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Why President Biden’s Government Solutions Would Actually Weaken the Infrastructure of American Families <[link removed]> – President Biden’s plan will undermine, not help, American families. Under this plan, the federal government takes more of Americans’ incomes and then redistributes the money in the form of benefits that politicians—not families—create, approve, and control. This would leave families with fewer opportunities and less control over their circumstances while failing to address the real problems in child care, education, family leave, and health care. Lawmakers who want to help families should reject the leftist laundry list in the American Families Plan and support family formation and stability. Eliminating marriage penalties in our welfare system, encouraging flexibility in work and child care, and offering more education options and access to better private health plans are good starts. Heritage experts: Rachel Greszler <[link removed]>, Lindsey Burke <[link removed]>, and Charmaine Yoest <[link removed]>

Purging Whiteness to Purge Capitalism <[link removed]> – It shouldn’t surprise us, then, that many of the intellectuals who originated the concepts of “whiteness,”
“white studies,” and “white privilege” were concerned with uniting the American working class, so that it could overthrow the capital-owning bourgeoisie. If this all sounds very Marxist, it should. All the giants in whiteness studies, from Noel Ignatiev, to David Roediger, to their ideological lodestar, W.E.B. Du Bois—who first coined the term “whiteness” to begin with—were Marxist. In the cases of Ignatiev and Du Bois, they were actual Communist Party members. Heritage experts: Mike Gonzalez <[link removed]> and Jonathan Butcher <[link removed]>

Journalism Is Riddled With Bias, Errors, Narrative Setting, and Pack Reporting <[link removed]> – NBC favorably referred to critical race theory as a “school diversity plan”
rejected by voters in the “wealthy Dallas-Fort Worth suburb,” making sure that readers understood that not only were these people pro-racism, they were also rich, thereby doubling their sins. In the end, the opponents of critical race theory swept the elections, winning two school board seats, two city council seats, and the mayor’s
office. The winning side in this “bitterly divided election,” as NBC put it, carried about 70% of the vote in each race. Only in the world of the mainstream news can a 40-point victory be described as representing a community that is “bitterly divided.” That’s a lot of bias in one tweet. Heritage expert: Tim Murtaugh <[link removed]>
Corporate Media Feverishly Tries To Hide Biden Administration’s Culture War Extremism <[link removed]> – The corporate media really wants you to believe that Biden is
on the sidelines of the culture wars. But the only way to reach that conclusion is to diligently ignore everything that Biden is doing. It’s a curious narrative because it’s not immediately obvious why so many establishment liberal writers (as contrasted to the more radical writers who are celebrating Biden’s aggressive cultural agenda) want to spin it. Perhaps they’re just copycats without an original idea of their own. But even if so, why parrot this particular narrative? The answer may lie in public opinion polling showing that Americans either disagree with far-left cultural policies or want the government to focus on other things. Perhaps mindful of this polling, these pundits are trying to hide what Biden is actually doing from the American public. Heritage expert: GianCarlo Canaparo <[link removed]>
Biden sets goal of at least one shot to 70 percent of adults by July 4 <[link removed]> – CDC data show that reaching this new COVID-19 vaccination goal entails vaccinating an additional 35 million Americans on top of the 145 million
who have received their first dose. Thus, this goal is already 80% completed. CDC data also show that there are currently 65 million doses that have been delivered, but not yet administered. Even accounting for lags in providers and states reporting vaccine administration figures, as well as for the fact that many of those doses are intended for second shots, it appears that there are already enough doses available to meet this new target. It is true that more of the remaining population are likely people who have so far been either ambivalent or hesitant about getting vaccinated. Even so, this does not appear to be a stretch goal. Heritage expert: Ed Haislmaier <[link removed]>
China’s Growing Nuclear Threat <[link removed]> – Beijing is revealing its grand ambitions through its unprecedented nuclear modernization programs, inserting more uncertainty and risk into an already challenging international security environment. These forces will enable China to improve its ability to coerce the United States and restrain response options. As a result, the United States must carefully consider the growing Chinese threat as it pursues its own nuclear modernization to ensure that U.S. nuclear deterrence remains strong. Heritage expert: Patty-Jane Geller <[link removed]>
Don’t Buy Deceptive Marketing of Violence Against Women Act <[link removed]> – So if the government aims to prevent domestic violence on Indian reservations, this legislation certainly will
not accomplish it. Whatever the bill’s laudable aims, they are lost in its pandering to special interests. Americans need a better bill: one all women can support; one that doesn’t use the political camouflage of American consensus on preventing domestic violence and turn it into a stealth vehicle for progressive overreach. The female victims of abuse deserve better. Those who truly want to address the problem must do better. Heritage expert: Sarah Perry <[link removed]>
The Religious Freedom Restoration Act: History, Status, and Threats <[link removed]> – At the time of America’s Founding, religious freedom in general and the free exercise of religion were considered natural and
inalienable rights that government exists to secure. The principle, weakened by the Supreme Court and reasserted in the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), that government may burden religious freedom no more than absolutely necessary, now faces several threats. The cultural context that informed the RFRA’s enactment is rapidly changing, with both personal religiosity and respect for religious freedom declining. Legislation violating the RFRA’s requirements or explicitly restricting its protections and litigation defending that legislation, directly threaten its viability. Better understanding of religious freedom and renewed commitment to its defense are necessary for this vital part of America’s character to survive. Heritage experts: Tom Jipping <[link removed]> and Sarah Perry <[link removed]>

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