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AFPI’s Public Comments on the Department of Labor’s Independent Contractor Rule
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December 12, 2022 The Honorable Martin Walsh Secretary U.S. Department of Labor 200 Constitution Avenue NW Washington D.C., 20210 RE: Notice of proposed rulemaking: Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (RIN 1235-AA43) Dear Secretary Walsh: We at the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) write you…
View EntryFACT SHEET: Why You Need to Understand the ESG Threat
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Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investing is resulting in money managers allocating capital to meet their personal political and social goals rather than prioritizing financial security for their clients. This transformation of companies and Americans’ retirement savings is causing higher energy prices, threatening national security, and undermining the incomes of…
View EntryProtecting Due Process on Public University Campuses After the New Title IX Regulation
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The biden administration’s proposed title IX regulation weakens due process protections The Biden Administration’s proposed Title IX regulation will allow universities to revert to the Obama Administration’s deeply flawed framework for investigating sexual misconduct allegations on college campuses. It would undermine due process protections guaranteed under the current regulation because…
View EntryThree Approaches to improving Viewpoint Diversity at State colleges and Universities
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intellectual diversity has vanished from U.S. college campuses A truly liberal education requires the freedom and opportunity to explore a wide range of viewpoints. Exposure to a diversity of perspectives on campus also builds viewpoint tolerance and intellectual humility in college graduates. When students learn that people of goodwill and…
View EntryCombating Antisemitism on U.S. College Campuses
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The number of recorded antisemitic incidents in the U.S. reached an all-time high in 2021 (Anti-Defamation League, 2022a). In recent years, American universities have become increasingly hostile environments for Jewish students and faculty because of policies instituted by the universities themselves and pressure from student groups. At the University of…
View EntryRequiring Photo ID to Vote.
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REQUIRING A PHOTO ID TO VOTE ENSURES THAT THE VOTER IS WHOm THEY CLAIM TO BE—MAKING IT EASY TO VOTE BUT HARD TO CHEAT A government-issued photo identification (“photo ID”) is a fundamental requirement of an effective electoral system that protects the validity of every vote and voter. Photo IDs…
View EntryAmerican Jewry and the Search for American Moral Confidence
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Recent trends, including a dramatic spike in anti-Semitic attacks in New York City over the last two years and a recent poll that found more than a quarter of American Jewish millennials conceal their Jewish identity due mainly to anti-Israel pressure on campuses, have invited the question of whether it…
View EntryProtecting Students’ Expressive Rights on Public College Campuses
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Colleges and universities are failing to protect students’ expressive rights College students are afraid to speak their minds on campuses around the country today. A 2022 Foundation for Individual Rights and [removed]FIRE) survey of 45,000 students on 203 campuses found that only 13% of students are “very comfortable” expressing their…
View Entry25 State Higher Education Policy Priorities of The America First Agenda
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I. Improve the climate for free expression on America college and universities campuses Several studies have documented a campus crisis related to limits on free expression. Students routinely exercise self-censorship and say they cannot discuss controversial issues of public and social policy. According to the Foundation for Individual Rights and…
View EntryAmerica needs U-Turn away from Biden’s inflationary over-spending
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Originally Published in Fox News Following the recent midterm elections, where the American public changed the House majority by a cumulative margin of more than 3 million votes, President Joe Biden’s reaction was not a reevaluation of his policies. Instead, he responded that he is going to do “nothing” different…
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