The Heritage Foundation, America's "largest conservative research and education institution," which has guided Republican administrations and policymakers from before Reagan to the Trump years, celebrates its 50th anniversary this week on Thursday, Feb. 16.
The Heritage Foundation and the Religious Freedom Institute will launch a webinar series Thursday that explores the enduring significance of the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the Pilgrims and the signing of the Mayflower Compact. The series will examine the meaning of the shortest document in the American canon barely 200 words and its impact on the American Founding.
From a policy standpoint, health coverage assistance should befocused on those who need it most; insurance and coverage choicesshould not be dependent upon a person's place of employment; andstates should be allowed to fine-tune the kinds of structures thatwill best help them to organize coverage
As the nation prepares to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and looks back on the impact of women throughout the last century, we should remember one woman who broke not just gender barriers but racial barriers, and influenced the course of the nation: Mildred Jefferson.