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Heartland Institute Responds to American Homeownership Act
Opinion -Press Release -‘Both parties need to learn that government intervention does not remedy government intervention’ -
Heartland Institute Experts Praise End of ESG at Vanguard
Opinion -Press Release -Settlement of landmark lawsuit ‘a powerful blow against the runaway ESG agenda’ -
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani Wasting Money City Doesn’t Have on ‘Green Schools’
Opinion -Press Release -Mamdani proposes $3.3 billion ‘Green Schools’ program while student performance continues to decline. -
Heartland Institute Experts Cheer End of the Endangerment Finding for CO2
Opinion -Press Release -‘Today is a win for car and truck buyers and Trump should be applauded for taking this action.’ -
Heartland Institute Experts Applaud Trump’s Imminent Repeal of the Endangering Finding for CO2
Opinion -Press Release -‘Carbon dioxide, which is required for life on earth and also happens to result from every single bit of human and animal activity on the planet, is not a pollutant and never was.’ -
Heartland Institute Expert: ‘Kill Switch’ for Cars Is ‘Classic Government Overreach’
Opinion -Press Release -The United States is on ‘the slippery slope to the government deciding when and under what conditions you can drive’ -
World Prosperity Forum in Zürich, Switzerland Streams Today
Opinion -The Heartland Institute will be streaming LIVE every day from Switzerland five straight days beginning January 19, 2026 Speakers will include former UK Prime Minister Liz Truss and former Czech Republic President Václav Klaus ZÜRICH, Switzerland (January 19, 2026) — The Heartland Institute today kicks off Day 1 of the World Prosperity Forum, running from January […] -
World Prosperity Forum Takes on the Globalist-Left’s World Economic Forum
Opinion -The Heartland Institute will be streaming LIVE every day from Switzerland five straight days beginning January 19, 2026. -
Heartland Institute Experts Applaud U.S. Withdrawal from United Nations Climate Treaty
Opinion -"The UNFCCC was a misguided effort from its very beginning." -
Affordability Crisis: Gavin Newsom’s California Energy Disaster
Opinion -California is an energy affordability disaster. -
Reverse Pyramid Scheme: Average Annual State Budget Is 37 Percent Federal Money
Opinion -An alleged bulwark against the 50 states overspending like the federal government has been the old saw: “The states can’t print money.” -
Prosperity, Happiness, and Revolution
Opinion -Capitalism is in the crosshairs of most progressive, post-modern, Marxist and anti-progress intellectuals and academics. Destroying capitalism would reduce our standard of living. But leftists might already be making Americans less happy than our prosperity should afford. Chris Rufo dissects the progressive assault in his excellent book America’s Cultural Revolution, including the work of the […] -
Crony Capitalism and Socialism
Opinion -Editorial -Voluntary transactions between consumers, firms, employees, and investors and direction using coercive commands, or capitalism and socialism, provide alternative ways to organize an economy. America’s mixed economy is neither capitalist nor socialist. But government favors for business, or “crony capitalism,” may be increasing support for socialism. Government can benefit businesses in numerous ways. Nobel prize […] -
40 Examples of Fake News in 2025
Opinion -Editorial -For the purpose of media accountability, Just Facts has summarized 40 misleading claims spread by journalists, commentators, and so-called fact checkers during 2025. Each example quotes a specific media outlet, but the vast bulk of these falsehoods and half-truths were spread by multiple news sources, and some were propagated by dozens. 1: Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss An Associated Press article published by PBS in December claimed that “climate change” is making […] -
U.S. Colleges Are Rapidly Losing Relevance. Students Should Consider Other Options
Opinion -Students are less prepared than ever for college, but grade inflation continues. -
MAGA Socialists?
Opinion -The MAGA movement has never seemingly embraced socialism. Does this portend a socialist future? -
The World’s Population Explosion Demands New Energy and Electricity Channels
Opinion -Utilizing but not replenishing the natural resources of Planet Earth has limitations. -
“Stupid in America” Turns 20
Opinion -Many American public schools have become perverse, left-wing failure factories, putting the nation at risk. -
Destroying Countrysides to Save Earth from a Climate Non-crisis
Opinion -Make-believe renewable energy hammers croplands, habitats, scenery – and families. -
Europe Threatens American Free Enterprise
Opinion -The CSDDD’s scope is enormous. -
PRESS RELEASE: Public Interest Groups Applaud the Trump Administration’s Order Halting the Virginia Wind Project
Opinion -National security concerns with Virginia Wind have been documented by the Navy for years -
Environmental Groups Urge Congress to Ban Data Centers
Opinion -Environmental groups seek to halt data center construction in the United States. -
Are Zero-emissions Ideologues Energy Blind?
Opinion -Shockingly, zero-emissions zealots have no comprehension that renewables like wind and solar only exist to generate occasional electricity. -
Feds Own the Dams – Who Owns the Water?
Opinion -Farmers throughout the West have lived for decades with the understanding that water delivered from reclamation projects is a right attached to their land.