D.C. Parents Say School Choice Gives Students a Chance at Success
“Either he doesn’t get it, or he doesn’t care,” Sheila Jackson, parent of a D.C. Opportunity Scholarship recipient, said upon hearing the news that President… Read More
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School Choice: One Student’s Chance for a Better Life
Joseph Kelley knew something was wrong when his son Rashawn flunked first grade. “I knew he knew his alphabet forward and backward, he knew how… Read More
Podcast: Happy Independence Day!
“The principles of our republic must be protected vigilantly at home and defended fearlessly abroad,” Heritage President Edwin J. Feulner states in a special message… Read More
Campaign Finance Freedom Is Freedom for All
This week the U.S. Supreme Court rounded out its session by striking down an Arizona law that provided publicly funded candidates with funds matching those… Read More
Die Hard, Spend Harder
If a Hollywood villain wanted the thrill of hundreds of millions of dollars at his fingertips, he wouldn’t have to stage a high-stakes heist. He’d… Read More
Podcast: Author Ron Miller on Racial Politics
At a recent Heritage event, author Ron Miller said it’s time for black conservatives to admit they’re conservative, even to themselves. In his new book,… Read More
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Conservative Feminism is Not an Oxymoron
Hillary Clinton will be feted this Friday at a “world summit” event hosted by Tina Brown, the editor in chief of Newsweek. This week Brown… Read More
The Colorblind Constitution: Frederick Douglass on Race and America’s Founding
In a move one blogger called “Huck Finning the Constitution,” the 112th Congress left out the infamous “three-fifths compromise” in their much-publicized reading of the… Read More
VIDEO: Senator Kerry to Incoming Senators: “You don’t count.”
Today on the Senate floor, John Kerry (D-MA) informed 15,304,498 voters from 16 states that their democratic voice is better left unheard. Kerry’s remarks came… Read More
An Unconditional Ultimatum
Wall Street Journal opinion columnist James Taranto has thrown down the gauntlet on tax reform. This week he challenged a pro-tax-hike liberal to put his… Read More
Death Tax and Democracy
The fate of small, family-owned businesses hangs in the balance as Congress decides whether or not to finally put the crippling 55% death tax in… Read More
Giving Thanks for Freedom
Between football and pumpkin pie, take a few minutes today to learn about the history of Thanksgiving in America. In this week’s Heritage in Focus… Read More
Nobel Struggle in China
This week, Chinese government censors tried their best to stop the spread of the news jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace… Read More
Heritage in Focus: Matt Spalding on American Exceptionalism
At an event in Florida last week, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives Marco Rubio told a crowd: This race is not your… Read More
Schools Need a Hero
National attention has been focused on education reform at unheard-of levels in the last weeks, with the release of the new documentary “Waiting for Superman”… Read More
AUDIO: What is Iran Up To?
From John Bolton to Jeffrey Goldberg, commentators, journalists and policy movers have been trying to read the tea leaves on Iran’s next nuclear move, Israel’s… Read More
Heritage in Focus: The Bush Tax Cuts and the Deficit Myth
The leftist majority in Congress likes to blame their trillion-dollar budget deficits on the
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Alan Gura and Robert McNamara on McDonald and More
Last week in McDonald vs the City of Chicago, the US Supreme Court held that the right of an individual to possess firearms is protected… Read More
Heritage Podcast: Jonesing for Action to Clean Up the Oil
Why is an act from the 1920s hindering a more efficient effort to clean up the Gulf coast? And why are politicians refusing to budge… Read More
Podcast: Your Tax Dollars and Congress’ Spending Spree
Runaway government spending has been a vocal concern of the burgeoning Tea Party movement since its inception. But many average voters don’t know a lot… Read More
Standardizing Mediocrity in America’s Public Schools
The Obama administration’s Race to the Top program presents states with a choice: adopt national standards for academic performance, or refuse desperately-needed federal dollars. The… Read More
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Podcast: Understanding the UK Election
The results of the UK elections and the new coalition government that has resulted have sparked much commentary and debate. But few Americans actually understand… Read More
Video: Health Care Reform Timeline
The White House knows its signature health care legislation is still deeply unpopular with the American people, which is why it has been desperate to… Read More
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Elena Kagan, Mystery Nominee
Elena Kagan is an enigma as a Supreme Court Justice nominee: her practice record is slender, and her publications are few and far between. In… Read More
