Category: Heritage Foundation

US Military Needs More Might to Fight 2 Major Conflicts: Heritage Foundation

The U.S. military is in need of more resources if it’s to continue the goal of being capable of fighting two major conflicts simultaneously, according to The Heritage Foundation’s 2022 Index of U.S. Military Strength. The Heritage Foundation’s annual military index, which was first released in 2015, provides a sweeping overview of U.S. national security issues,…


National Teachers’ Union to ‘Research’ Organizations that Oppose Their Teachers’ ‘Anti-Racist’ Work

The National Education Association (NEA) announced a plan to increase resources toward collecting information about organizations that oppose curriculum or training based on the quasi-Marxist critical race theory (CRT) model, which the NEA calls “anti-racist” work. “NEA will research the organizations attacking educators doing anti-racist work and/or use the research already done and put together a list…


Heritage Foundation Pledges to Refuse Big Tech Donations Over Censorship Concerns

The Heritage Foundation on Tuesday pledged to refuse funds from Big Tech companies “as long as they continue to suppress conservative viewpoints.” The announcement comes weeks after the conservative think tank declined donations from Google and Facebook because of the companies’ censoring of persons and groups with conservative points of view. Heritage, a public policy…


Conservative Black Leaders Call Attacks on New Georgia Voting Reform Law ‘Misinformation’

A group of 21 black leaders defended Georgia’s recently passed voting law in a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee members on Tuesday, calling the criticism of such laws a campaign to sow division and misinformation as part of a broader agenda by the Democrats to nationalize voting laws. “It has become clear that even well-intentioned critics of the law…


Conservative Heritage Foundation Turns Down Six-Figure Donations From Google, Facebook

Conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation has declined donations from Google and Facebook because of the companies’ censoring of persons and groups with conservative points of view. Outgoing foundation president Kay C. James sent letters to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai explaining that the Heritage Foundation could “not in good conscience accept money” from companies…


Heritage Foundation President and Executive Vice President to Step Down

The president and vice president of the Heritage Foundation are both resigning, they announced on Monday. Kay James, the president, will stay on for up to six months until a replacement is found. After that, she’ll become a distinguished visiting fellow at the foundation, which promotes conservative ideas. Kim Holmes, the executive vice president, will…


Heritage Foundation President, Executive Vice President to Step Down

The president and executive vice president of the Heritage Foundation are both resigning, they announced on March 22. Kay Coles James, the president, will stay on for up to six months until a replacement is found. After that, she’ll become a distinguished visiting fellow at the foundation, which promotes conservative ideas. Kim Holmes, the executive vice…


US Gets Its Lowest Score for Economic Freedom in Decades

WASHINGTON—Economic freedom in the United States has dropped to an all-time low due to its deteriorating fiscal health, according to an annual index of the world’s freest economies. The U.S. economic freedom score has declined 1.8 points this year to 74.8, Heritage Foundation, a conservative U.S. think-tank, announced last week. While the U.S. economy remains “mostly…


Video: The Agenda Behind Social Justice Movements, With Mike Gonzalez

There is a clear and organized agenda behind social justice narratives, and to learn more about this we’ve invited to speak with us Mike Gonzalez, author of “The Plot to Change America: How Identity Politics is Dividing the Land of the Free” and a senior fellow on E Pluribus Unum at Heritage Foundation. These stories…


$32 Billion for Public Transit in COVID-19 Relief Bill Wasteful: Researcher

The more than $32 billion promised to public transit agencies in President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill is excessive and wasteful, according to David Ditch, budget and transportation researcher at conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation, who says the money represents an effort to perpetuate a political gravy train. The money represents some…