• There’s almost no pay gap for single childless women, but the wage gap begins to widen around age 25, likely due to choices about family roles.
• Fewer mothers than fathers say they would rather work full time than part time.
• Overwhelmingly, men work in the most dangerous jobs and those jobs generally pay higher wages.

By: Patrice Onwuka

• • President Donald Trump released an executive order on January 23, 2025, calling for the creation of AI systems without ideological bias and engineered social agendas.
  • Traditional AI, utilized by Alexa and Google’s search algorithm, conducts specific tasks intelligently without creating anything new.
  • Within ten years, AI has the potential to boost the standard of living for many people and increase gross domestic product (GDP) globally by 7%.

By: Carrie Sheffield

• • Though the U.S. public education system spends nearly $19,000 on each student, 77% of students graduate without proficiency, as averaged across academic subjects. 
  • On a global scale, 15-year-old students in the U.S. placed 9th in reading, 16th in science, and 34th in math.
  • Teachers unions leverage their political power to maintain the public school monopoly, working to prevent the advancement of school choice. In exchange for campaign funding, teachers unions are rewarded political power. 

By: Dr. Keri D. Ingraham

• • Thanks to the TCJA, real wages rose 4.9% after its implementation in 2018.
  • First introduced in 2017, the TCJA lowered America’s corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21%, a reduction that largely benefited workers.
  • Since TCJA became law, GDP has increased by 0.9%—a large amount considering the economy is worth over $27 trillion.
  • Small businesses have benefited from the TCJA. Less than a year after the TCJA’s enactment, the National Federation of Independent Business’ small-business optimism index hit the highest level ever recorded.

By: Carrie Sheffield

• • An American Caregivers Program would give citizens and residents similar work opportunities to those currently provided to young foreigners through the State Department’s au pair program.
  • It could create a new opportunity for Americans to engage live-in caregivers—outside the existing, often unworkably complex, regulatory framework.
  • And the caregiver program would increase the supply of caregivers, and make it easier for people to get the help they need.

By: Carrie Lukas & Heather Madden