🎉 New Voice in the Fight for Women: Paula Scanlan joins Independent Women’s Forum and Independent Women’s Voice as a spokeswoman and advisor. Officially teaming up with Independent Women's Riley Gaines, the former member of the UPenn women’s swim team and ex-teammate of Lia Thomas will add her critical voice and chilling story to the fight to save women’s sports, expose female harassment and phycological manipulation taking place within academic institutions, defend free speech, and reject the bigotry and cancel culture.

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HURTING NOT HELPING

Teachers’ Unions Pretend To Promote Freedom

With the hashtag #TeachTruth, the National Education Association demanded the “freedom to teach” and the “freedom to learn” at their annual representative assembly earlier this month. It is laughable that the representatives and leaders of the world’s largest teachers’ union are masquerading as champions of freedom. These are the same union bosses who forcefully compel teachers to fork over a part of their paychecks in the form of dues, which they, in turn, funnel to Democratic political campaigns. Read More.

MEDIA SPOTLIGHT

Fox News at Night | Ex-UPenn Swimmer Testifies on Teammate Lia Thomas Watch

John Bachman Now | House Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on “Gender-Affirming Care” Watch

O’Connor & Company | Biden Admin Withholding Key Funding for Schools with Hunting & Archery Programs Listen

The Faulkner Focus | Oklahoma Law Preserves Single-Sex Spaces Watch

The Hill | The Facade of Gender Identity Is Failing Our Students Read

Washington Examiner | Democrats Support Parental Rights Only for Those Who Agree With Their Agenda Read

High Noon | Christopher Rufo on America’s Cultural Revolution and How To Fight It Listen

DID YOU KNOW

“Zero-Emissions” Electric Vehicles May Actually Increase Emissions

EVs will prove a practical and attractive option for many consumers, but assuming that widespread EV adoption will yield profound emissions reductions is flawed. EVs, while emitting no emissions from exhaust, require ten times the amount of minerals needed in gas-powered cars. Mining and manufacturing these minerals is costly in terms of emissions: On average, producing a quantity of EV batteries able to store the energy found in one gallon of gasoline requires the energy equivalent of 300 barrels of oil. Read More.

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Debate Prep: Entrepreneurship, Gender Ideology & More

Each week, IW’s policy experts work together to craft talking points that help us deliver our messages as effectively as possible. IW spokeswomen use these very same focal points to prepare for television and radio appearances, and we want you to have the same prep materials so that you can debate these issues with community officials, school officials, and even your family, friends, and neighbors.

Taxing Universities

Which of the following is NOT true about taxing universities?

A. The biggest beneficiaries of student loan forgiveness are from lower-income backgrounds.
B. The student debt crisis is really a college cost crisis.
C. Universities helped create the student debt problem.

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CAPSULE REVIEW

Unfair Tariffs Create Problems for u.s. Food Supply

China is now the major supplier of canned food to American consumers. In fact, those imports increased by 19% in the past year and that percentage is expected to grow. But do Americans know the truth about these imports?

Government That Exacerbated Loneliness Crisis Wants To Fix It

More than a third of Americans are feeling isolated and alone following the coronavirus pandemic. After the government shut down large swaths of society, everyday Americans were feeling the brunt of Uncle Sam’s enforced isolation. Now, the very same people who shamed others for going to parks or seeing their friends during the pandemic have a solution to fight the loneliness crisis: more government.