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Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 fundamentally reshaped the country, prohibiting discrimination based on sex in any educational program or activity that receives federal funding. Once considered a feminist triumph, Title IX leveled the educational field for women, allowing them educational, athletic, and career opportunities never before possible. Best known for its applications to sports and sexual harassment, the law covers a wide range of American education at both the K-12 and secondary level.But on the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the Biden administration is poised to eviscerate long-standing protections for women and girls by expanding “sex” to include sexual orientation and gender identity. Schools would be forced to open housing, locker rooms, sports teams, admissions, and other sex-specific offerings to the opposite sex. And this is just one of the changes the Biden administration has proposed with its new rule.Join us as a panel of experts and advocates discusses how the gains of the women’s movement and women’s equality and opportunity are teetering on the brink of erasure, and hear strategies for fighting back. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words is a follow-on book to the wildly successful documentary by the same name. Based on excerpts from the over 30 hours of groundbreaking, one-on-one interviews, this new book lets Justice Thomas explain his thinking on important issues and recount his inspiring life story, his rise from a childhood of poverty and prejudice in the segregated South to the highest court in the land.Film producer and co-author Michael Pack, who interviewed Justice Thomas, and co-author Mark Paoletta, a lawyer in the George H.W. Bush White House Counsel’s Office who played a key role in the confirmation effort for Justice Thomas, will sit down with us for an intimate evening discussion about their highly anticipated book. We hope you can join us for this timeless account of faith, race, power, jurisprudence, and personal resilience. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Confucius Institutes, once a strategic part of China’s overseas influence campaign, have almost disappeared from the United States: 104 of 118 have shut down. But the demise of Confucius Institutes has not deterred the Chinese government, which has persuaded American colleges and universities to reopen and rebrand Confucius Institute programs under new names. A new report from the National Association of Scholars, After Confucius Institutes: China's Enduring Influence on American Higher Education, documents the new ways in which the Chinese government exerts undue influence on American colleges and universities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Supreme Court is poised to correct a grave error and relegate Roe v. Wade to the dustbin of history. The pro-life movement will then enter a new phase of building a culture of life. Join us for a symposium featuring panel discussions on one of the most talked-about topics in America right now: What does life after Roe really look like? Leading legal, medical, and policy experts will provide their analysis of the opportunities—and challenges—facing policymakers and the American people in their work to protect unborn children, empower their mothers, and strengthen families. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Does easing teenagers’ access to cross-sex medical interventions such as puberty blockers and hormones protect against adolescent suicide, as the left claims, or do such interventions have the opposite effect?In a new study, The Effect of Access to Puberty Blockers and Cross-Sex Hormones on Youth Suicide Rates, Heritage Foundation senior research fellow Jay Greene, Ph.D. conducts an empirical analysis that examines this question – and finds alarming results. Using a superior research design, his analysis finds that easing minors’ access to cross-sex medical interventions is associated with a significant increase in the adolescent suicide rate.Join us for a discussion about these important findings that have life-long implications for children and what they mean for teachers, counselors, doctors, and parents. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Government spending, regulations, and inflation are a tax on all Americans. With a massive spending binge causing inflation to hit rates not seen in four decades, it’s no wonder these issues are top of mind for working Americans struggling to make ends meet.Conservatives are going on offense and developing plans that offer real solutions to reverse the growth of government spending and ease inflation for the American people.Hear from those leading the charge as Senator Mike Braun, Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Banks, and RSC Budget lead, Representative Kevin Hern, share their plans for curbing the out-of-control government spending impacting our country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Supreme Court is under attack by Leftists in Congress and President Biden, who have assembled a committee to examine so-called reforms to the court in the hopes of packing it for their own political gain. Court packing would irrevocably alter the Supreme Court and the fabric of our country, turning the nation’s highest court into a partisan weapon.Senator Mike Lee, a respected member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and author of the new book, Saving Nine: The Fight Against the Left’s Audacious Plan to Pack the Supreme Court and Destroy American Liberty, joins Heritage President Kevin Roberts for a discussion on the left’s destructive SCOTUS agenda and why it’s so crucial to stop it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As Russia rattles its nuclear saber while waging war on Ukraine and China drastically expands its nuclear arsenal, maintaining a strong American nuclear deterrent is critical. Congressman Doug Lamborn (R-CO) knows this well, as he works on these challenges every day as the Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.Tune in as he joins Heritage expert Patty-Jane Geller to discuss a number of critical issues, ranging from the Biden administration’s controversial decisions to cancel key nuclear programs to Russia’s nuclear threats and addressing the rise of China as a nuclear peer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The House, with only Democrat support, passed legislation that would impose a federal price control system on consumer fuel. The bill would provide politicians and bureaucrats near limitless power to interfere with energy markets and repeat mistakes from the 1970s that resulted in gas shortages. Join us as we discuss the legislation and similar misguided efforts and how government intervention is already exacerbating the pain Americans are feeling at the pump. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Since taking the helm of the Department of the Air Force last year, Secretary Frank Kendall has set the Air Force on a course to prepare for a conflict with a peer adversary by focusing on seven operational imperatives. Among the seven is the direction to increase the readiness of the department to transition to a wartime posture against a peer competitor.There are reasons to be concerned about Air Force readiness. The combat air force is half the size it was in 1991. Readiness rates, as reflected by flying hours, have decreased to all-time lows with fighter pilots who received more than 200 hours of flying time to prepare for a war with the Soviet Union now receiving less than 120 a year. Aircraft fleet readiness numbers are low. And the Operational Readiness Inspection teams that once evaluated a unit’s ability to rapidly mobilize, generate, and successfully execute combat sorties no longer exist.Join us for a conversation on the key indicators for capacity, capability, and readiness and to hear Secretary Kendall’s ideas and insights on this key topic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.