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    WATCH: Heritage Presidents’ Tour with Ed Feulner, Jim DeMint

    Today at 10 a.m. ET, Heritage Foundation President Ed Feulner and Heritage President-Elect Jim DeMint conclude their nationwide Presidents’ Tour with an event in our nation’s capital. Watch their remarks live online. The tour included stops in 10 cities over a two-week period. Feulner and DeMint engaged with thousands of Heritage … More

    Chart of the Week: Union Membership Continues to Decline

    Union membership fell by 400,000 to the lowest level since the 1930s, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced this past week. As a percentage of the work force, union workers fell from 11.8 percent to 11.3 percent. One reason for the decline is simply that workers don’t want to join … More

    Michigan Right-to-Work Law: How to Fight for the Freedom to Work

    Last month, a special session of the Michigan legislature passed and Governor Rick Snyder (R–MI) signed right-to-work legislation, which outlaws compulsory union membership. “This simply means that workers will no longer be forced to join a union,” noted Ed Feulner, president of The Heritage Foundation, at the time. “They will … More

    DHS: Congressional Oversight Remains Broken

    Today, the new and newly re-elected Members of the 113th Congress were sworn in, among them many members of the 108 total committees and subcommittees with oversight over the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Yes, you read that right. As of the close of the last Congress, there were more … More

    PODCAST: Heritage’s Lee Edwards on Jim DeMint

    Politicos both in and outside the Beltway are still processing the news that Senator Jim DeMint of South Carolina is taking over for Ed Feulner, current president and founding board member of The Heritage Foundation, this spring. Heritage Distinguished Fellow Dr. Lee Edwards, one of the conservative movement’s most celebrated … More

    Jim DeMint Addresses Heritage Staff: “This Is a Homecoming for Me”

    Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) addressed a packed auditorium at The Heritage Foundation this morning, just moments after being named the organization’s next president. He will succeed Ed Feulner, who is stepping down after 35 years leading the think tank. More than 200 employees of the Heritage Foundation rose for a … More

    Jim DeMint to Become Heritage’s Next President

    Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) will leave the U.S. Senate next year to become president of The Heritage Foundation, succeeding Edwin J. Feulner, the man who first envisioned the think tank in 1973 and has led it as president for the past 36 years. Heritage’s Board of Trustees unanimously chose DeMint … More

    Faith: Part of the American Spirit

    In 1798, John Adams said, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” The American Spirit, a new book coauthored by Dr. Ed Feulner, president of The Heritage Foundation, and Brian Tracy describes this common thread held … More

    What Facebook and Five Guys Have in Common

    Whether it’s the founders of Five Guys Burgers & Fries or Facebook, entrepreneurs are at the heart of our capitalist system. Such leaders see the future and take real steps to create it with the tools at hand. By doing so, they create more jobs and opportunities than any other … More

    Morning Bell: The American Spirit

    Many Americans proudly hang the Stars and Stripes on June 14 to celebrate Flag Day. On that day in 1777, the Second Continental Congress formally adopted the emblem under which generations of Americans have lived, fought and died. More than any other flag in the world, it symbolizes freedom and … More