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The rise of social media has unleashed a wealth of new threats on America’s children. Platforms like TikTok bombard and brainwash our kids with inappropriate, dangerous, and, in some cases, deadly content. On March 23, the day TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testifies before Congress, join Heritage’s Kara Frederick and founder of Libs of TikTok Chaya Raichik to discuss how parents can protect their childr...

The crime problem in our nation’s capital seems to grow worse by the day. Unfortunately, D.C. Council members have bought into the same radical policies that have wreaked havoc in cities across the country. After the D.C. Council defunded the police force in 2020, a rise in robberies, carjackings, shootings, and other violent crimes followed suit. At a time when violent crime was rising, the D.C....

Welcome to the Power Hour, a podcast by the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Energy, Climate and Environment. Hosted by Jack Spencer, Travis Fisher and Rachael Wilfong, the Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the week’s most interesting energy and environment policy issues with top national experts. We are joined this week by Heritage Foundation Chief Statisticia...

Forty years ago on March 23, President Ronald Reagan announced to the world his plans to develop a missile defense system that would make Soviet ballistic missiles “impotent and obsolete,” an effort in which The Heritage Foundation played a significant role. Yet, since Reagan established this Strategic Defense Initiative, plans for a comprehensive homeland missile defense system have deteriorated....

The Heritage Foundation is honored to announce that Professor Kurt Lash, the E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Chair in Law at the University of Richmond School of Law, will deliver this year's Edwin Meese III Originalism Lecture for his speech titled, “Originalism and Fixing the Fourteenth Amendment.” This annual lecture seeks to honor former Attorney General Ed Meese’s legacy of advancing an und...

Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Power Hour, a podcast by the Heritage Foundation’s Center for Energy, Climate and Environment. Hosted by Jack Spencer and Travis Fisher, the Power Hour is a weekly podcast that discusses the week’s top energy and environment policy issues with the nation’s top experts. Our special guest this week is energy lawyer, former Department of Energy Official and for...

Luke Sheahan discusses his new Heritage Report “Restoring Civil Society” where he argues that while political and economic institutions receive a great deal of attention, the social realm is arguably the most important of these three because it is more fundamental to individual development than any government or employer. Individuals are citizens and workers but central to human flourishing is the...

The Heritage Foundation’s B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies is honored to announce that the Most Reverend Bishop Robert Barron of the diocese of Winona-Rochester will deliver the 2023 Russell Kirk Lecture for his speech titled,  “ The Breakdown of the Tocquevillean Equilibrium .” The namesake of the lecture—famed scholar Russell Kirk—was a pillar of the conservative movement, bring...

China’s lending activities in Africa have increased significantly in the past decade. This strategy might result in China having privileged access to minerals in Africa, especially if some debt repayment is made in exchange for minerals. This would give China a monopoly over key minerals, including those needed for the batteries that operate our cell phones and electric vehicles. This would put Am...

Americans should hear a truth that few in Washington will acknowledge: If China invades Taiwan, it will likely succeed. For decades, America has pursued a foreign policy of bad trade deals, forever wars in the Middle East, and now overspending on Ukraine. And America’s position in the Pacific has suffered. In his speech, Senator Josh Hawley will chart a new defense policy that prioritizes our bigg...

Since the 1980s, theories of constitutional and statutory interpretation that focus on the intent of the lawmaker have been on the decline, especially among originalists. But over the last decade, there has been a revival of interest in intentionalism. Originalism, though, is really a collection of arguments about what the words could mean, what the words should mean, and what we’d like the words...

Iran’s Islamist dictatorship has been rocked by widespread popular protests calling for its overthrow, but it remains a dangerous threat to the United States and many of Iran’s neighbors. Tehran’s nuclear efforts have accelerated, and the regime continues to orchestrate proxy militia attacks, drone strikes, and terrorist attacks against U.S. forces, allies, and partners in the Middle East. Outside...

What waters can be regulated as “navigable waters” under the Clean Water Act? This seemingly simple question has been anything but simple, with decades of federal overreach by the EPA and Army Corps of Engineers. As property owners, from farmers to homebuilders know all too well, there is massive confusion. This confusion is largely due to the government applying vague and subjectiv...

In the last decade, U.S. energy production has soared thanks to the shale revolution. By generating natural gas through shale, we can lower energy prices, create jobs, and reduce emissions. What will American energy production look like in 2023? For centuries, energy use has been correlated with strides in human wellbeing. Learn more as Chris Wright, Liberty Energy CEO, joins Heritage to discuss t...

Since 2014, Colorado Congressmember Ken Buck has emerged as a conservative champion in the fight against Big Tech. He has been on the frontlines against the unchecked influence and predations of Silicon Valley—as a victim of Big Tech censorship himself and through exposing tech giants’ anticompetitive practices and monopolistic behavior. In  Crushed: Big Tech’s War on Free Speech , Congressma...

The infusion of gender ideology into medicine has led politicized pockets of the medical industry to prey upon vulnerable children who experience distress with their sexed bodies. Rather than working to help these youth become comfortable with their bodies, many medical organizations and practitioners push “gender affirming care,” which starts with changed pronouns and “social transition," and mov...

Sam Gregg discusses his new paper for The Heritage Foundation “American Individualism, Properly Understood” which considers how Individualism in America is rooted in Biblical, Classical, and Scottish Enlightenment sources. All of these provide a foundation for freedom and virtue rooted in God and human nature. But they have been challenged now by egalitarianism, and also by expressive individualis...

The Biden administration has contracted and collaborated with non-profit organizations and corporations to plan and carry out the largest border crisis in American history. Texas Rep. Lance Gooden and The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project have investigated and exposed this corrupt and dangerous scheme. Hear about the oversight and investigations into this illegal immigration machine that the...

Nuclear power is an underutilized form of energy production that is safe, reliable, and provides emissions-free electricity. It has potential to help provide much-needed affordable electricity to people all over the world. Unfortunately, it is also deeply misunderstood, and scare tactics and myths are prevalent. In this latest edition of the Center for Energy, Climate, and Environme...

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has shaken up 30 years of European climate and energy policy and blown up the green consensus. Energy bills are skyrocketing with warnings that millions of households will struggle to heat their homes this winter. European nations are returning to burning coal, building more pipelines and LNG terminals to import oil and gas from elsewhere. What can we learn from this g...

Should the government be able to tell Americans what they can and cannot say? Or should artists be forced to express messages they don’t believe? What happens when public accommodation laws and free speech collide? These questions are at the heart of one of the Supreme Court’s biggest cases of the term,  303 Creative v. Elenis.  In that case, graphic artist and website designer Lorie Smi...

Fiscal year 2022 was the worst year for military recruiting in terms of meeting numerical goals since the start of the All-Volunteer Force, and 2023 is shaping up to be even more challenging. All the military services are experiencing challenges, but the Army—especially since they need the greatest number of volunteers—is having the most difficulty. Indeed, it’s not the Army’s problem, but rather...

Unfortunately, too many people assume that to address environmental issues, there needs to be one-size-fits-all federal solutions. This is a harmful fallacy. To achieve genuine positive environmental outcomes, policymakers need to respect state and local solutions, and they definitely need to respect private citizens who are using many innovative ideas to improve the environment. &n...

Susan Hanssen, Associate Professor of History at the University of Dallas, joins the Defining Conservatism podcast to discusses what American patriots must love and be loyal to as we try to uphold our nation against the anticulture of the left and the forgetfulness bred by social media and our mediocre educational system. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cultural Marxists have taken over key U.S. institutions. They are now deeply entrenched in the sectors and industries that create meaning and values in America. How did this happen? What is the history behind this NextGen Marxism? How can it be defeated and America’s freedoms preserved? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.