Op-Ed: Move school board elections to boost parent turnout

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This article originally appeared in USA Today on March 15, 2023 Today, state legislators have an important opportunity to help ensure that the voices of all Americans are heard. As the American experiment continues, state governments can adapt their laws to structures that protect the rights of all citizens. Legislatures…

Op-Ed: China is not invincible, nor is its path to dominance preordained

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This article originally appeared in Washington Times on March 15, 2023 In some quarters of the professional foreign policy establishment, a notion is taking hold that a rising China is destined to become the world’s dominant power and that the best hope for America is to “manage national decline.” This…

Op-Ed: No Credit

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This article originally appeared in American Mind on March 14, 2023 When the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Board of Trustees passed a unanimous resolution calling on campus leaders to “accelerate” the “development of a School of Civic Life and Leadership” in late January, Belle Wheelan, president…

STATEMENT: AFPI Commends Bill Requiring Transparency and Integrity in Education

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released the following statement commending state-level legislation that protects parents rights while promoting transparency and integrity in education. “I can think of no greater blessing than raising my children. Sure, it was challenging, and some days even felt impossible. But,…

Op-Ed: Chinese officials knowingly permitted COVID-19 virus to spread around the world.

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This article originally appeared in Washington Times on March 13, 2023 According to the Biden administration’s 2022 National Security Strategy, because the Cold War “is definitely over,” we now live in a “new era of competition.” We are competing with China in this new era as a “strategic competitor.” This…

FACT SHEET: How Fentanyl Enters American Communities

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Debunking False Claims about Fentanyl At the Border Facts from Recent House Committee Hearings:

Op-Ed: Biden Bungles Our Security While China Mediates Saudi-Iran Peace

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This article originally appeared in Newsmax on March 10, 2023 In what may be the biggest diplomatic setback for the United States in decades, China has negotiated an agreement to restore diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran. Under this agreement, Iran and Saudi Arabia will reopen their embassies; they’ve…

Evaluating the Biden Administration’s Budget Proposals

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STATEMENT: AFPI Applauds the Passage of Arkansas Education Reform 

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Washington, D.C. — Today, America First Policy Institute (AFPI) released the following statement after Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed the LEARNS Act, an education bill that will increase teacher pay, reform early education, and expand school choice for all students. “Every American student deserves the opportunity to receive a…

Op-Ed: Modernize Medicare Without Cutting Benefits or Raising Taxes

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Let’s begin with three indisputable facts. First, the Medicare hospital trust fund is projected to run out of money in 2028, triggering a 10% payment cut for medical providers that will get larger as the imbalance between payroll tax collection and Part A benefits grows. Second, this type of indiscriminate,…