SocietyCommentary
Cuomo’s Resignation Is Not Enough. He Must Be Held Accountable.
New York has a long and storied history of corrupt, immoral, and even downright stupid politicians. From the glory days of Tammany Hall, when the… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Fact-Checking 4 Claims About COVID-19 in Florida Spike
It’s summer, and that means a fresh wave of stories about COVID-19 in Florida. Last year, the press fixated on the state’s rising case and… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Fact-Checking the Fact-Checkers: What Anti-Critical Race Theory Legislation Actually Does
After the House of Representatives voted 415-14 to make Juneteenth a national holiday, New York Times national political reporter Astead Herndon tweeted, “its kinda amazing:… Read More
SocietyCommentary
San Francisco Is Most Racist City in America, According to Critical Race Theory
San Francisco may have a well-earned reputation as the most progressive city in the nation. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has represented the… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Less Is More: Restoring the Founders’ Original Vision for Our Constitutional Republic
One of the main objectives of the great American experiment was to move away from a system of top-down rule by the powerful elite over… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Oregon Capitol Staff to Get Pay Raise for COVID-19 ‘Inconvenience’
An early-December memo from Oregon Senate President Peter Courtney and House Speaker Tina Kotek outlined state lawmakers’ budget for the six-month legislative session that kicks… Read More
SocietyCommentary
State and Federal Laws Move to Erase Biology and Women
As the new year begins, elected officials at both the state and federal level are already busy manipulating language in order to erase biology in… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
A 2020 Election Redo in 4 States? Here Are the Details About Texas Lawsuit
If Texas has its way, the 2020 presidential election won’t be over soon. The state of Texas has filed an unprecedented motion with the U.S…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
Crackdown on ‘Gendered Language’ Does Not Bode Well for Free Speech
The mayor of Portland, Ted Wheeler, announced on Twitter just after his reelection that the City Council approved a removal of “gendered language”—meaning feminine and… Read More
LawCommentary
You’ve Come a Long Way, Florida
Election Day 2020 was many things to many people—depending on your age, philosophy, and geography. It’s probably a Rorschach test for the country. It’s a… Read More
SocietyCommentary
California Policies Foreshadow a Nation Enslaved to Identity Politics
While a pandemic has swept the country and wildfires rage through the West, California’s leadership and Legislature are spearheading a movement to ensure that the state is enslaved to identity… Read More
EducationCommentary
Some Schools Don’t Want You to Know What They Are Teaching Your Kids. That’s a Problem.
Six months into the pandemic, some traditions will still not be upset by a virus. As approximately half of K-12 schools are only offering online… Read More
SocietyCommentary
California’s COVID-19 Restrictions Go Too Far
California is proving it’s more authoritarian than ever. As many other states have reopened in stages, California officials have opened the Golden State, too—except they… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Michigan’s Coronavirus Response Stretches Constitution
During the past several months, COVID-19 policies have stretched the constitutions of Michigan and other states, as well as the U.S. Constitution. Governors across the… Read More
Health CareCommentary
COVID-19 Cases, Deaths Remain Concentrated: Heritage’s Tracker—and New Graphic Tool—Provide Context
As Heritage Foundation researchers have demonstrated throughout the pandemic, the spread of COVID-19 in the U.S. has been heavily concentrated in a small number of… Read More
LawCommentary
21 States Move to Support This Praying Coach for Round 2
Remember the case of Joe Kennedy, the Marine Corps veteran-turned-high school football coach who was suspended, then fired, halfway through the season a few years… Read More
EconomyCommentary
In Michigan, Governor’s COVID-19 Orders Crush Businesses
Probably no topic since World War II has dominated the news as long as COVID-19 has. Many articles have focused on the policy differences between… Read More
LawCommentary
After the Supreme Court’s Oklahoma Decision, the Rights of Accused on Tribal Land Are Up in the Air. Congress Should Make Things Clearer, Not Less So.
On the last day of the Supreme Court’s pandemic-extended term, the court declared that nearly half the state of Oklahoma remained reservation land. This thrust… Read More
Health CareNews
Tale of 2 States: New York’s COVID-19 Death Toll Far Greater Than Florida’s
Florida and New York are states with similar population sizes, but dramatically different approaches to the COVID-19 pandemic. New York has almost 30 times as… Read More
Obamacare’s Dumping Ground
If President Obama—or anyone else—is expecting that Medicaid will be Obamacare’s salvation, look elsewhere. The president said last week that “We’ve got close to 7… Read More
A Big Day for Medicaid in Ohio: Not So Fast
The fight over Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion is still raging in Ohio, and today will be a decisive day in that battle as Governor John Kasich… Read More
3 Reasons These 3 Governors Want to #StopObamacare
People everywhere are buzzing about Obamacare and with exchanges opening in just 27 days, opponents of the massive bill are doing everything they can to… Read More
Coal Ash Bill Empowers States
The House will soon consider Representative David McKinley’s (R–WV) Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act (H.R. 2218), which would block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)… Read More
WATCH: Heritage Hangout on Common Core Education Standards
The rubber is meeting the road with the Obama Administration’s Common Core education standards. As the standards start to affect students in the classroom, even… Read More
WATCH: Heritage Hangout on Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion
One of the main ways Obamacare was supposed to extend health insurance was by putting more people on Medicaid, the federal-state health care program that… Read More
Morning Bell: President Says Obamacare Is Going Great
Obamacare is “working fine,” President Obama said yesterday in his press conference. It’s made health insurance “stronger, better, more secure than it was before.” There… Read More
Internet Sales Tax: Your Online Shopping Could Cost More
Think buying your favorite products online is a good deal? You could face higher costs for online shopping if Congress approves a new sales tax… Read More
Time to Rethink Federal Highway Trust Fund Spending
The Highway Trust Fund (HTF), which funds most surface interstate transportation programs, from roads to bridges, faces insolvency in a few short years. In a… Read More
Morning Bell: Internet Sales Tax Is a State Money Grab
Why are states so eager to collect taxes on Internet sales? In short, because they could grab money from other states. Heritage legal expert David… Read More
Common Core Standards: How States Are Roped In (VIDEO)
What happens when the federal government extends its overreach into America’s classrooms? Should all states be forced to teach kids the same thing? Heritage’s Lindsey… Read More
