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With the New Year upon us, the freedom to freelance will surely be under attack in 2024 just as it has been throughout the Biden reign on a variety of fronts—be it the impending regulatory restrictions soon to be imposed by the U.S. Department of Labor, or prospective bills seeking to limit independent contracting in states like Minnesota and Michigan. Read More
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MEDIA SPOTLIGHT
National Review | The Message Our Government Should Be Delivering to Immigrants Read
Deseret News | In Defense of Homework Read
The John Steigerwald Show | IWF-Led Coalition Demands NCAA Officials Stop Discriminating Listen (starts at 3:20)
The Hill | Pentagon Responds to Defense Secretary Absence Watch
Fox & Friends First | “Save Women’s Sports” Protestors Rally Outside of NCAA Convention Watch
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that inflation as measured by the consumer price index (CPI) on all items increased by 3.4% for the 12 months ending in December—rising up from 3.1%. Core inflation, which excludes volatile energy and food prices, rose at a pace of 3.9% in December from a year prior. The shelter and food indices increased 6.2% and 2.7%, respectively, over the past 12 months. Real wages increased by 0.5%. Read More
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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.
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Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) provide more freedom and flexibility in health care. How much do you know about Health Savings Accounts? Play this “Two Truths and a Lie” game to find out.
A. Americans find it easy to pay for health care.
B. Health care is expensive and prices are often motivated by third-party interests.
C. Health Savings Accounts can benefit everyone.
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The Program for International Student Assessment, the largest global measure of academic performance among 15-year-olds, revealed that America’s teens are lagging behind in math, reading, and science. On the 2022 test, for which scores were released last month, we ranked an abysmal 34th in math, 16th in science, and ninth in reading. These are not the scores of a country that is equipped to lead in the 21st-century economy. Beneath the surface numbers lies at least a partial explanation of why the U.S. performed so poorly: Boys are getting left behind in reading, and girls are getting left behind in math.
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There is only so much time in a school day and room on a bookshelf. Both must be filled with things that foster curiosity, cultivate knowledge, and enrich the imagination. It is also important that neither include things that seek to destroy childhood innocence, supplant the family values of students, or set children on a destructive path in life. Unfortunately, in the past few years, parents have discovered that many books in their children’s schools serve the latter’s purpose more than the former, and they have spoken loudly and clearly about their objections.
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