Oct 03, 2022

Math is hard: A prominent anti-school-choice group called Save Our Schools said it had 141,714 signatures for a ballot initiative repealing Arizona’s new universal school choice reform. The actual number: 88,866.

• “We just sometimes get things wrong,” said Beth Lewis, executive director of Save Our Schools, conceding defeat.

The target: The group hoped to repeal Arizona’s universal “education savings account” plan, which will let families control $7,000 a year in public education funds. Heritage is a strong advocate for these accounts.

Learn more: Read more about the implications of this victory for education choice here.

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Feeling the squeeze: Without a doubt, the inflation crisis under the Biden administration is a pain in the wallet of every American. Heritage ran the numbers to see just how much it is costing families:

• The average American has lost $4,200 in annual income under the Biden administration because of inflation and higher interest rates.

Our take: “We are in vicious spiral, but it’s one of Joe Biden, the Democrat-controlled Congress, and the Fed’s own making,” writes Heritage research fellow EJ Antoni.

Learn more: Read more about how Bidenflation is affecting everyday Americans here.

The fight for life has just begun: Overturning Roe v. Wade was a profound victory for the pro-life movement. But it was never the end goal—just a necessary step in the fight for life, write Heritage President Kevin Roberts and Heritage Action for America Executive Director Jessica Anderson.

Why federal action is needed: In the wake of the Dobbs decision, places like the District of Columbia, New York, and California have only fortified their abortion-on-demand, up-until-birth, no-questions-asked policies.

• “The risk of infanticide and extreme abortion policies being quietly tolerated in these radical states is too real to ignore and cries out for a federal solution even as conservatives are doing what they can to advance protections for life at the state level,” Roberts and Anderson write.
• The public has a right to know where every current and prospective member of Congress stands on these commonsense protections for life.

Learn more: Read their full commentary on this issue here.

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Support Mark Mark Houck’s legal defense fund. Houck is a pro-life advocate who was arrested by heavily armed federal agents, who stormed his home at dawn on Sept. 23. Learn more and donate here.

Heritage’s Center for Data Analysis built an interactive tool that lets you track the impact of inflation, which has surged under President Biden. Check out the Biden Inflation Tracker here.

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“The Kevin Roberts Show”: Rodney Scott, a three-decade veteran and 24th chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, joins this week’s episode to talk about how Biden’s radical open-borders agenda is fueling our national opioid epidemic, putting more money in the hands of cartels and human traffickers, opening the border to terrorists and other national security threats, and preventing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from deporting even convicted violent criminals and gang members. Listen here.

“Heritage Explains”: What is going on with the war in Ukraine? How much longer will the Russians continue to fight? Should America continue to support Ukraine’s defense efforts? On this episode, Jim Carafano, vice president of the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, answers these questions and talks about his recent visit to Ukraine, giving us a vivid, insider look at the communities where war is being fought. It’s a special interview you won’t want to miss. Listen here.

Check out Heritage’s complete lineup of podcasts here.

President Biden’s disastrous economic policies have driven up costs and impoverished American families, Steve Moore, Heritage’s distinguished fellow in economics, told Newsmax. Watch the clip here.

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