Ericka Andersen is a freelance writer and the author of "Reason to Return: Why Women Need the Church and the Church Needs Women." She is a columnist for World magazine and reporter for Christianity Today.
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What’s the number one antidote to child poverty in America? Marriage. The truth is that children born to married-parent families are 82 percent less likely… Read More
We are so excited you’ll be joining us for the vice presidential debate tonight! Share your debate watching with us—join us this evening by taking… Read More
Join The Heritage Foundation tonight as we live stream the first of four presidential debates between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney. The debate… Read More
Join Heritage’s policy experts on Thursday morning for a Twitter chat discussing the issues in the presidential debate. We’ll be discussing the economy, health care,… Read More
Come behind the scenes of The Heritage Foundation’s work on Capitol Hill and around the country. Heritage recently launched an Instagram account, where we’re be… Read More
“It’s a girl!” Usually, this phrase is heard as a declaration of joy—but in some parts of the world, it can be a literal… Read More
What if not winning a gold medal in the Olympics meant being cast out of society and forced into a labor camp when you returned… Read More
A woman won’t become the CEO of anything if she is overly focused on the so-called “gender gap” in her field. Marissa Mayer is the… Read More
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At least 58 people are dead in Nigeria, victims of another religiously motivated attack against Christians from the Muslim group Boko Haram. Hundreds of Boko… Read More
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The Supreme Court made their decision this morning but the fight over Obamacare does not end today. The Heritage Foundation will continue to fight for… Read More
Think sex-selective abortions—known as gendercide—happen only in China? Wrong. This week, Live Action films produced an undercover video of a Texas Planned Parenthood employee explaining… Read More
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There aren’t many people who justify comparisons to Nelson Mandela, but longtime Burmese political dissident Aung San Suu Kyi is one of the few. For… Read More
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The ongoing drama behind the story of Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng continues to unfold daily. After spending four years in prison and two years on… Read More
If you told recovering alcoholic and drug addict Hermon Blount a year ago that he’d soon be getting up 3 or 4 days a week… Read More
Claire Waites, an Alabama school teacher who joined the local teachers union to obtain liability insurance, was pressured by her union to donate to the… Read More
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Today, thousands of Americans gathered peacefully at over 140 capitols, government buildings and historical sites across the United States to protest the government’s latest attempt… Read More
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Liberals have declared that there is a “war on women” in the United States but is that really true? A little bit of international perspective… Read More
Americans are upset over the rising cost of gasoline. As the national average for regular unleaded climbs to nearly $4 per gallon, President Obama’s approval… Read More
Constitutional conservatism is alive and well in America today. From conservatives in Congress working to roll back big government spending to the backlash over Obamacare’s… Read More
Should judges act based upon reasoned legal arguments, or based upon their personal feelings and media coverage? A controversial recent “statement” made by Justices Ginsburg… Read More
With the anniversary of Roe v. Wade this week — and as pro-life demonstrators assemble across the nation in defense of life — feminists should… Read More
The official end of U.S. operations in Iraq last week calls to mind controversial issues from the past decade. One of the most important intellectual… Read More
In case you’re not keeping track, it has been nearly 1,000 days since the United States Senate passed a budget. Meanwhile, America’s fiscal nightmare keeps… Read More
Small businesses that are important to the safety and security of the nation are being gravely threatened by deep defense spending cuts. The NAVSYS Corporation… Read More
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Sometimes the White House gets the easy questions wrong. On Tuesday, White House press secretary Jay Carney was asked about a controversial mandate stemming from… Read More
Want to hear something disturbing? China has increased its defense budget by double digits every year for the last 20 years. Just as China seems… Read More
The 39-story United Nations headquarters stands on the banks of the East River in Manhattan. But now the U.N. is planning the construction of a… Read More
President Obama may believe that America’s “reset” policy with Russia is the correct move to cover important foreign policy bases, but the policy is deeply… Read More
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Today, an Iranian Christian pastor’s life hangs in the balance as he sits in a prison in Iran. Yousef Nadarkhani was handed a death sentence… Read More
Free trade agreements (FTAs) have economically benefited nations the world over since their inception. Poverty rates in countries with low trade barriers are significantly lower,… Read More
