Heritage Foundation

The Heritage Foundation is the nation’s most broadly supported public policy research institute, with more than 453,000 individual, foundation and corporate donors. Heritage, founded in February 1973, mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.

Most Recent Articles by Heritage Foundation:

West Virginia Turns to Prayer as Obama’s ‘Clean Power’ Looms January 28, 2016
“We need a higher power to change the hearts and minds of those who want to destroy Appalachia.”—Roger Horton, Citizens for Coal
How Michigan and Ohio Made It Harder to Accidentally Break the Law January 28, 2016
Proponents of mens rea say a "criminal intent" requirement serves as a guard against overcriminalization by protecting people from accidentally breaking the law.
How Unions Hope to Win a $15 Minimum Wage in California January 27, 2016
“One in four Californians is living in poverty because wages are too low to feed a family. We have to do better by our kids,” Assembly member Roger Hernández says.
Pay No Attention to What Planned Parenthood Is Doing Behind the Curtain January 27, 2016
Texas has refused to indict Planned Parenthood for violating a Texas statute that prohibits the attempted sale of human organs.
Senate Democrats Seek to Lift Ban on Taxpayer-Funded Gun Research January 26, 2016
Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., complains that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has no budget to address "gun violence."
Oakland’s Minimum Wage Is Up, Wal-Mart Is Out January 25, 2016
“This higher city minimum wage eliminated the jobs of the very workers advocates wanted to help,” James Sherk, a research fellow in labor economics at The Heritage Foundation, said.
GOP Senators Push Attorney General to Investigate EPA Over WOTUS January 25, 2016
In addition, the EPA also employed a social media platform called Thunderclap to solicit comments favorable to the rule.
Farm Owners Lose Appeal, Ordered to Pay $13,000 for Declining to Host Same-Sex Wedding January 22, 2016
“All Americans should be free to live and work according to their beliefs, especially in our own back yards,” the farmers' lawyer, Caleb Dalton, said
Poll: Majority of Americans Want Restrictions on Abortion January 21, 2016
Americans want commonsense legislation that limits abortion and they want it by wide margins," Knights of Columbus official Patrick Kelly says
Detroit Public School Teacher ‘Sick Out‘ Underway While Just 8% of Students Can Read Pro January 21, 2016
Detroit teachers and other district employees protested in 2015
Lawsuit Challenges Obama’s Executive Actions to Restrict Gun Sales January 20, 2016
A conservative activist has gone to court to stop executive actions to restrict guns by President Obama
Planned Parenthood Abuses the Law to Stop Dissent January 20, 2016
This use of RICO could backfire, for multiple reasons.
What the Iranian Nuclear Implementation Day Means for US January 19, 2016
Iran will regain access to around $100 billion in unfrozen assets.
How the Expensive War on Poverty Failed January 19, 2016
The official poverty rate has hovered between ten and fifteen percent for 50 years
This 71-Year-Old Woman Didn’t Commit a Crime. But She Fought the Gov’t to Get Her Seized Jeep January 18, 2016
The Rock Island County Sheriff's Department seized a 2009 Jeep Compass after its driver was arrested for driving with a suspended office. The driver, though, didn't own the car.
Freshman Senator Fights to Save Senate Tradition January 15, 2016
What did that get us? The government takeover of the New Deal, the mandates of the Great Society, and, most recently, Obamacare.
Obama Judicial Nominee Who Accused Reagan of ‘Bigotry’ Faces Confirmation Vote January 15, 2016
Wilhelmina Marie Wright, who in 1989 accused President Reagan of "bigotry," is President Obama's nominee to a federal judgeship.
NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre Challenges Obama to One-on-One Debate About Guns January 14, 2016
Americans will judge for themselves who they trust and believe on this issue,' NRA Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer Wayne LaPierre said.
2015 Had the Most Terror Plots in the US Since 9/11 January 14, 2016
There has been a noticeable increase in not just attacks and plots, but also the financing or material support for ISIS, or attempts to travel abroad as a foreign fighter.
What Obama Got Wrong in the State of the Union January 13, 2016
The Economy Is Far From Booming
From Inside the Supreme Court, the Key Exchanges on a Case Pitting Unions vs. First Amendment January 11, 2016
Activist rally outside of the Supreme Court during arguments for Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association on Jan. 11
California Teachers Gear Up to Take Fight Against Unions to Supreme Court (video) January 11, 2016
On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association
This GOP Congressman Is Working to Defund Obama’s Executive Gun Control Measures January 8, 2016
'This administration has overreached more often than any other administration in my memory and the only tool that seems to deter them is the power of the purse,' says Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas
The President’s Gun Plan Puts Radical Ideology Over National Security January 8, 2016
This should concern everyone; whether you lean to the left, the right, or somewhere in the middle.
Background Checks for Guns ‘Don’t Solve the Problem,’ This House Republican Says January 7, 2016
Instead of pushing new gun controls, Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., said the president should work with Congress to fix a 'broken' mental health system.
House Conservatives Warn Paul Ryan: ‘Honeymoon Is Over’ January 7, 2016
House Speaker Paul Ryan has said he wants to pursue a proactive conservative agenda in 2016, and his peers are holding him to that
The Facts Behind 4 of Obama’s Claims About Guns January 6, 2016
'The problem is, some gun sellers have been operating under a different set of rules,' President Obama said Tuesday in announcing executive actions to restrict ownership.
Obama’s Executive Actions on Guns Are All Politics January 6, 2016
Once again, President Obama is back to the “look, look, we’re doing something” strategy as opposed to going back to the drawing board and working with Congress
How the Government Held Back a Real Housing Market Recovery in 2015 January 5, 2016
The great irony is that housing has only become less affordable for most Americans despite all of these federal government programs arbitrarily established to make it “affordable.”
Obama’s Climate Deal Leaves Blue-Collar, Rural Voters Out in the Cold January 5, 2016
Their real victory was winning applause from the United Nations for Obama’s go-it-alone carbon regulations without triggering an immediate political disaster back here at home