The Story on November’s Food Stamps “Cuts”
The latest buzz about food stamps is that benefit amounts will be “cut” beginning November 1. But what is this “cut”? Basically, it’s the benefit… Read More
Helping Addicts Off the Streets: A Legacy of Lives Restored
Last week, the nation lost a true champion of civil society with the passing of Bob Coté. Thirty years ago, Coté launched Step 13, a… Read More
Family Fact of the Week: Stagnant Poverty Numbers Signal Need for Change
The number of people in poverty in America stagnated in 2012, according to a recent report by the U.S. Census Bureau. This comes as no… Read More
Convert Food Stamps to a Work Activation Program
Earlier this summer, the House took an important step in separating the bloated farm bill into an agriculture-only bill and a food stamp bill, which… Read More
Morning Bell: 5 Ways Obama Has Trampled the Constitution
Today, the Constitution turns 226 years old. Let’s not forget it states that the President “shall take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed.” The… Read More
Are 14 Percent of Americans Chronically Hungry?
Earlier this week, a New York Times editorial claimed that 14.5 percent of U.S. households are experiencing “pangs of chronic hunger.” This figure is based… Read More
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5 Immigration Falsehoods from the White House
Congress gets back to its regularly scheduled work on Monday—and there’s plenty of immigration propaganda greeting them. The falsehoods from the White House just keep… Read More
A Swedish (Economic) Lesson for President Obama in One Chart
President Obama is making the first ever bilateral visit to Sweden by a sitting U.S. President. As The Heritage Foundation and Swedish think tank Timbro… Read More
You Won’t Believe This Surfer Living the Food Stamps Dream
This is Jason Greenslate’s typical day: “Wake up, go down to the beach, hang out with my friends, hit on some chicks, start drinking.” He… Read More
Morning Bell: The Imperial President Will Act on His Own
In a recent email to supporters, President Obama lamented the frustrating inadequacy of his office. “There’s only so much I can do on my own”… Read More
Left Claims 80 Percent of Americans “Economically Insecure”
Eighty percent of U.S. adults are “economically insecure,” according to media reports of a new study. But just what is “economic insecurity”? Are most Americans… Read More
How Are We Losing the War on Poverty?
After trillions of dollars in welfare spending, “we’re losing the War on Poverty,” said Representative Paul Ryan (R–WI) last week. In 1964, President Lyndon B…. Read More
Health CareNews
900,000 Reasons Obamacare Is Bad: Moving Americans from Work to Welfare
Obamacare is not only hurting small businesses and economic growth. It might also give nearly a million low-income individuals a reason to leave work for… Read More
SocietyNews
Want to Rebuild Opportunity, Mr. President? Start with Welfare Reform
In the kick-off to his most recent speaking tour, President Obama said the United States must “rebuild ladders of opportunity for all those Americans who… Read More
SocietyNews
101 Million Americans Received Food Aid Last Year
Nearly one-third of Americans received government-funded food aid in 2012, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). As Heritage Foundation… Read More
Orphans Should Wait No More
Today in the United States, there are 400,540 children in the foster care system. Approximately 104,236 of these are orphans waiting for adoptive families to… Read More
SecurityNews
Immigration: Study on Taxes Leaves Out Costs of Amnesty
The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) released a report today calculating “Undocumented Immigrants’ State and Local Tax Contributions.” It concludes that “the 11.2… Read More
SocietyNews
DeMint: Do Traditional Marriage Supporters Deserve to Be Treated with Dignity?
Some people can’t seem to understand why anyone would support marriage as the union of a man and a woman. Indeed, Justice Anthony Kennedy argued… Read More
Farm Bill: The House of Second Chances
The farm bill died in the House—but could it live again? House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) is reportedly pushing to split up the old… Read More
What Miss Utah Should Have Said
Miss Utah made headlines and lit up Twitter feeds with her infamous answer at the Miss USA Pageant. The judge asked Miss Utah, Marissa Powell,… Read More
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Frederick Douglass: From Slavery to Freedom to Statuesque
The only thing that’s really surprising is that it took so long. Lawmakers recently unveiled a statue of Frederick Douglass in the Emancipation Hall of… Read More
SecurityNews
CBO Report Shows Us Worse Off After Immigration Reform (VIDEO)
If 10 guests of The Heritage Foundation each bought a bag of popcorn during one visit, and 20 guests bought the same size bag at… Read More
Speaker Boehner: What’s “Free Market” About the Farm Bill?
The latest House action on the $1 trillion farm bill comes straight from the playbook “Do as I Say, Not as I Do.” House Speaker… Read More
Morning Bell: Congress Is Trying to Fool You on Immigration
Congress is trying to fool you. Here’s how they do business. A piece of legislation is going to cost trillions of dollars, but Members of… Read More
Should Food Stamps Be in Farm Bill? Congressman Seeks to Split Legislation
Representative Marlin Stutzman (R-IN), a fourth-generation farmer, is asking his House colleagues to separate the food stamp program from the “farm” bill. Stutzman said he… Read More
Family Fact: Fatherlessness in America
Sixty percent of kids in Richmond, Virginia, are without a dad in the home, reports First Things First of Greater Richmond. First Things First works… Read More
20 Completely Unjustified Programs in the House Farm Bill
The House of Representatives is preparing to vote on a $1 trillion package of agriculture subsidies and welfare benefits that exemplifies warped federal policy. Within… Read More
Reagan and the 1980s: Back to the Future
Fans of pop culture and pop history are enjoying a documentary series on the National Geographic Channel: The ’80s, The Decade That Made Us. A… Read More
Poverty: Americans Blame Welfare
Americans say government welfare is the biggest reason for poverty, according to a new Wall Street Journal and NBC News poll. “Given a list of… Read More
Senator Ted Cruz Says Farm Bill “Does Considerably More Harm Than Good”
The U.S. Senate voted 66 to 27 today for the farm bill, legislation that costs nearly $1 trillion and is composed mostly of food stamps…. Read More
