News
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
Work Is the Best Way out of Poverty, Most Americans Agree
Most Americans believe “work is the best solution for poverty,” according to a recent Rasmussen Report. A full 80 percent of Americans agree with this… Read More
Morning Bell: Welfare Reform Is Back
Last summer, the Obama Administration gutted the successful 1996 welfare reform law by offering to waive its work requirements. Now the debate is back, as… Read More
Obama’s Hijacking the American Dream
President Obama last night continued his hijacking of the American Dream. Using language long accepted as part of the American tradition, he struck a pose… Read More
Effective Marginal Tax Rates: A Growing Discussion
Did you notice how your paycheck shrank in January? The expiration of temporary payroll tax cuts boosted marginal tax rates about two percentage points for… Read More
Busting Myths About Women in the Workplace
We’ve all heard the recycled arguments: Women face a “gender gap” in pay. Women face a “glass ceiling” keeping them from professional achievement. But one… Read More
Did Castro Channel Marco Rubio and the American Dream?
A charismatic young Hispanic politician yesterday delivered one of the best speeches in recent memory on the American Dream. In retelling the story of his… Read More
Morning Bell: Media “Fact Checkers” Promote Obama’s Gutting of Welfare Reform
Since Heritage’s Robert Rector and Kiki Bradley broke the story on July 12 that the Obama Administration had gutted the work requirements from the 1996… Read More
Valuing Mothers’ Work
Yesterday, Hilary Rosen, a Democratic strategist and Democratic National Convention advisor, said that Ann Romney “never worked a day in her life.” By Rosen’s standard,… Read More
The Obama Budget: Expanding Welfare, Undermining Marriage
How can the government grow the nation’s welfare roles and undermine efforts to support marriage, in a single effort? It must simply follow the plan… Read More
