Sep 14, 2020

Greetings! As Election Day approaches, Heritage President Kay C. James explains why we must have zero tolerance for election fraud. Meanwhile, Heritage experts are featured in an Amazon Prime documentary defending the Electoral College. And parents looking for guidance during school shutdowns have a new podcast to help them. All this and more in this week’s Agenda.

Your Right to Vote Is Sacred. Don’t Give It Up.
Remember when the left’s mantra was “every vote counts and every vote must be counted”? Now, they insist that election fraud is no big deal so long as it’s not “widespread,” and then attack anyone who questions the reliability of all-mail voting as guilty of voter suppression or election rigging. In her latest commentary, Heritage President Kay C. James makes the case that “Protecting the integrity of our elections should matter to everyone because every single instance of it amounts to canceling out a legitimate vote. Ask yourself how you’d feel if that vote were yours.” Read the full commentary to learn why we should all be concerned about election integrity.

Heritage Experts Featured on Amazon Prime Documentary About the Electoral College
When not pushing for all-mail voting, the left is also agitating to dismantle the Electoral College and have presidents elected strictly by popular vote. Heritage Foundation legal expert Hans von Spakovsky and visiting fellow Allen Guelzo explain why this would be a disaster in a new documentary that debuted Sept. 8 on Amazon Prime. The film, “Safeguard: An Electoral College Story,” details the history of the Electoral College and the many myths and misconceptions surrounding it. Learn more about the documentary here.

Heritage Launches New “COVID and the Classroom” Podcast
Public schools across the country aren’t opening their doors amid COVID-19, leaving parents with even fewer options than they had before. It doesn’t have to be this way. To help guide parents and policymakers during these tumultuous times, Heritage is launching a new biweekly podcast called “COVID and the Classroom,” hosted by education policy analyst Mary Clare Amselem. Each episode will feature interviews with policy experts, educators, and (most importantly) parents. It is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app. You can subscribe to it online and listen to the trailer to find out more.

Heritage members are invited to a virtual summit for an insider update about what we’re up against in November and how to join the fight. The summit is on Tuesday, Sept. 15. Click here to register.

Heritage President Kay C. James joined pro-life leaders to unveil 2021’s March for Life theme. The theme will be “Together Strong: Life Unites.” Learn more.

Ambassador J. William Middendorf, former secretary of the Navy and a member of The Heritage Foundation’s Board of Trustees, has published a new book. “The Great Nightfall" provides an extraordinary overview of military challenges facing America. Learn more about the book.

A recent commentary written by Heritage Foundation visiting fellow Allen Guelzo is getting some much-needed attention in the state of Delaware. The op-ed highlights the various issues that plague Delaware as a result of its total control by one party. It even got a response from Delaware Gov. John Carney. Learn more.

TUESDAY at 10 a.m., Heritage will host an important virtual dialogue about the future of U.S.-European cooperation at this critical juncture. The Netherlands Minister of Foreign Affairs Stef Blok will be the main speaker for the event. Register for the webinar.

WEDNESDAY at 8:30 a.m., Heritage will host an online discussion about the unexpected resignation of Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo. Featured speakers include Tobias Harris, senior vice president of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation; Jeffrey Hornung, a political scientist at the RAND Corporation; and Mireya Solís, director at the Center for East Asia Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution. Register for the webinar.

WEDNESDAY at 3:00 p.m., Heritage will host a dynamic virtual analysis of the civil rights riots in the 1960s and what lessons they teach. Featured speakers include Heritage President Kay C. James, author and columnist Victor Davis Hanson, and Heritage senior fellow Mike Gonzalez, whose book on identity politics, “The Plot to Change America,” is a bestseller on Amazon. Register for the webinar.

Here are highlights from Heritage experts on TV. This week they talked about standing up to China, “critical race theory” in the military, mail-in voting, and more. Watch the clips.