Equality and Opportunity

Lawmakers across the country are proposing reparations to black Americans for slavery and America’s history of racial discrimination. Proposals have included direct cash payments, grants, formal apologies from the government, and government programs with race-based eligibility.  Because certain reparations proposals would inevitably advantag ...

When siblings Mary Beth and John Tinker were just 13 and 15 years old, they found themselves at the center of a major Supreme Court case. The Court’s 1969 ruling would later be remembered as a groundbreaking decision that affirmed the First Amendment rights of students, regardless of age. Mary Beth, John, and their four … ...

Scotty Hunter and his friends developed a passion for craft brews in college. A chemical engineering major at Ohio University, Scotty started engineering his own brews during college and found he was pretty good at it. He even started a campus home brew club to showcase his and others’ creations. That club still thrives on … ...

Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) Heather Swanson felt the calling to be a midwife as early as junior high, when her mother was a group leader with La Leche League—an organization of women dedicated to helping and supporting breastfeeding mothers. Women would gather in one of their living rooms once a month—the second Tuesday—for support and  ...

Just after his victory in the ring at UFC 300, Brazilian-born fighter Renato Moicano exclaimed, “I love America, I love the Constitution…I want to carry…guns. I love private property. Let me tell you something. If you care about your…country, read Ludwig von Mises and the six lessons of the Austrian economic school.” T ...

Does free speech have age restrictions? The Supreme Court says no. But one California judge ignored the Court’s landmark decisions and upheld a public school’s decision to punish a first-grader over a picture she drew in class. The student’s mother is now fighting back to protect her daughter’s right to free speech. An innoc ...

Lawmakers across the country are proposing reparations to black Americans for slavery and America’s history of racial discrimination. Proposals have included direct cash payments, grants, formal apologies from the government, and government programs with race-based eligibility.  Because certain reparations proposals would inevitably advantag ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — Why does the Bluegrass State make it so hard for new health care providers to offer services in Kentucky? A recent court case that successfully challenged Kentucky’s burdensome restrictions on new health care providers, illustrates the problem – and offers a solution for state lawmakers. In Kentucky, those who want to pro ...

Individual rights are the answer to a just society. But individualism—the belief in the inherent worth and dignity of each person—is more than a policy solution. It’s a way of life. We who advocate for individual liberty in the political arena will become better advocates for freedom when we embrace individualism, not only in white ̷ ...