Abstract: Unions have been a familiar part of American working life for more than 70 years. Less familiar is the state of the union movement today: More union members now work for the government than for private employers. The above-market salaries and benefits that…
The Heritage Foundation's This Week in Washington Video discusses the declining support for Congress and the Obama Administration's big-ticket legislative priorities as well as the rumored 4th of July missile launch by North Korea in the direction of …
Todd Gaziano tells us why a race-based government is unconstitutional …
Todd Gaziano discusses detriments of a race-based government in Hawaii on Heritage In Focus. …
An Unconstitutional Act is Back: Like a vampire in a B movie we thought was long dead, the United States Congress is re-considering the "Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act" (now designated as S.310), a bill to authorize the creation of a race-based government for native Hawaiians living throughout the United…
Taxpayers funding Washington's $20,000-per-household budget have long known they are not getting their money's worth. Farm subsidies are among the most wasteful uses of taxpayer dollars. The budget-busting $180 billion farm bill enacted before the 2002 elections not only encourages the crop overproduction that depresses crop prices and farm incomes, but also undermines trade and…
Friday morning, a massive earthquake hit Japan and spawned a massive tsunami that is sweeping across the Pacific,...…
When Education Secretary Arne Duncan first unveiled his Race to the Top (RttT) program in July of last year, he admitted...…
This past April, on the last day of the legislative session, the Hawaii House of Representatives voted 31–20 in favor...…
The U.S. House is expected to vote today on the creation of the largest tribal entity in U.S. history under the Native...…
By now, you've heard the news. On Christmas Day, a 23-year-old Nigerian named Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab tried to blow...…
The news from Hawaii that the state is ending its experiment in universal health coverage for children may well be the...…