again set its sights on controlling American wetlands, despite the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling in Sackett v. EPA, “which dramatically reduced federal protections for wetlands in one of the largest judicial rollbacks| nationalcenter.org
The progressive policy agenda of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders seems to be gaining popularity amongst a few aspiring elected officials in some cities throughout the U.S. However, these policies have failed in other countries and have proven that a big-government takeover would only mean more inequalit| nationalcenter.org
"The geostrategic case for promoting the mining and processing of critical minerals in the U.S. is compelling," writes National Center Senior Fellow Bonner Cohen, Ph.D., in a commentary published at RealClearEnergy. Bonner discusses how leftist American energy policies like those of the Biden adm| nationalcenter.org
Last week, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law a bill allowing the state to fine oil and gas companies up to $75 billion over 25 years, blaming them for climate-related damage to state infrastructure. "Their agenda is extortion," National Center Senior Fellow Bonner Cohen says of Hochu| nationalcenter.org
The incoming Trump administration needs to get "the United States – once and for all – out of the December 2015 Paris Climate Agreement," writes the National Center's Bonner Cohen, Ph.D., in a commentary published at Human Events. To these ends, Bonner encourages President-elect Trump to go one s| nationalcenter.org
President-elect Trump's "naming of fracking magnate Chris Wright to head the Department of Energy underscores the radical change in direction coming to Washington in January," writes National Center Senior Fellow Bonner Cohen in a commentary published at The Washington Times. Bonner continues: U| nationalcenter.org
Washington, D.C. – Juneteenth is a perfect opportunity to encourage community, self-improvement and American exceptionalism, say ambassadors with the Project 21 black leadership network. For 26 years, long before President Joe Biden and a combination of combatant and craven politicians co-opted J| nationalcenter.org
Black Conservatives Cite Fatherhood as Key Component in Economic Advancement, Overcoming Adversity In recognition of Father’s Day, ambassadors with the Project 21 black leadership network are speaking out about the important role of fathers, particularly in black families. Project 21 ambassadors| nationalcenter.org
Washington, D.C. -- Over the next 30 hours, shareholder activists with the National Center for Public Policy Research's Free Enterprise Project (FEP) will present shareholder proposals at the annual meetings of four well-known corporations: Walmart, PayPal, Netflix and Alphabet. At today's Walmar| nationalcenter.org
"Speaker Johnson’s 'One Big Beautiful Bill' can do more to fix Medicaid for the truly vulnerable — Americans with disabilities," writes Able Americans Director Rachel Barkley in a commentary published at National Review. Rachel shares about the "bureaucratic maze" she and her husband experienced| nationalcenter.org
Medicaid was designed to care for America's most vulnerable, including those with disabilities, but the advent of ObamaCare changed everything. In a commentary published at The Hill, Able Americans Director Rachel Barkley writes: The Medicaid program changed in 2010 with the passage of the Affor| nationalcenter.org
A long-anticipated renovation to our headquarters, Freedom's Embassy, is now underway. The National Center's Able Americans program hosted an official groundbreaking on October 2 to commemorate the occasion. After nearly a year of negotiations, National Center COO David Almasi finally receive| nationalcenter.org
In a commentary published at The American Thinker, Able Americans Senior Researcher Mark P. Mostert, Ph.D., examines the multitude of problems facing people with disabilities when they try to access their Social Security Insurance (SSI) and Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) benefits. In| nationalcenter.org
"Laws that enable physician-assisted suicide inculcate a harmful culture for people of all types of disabilities, and they are unfortunately spreading beyond Europe and Canada to the United States," writes Able Americans Director Rachel K. Barkley in a commentary syndicated through InsideSources.| nationalcenter.org
On the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disability Act, Able Americans Director Rachel Barkley reflects on where we are and where we still need to go. Her thoughts and her story are below. This month marks the 35th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a landmark pie| nationalcenter.org
Washington, D.C. -- At today’s annual United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS) shareholder meeting, a representative of the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) will present a proposal addressing the risks UPS faces if the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)| nationalcenter.org
Washington, D.C. -- At tomorrow’s annual Berkshire Hathaway Inc. shareholder meeting, a representative of the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) will present a proposal requesting that the Board oversee an independent audit analyzing Berkshire’s legal and repu| nationalcenter.org
Washington, D.C. -- At today’s annual Citigroup Inc. shareholder meeting, a representative of the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) will present a proposal calling on Citi to take a closer look at research that calls into question the assumptions of the Inter| nationalcenter.org
"Companies hoping to stuff themselves with the all-you-can eat green buffet of the Biden years are now finding the offerings have been scaled back," writes National Center Senior Fellow Bonner Cohen, Ph.D., in a commentary published at The Daily Caller. "Accustomed to being pampered by government| nationalcenter.org
"For the first time since its inception in 1970, this Earth Day is truly worth celebrating," says National Center Senior Fellow Bonner Cohen. "Why? Because the world is finally turning its back on the destructive agenda underpinning Earth Day and the broader green agenda that held the world in its g| nationalcenter.org
Do you believe, as Milton Friedman said, that the social responsibility of business is to increase its profits? If so, we may have a job for you. Our Free Enterprise Project (FEP) -- the original and premier opponent of the woke takeover of American corporate life -- is hiring an associate. Our T| nationalcenter.org
Mars and Greenland aren't the only frontiers that hold potential for adventurous Americans, writes Project 21 Chairman Horace Cooper in a commentary published at FoxNews.com. He highlights a new proposal from Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott| nationalcenter.org
Did Apple CEO Tim Cook lie to shareholders at Apple's recent annual meeting? In a commentary syndicated through InsideSources, Free Enterprise Project Executive Director Stefan Padfield notes that Cook's answer to a question about Apple's diversity, equity & inclusion (DEI) agenda didn't line| nationalcenter.org
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) has been widely condemned this week for mocking Texas Governor Greg Abbott's usage of a wheelchair -- well, widely except within her own party. On the Fox News Channel program "Hannity," Project 21 Chairman Horace Cooper told host Sean Hannity and fellow panelist Mark| nationalcenter.org
The new Trump Administration is off to a very quick start getting our nation back on track to restore freedom and opportunity for all Americans. However, this does not come without some pushback from others. Several critics have claimed that President Trump's executive order targeting DEI -- includi| nationalcenter.org
"Homeownership is the primary driver of household wealth," notes Project 21 Director of Membership Development Donna Jackson in a Daily Caller commentary about our nation's housing crisis. The fact that "73.8% of white Americans own homes compared to just 45.9% of black Americans" indicates that| nationalcenter.org
At Annual Meeting, Costco Refuses to Join Others Retreating From DEI Washington, D.C. – Despite public outcry, Costco shareholders failed yesterday to approve a shareholder proposal (Proposal 4) presented from the National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project (FEP) asking the| nationalcenter.org
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 eviden| nationalcenter.org
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| nationalcenter.org
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 erupte| nationalcenter.org
"Governor Gavin Newsom’s special session, framed as an initiative to 'Trump-proof' California, raises the question of what precisely he seeks to defend," writes Project 21 Ambassador Craig DeLuz in a commentary published by The San Diego Union-Tribune. Craig continues: In a state grappling with| nationalcenter.org
As we prepare to say hello to 2025 and a new Trump administration, we've asked ambassadors with our Project 21 black leadership network to share their policy hopes for the new year. Mike Hill: I’m excitedly anticipating Trump’s tax-cut campaign that promises the elimination of taxes on tips,| nationalcenter.org
