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Diversity staff at major universities tends to outnumber history professors <[link removed]> – The promotion of diversity, equity, and
inclusion (DEI) on college campuses has become a central concern of higher education. However, high DEI staffing levels suggest that these programs are bloated relative to academic pursuits and do not contribute to reported student well-being on campus. The authors’ research suggests that large DEI bureaucracies appear to make little positive contribution to campus climate: Rather than being an effective tool for welcoming students from different backgrounds, DEI personnel may be better understood as a signal of adherence to ideological, political, and activist goals. In light of these findings, state legislators and donors who fund these institutions may wish to examine DEI efforts more closely to ensure that university resources are used effectively. Heritage expert: Jay Greene <[link removed]>
As Predicted, Court-Packing Looms Large in Supreme Court Commission’s Second Public Meeting <[link removed]> – When Biden created the commission in April, he did not identify a problem that needed reform and did not instruct the commission to make any recommendations. Instead, Biden created this commission to appease left-wing activists demanding that the Supreme Court actually be expanded and
then packed with justices likely to rule the way they want on key issues. If the Supreme Court needs “reform,” it is a renewed commitment to appointing justices who will impartially interpret and apply the law, fulfilling the limited role the Founders designed for the judiciary. Heritage expert: Tom Jipping <[link removed]>
The Pain Americans Are Feeling in Their Pocketbooks <[link removed]> – We know that right now, all the money the federal government is spending, all the new funds that are appropriated, that comes from borrowing money. Often times that borrowed money comes thanks to the central banks printing more money, to purchase those bonds which are then injected into the economy. We have the economy re-opening, but on top of that, we have trillions of dollars more of federal dollars being injected into the economy and besides that we see housing prices that aren’t even factored into that inflation rate, we have that housing bubble that is really becoming a burden now on middle class families. We know that the longer term objective here is to centralize more power here in Washington, DC and to fundamentally transform the economy, they’re not even hiding it. Within the infrastructure package that Congress is considering now, we know that 95 percent of that is not even going to infrastructure but it would actually try to revolutionize our energy industry which by revolutionize I mean costing a typical family $8000 more per year to live by artificially driving up the cost of everything in their life that uses energy, and that’s in the
infrastructure plan. Heritage expert: Joel Griffith <[link removed]>
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