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New Book with Solutions to Save America’s Social Safety Net

Biden’s Preposterous Plans for Education Policy

Will Blue State Refugees Ruin Red States?

No Vaccine Yet for Cuba’s Political Pandemic

Infectious Diseases and Government Growth—New in The Independent Review

My Kid Has Cancer and ObamaCare Is Making Everything Worse

California Is the World’s Tech Capital, Except for Its Government’s Lousy IT

New Report: 490 B.C. Project—Is It Time for a Humanities War?

California’s Monumental IT Failures Earn latest California Golden Fleece® Award

The Founders’ Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms (New Edition)

Catalyst: Young Voices for Liberty

Closing Schools Was a Grievous Error

Independent Institute Earns 4-Star Honor from Charity Navigator

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Reversals Ahead in Tax, Education, and Regulatory Policy

K. Lloyd Billingsley • Jan 21
Commentary

Ethnic Studies Curriculum Promotes Divisiveness and Indoctrination

Lee E. Ohanian • Jan 21
The Beacon

Failed Fannie Mae Lobbyist Orchestrated Biden’s Takeover of U.S. Policy on China

K. Lloyd Billingsley • Jan 20
Catalyst

How Americans Have Kept Small Businesses Afloat

Pooja Bachani Di Giovanna • Jan 20
The Beacon

2020 Festivus Grievances: $54 Billion in Waste

Craig Eyermann • Jan 20
Commentary

Clarity in Trump’s Wake

Angelo M. Codevilla • Jan 20
Commentary

Should Universities Make Policy Pronouncements?

Richard K. Vedder • Jan 19
The Beacon

California Already Showcases Chinese Infrastructure Influence, and a Lot More

K. Lloyd Billingsley • Jan 19
Commentary

How the Left Hijacked Civil Rights

Robert L. Woodson, Sr., Joshua Mitchell • Jan 18
The Beacon

Free Speech Is Hard. Its Alternative Is Worse.

Mary L. G. Theroux • Jan 17
The Beacon

The Jim Crow Legacy of Southern Military Bases

Samuel R. Staley • Jan 15

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New Book: New Way to Care

Social Protections that Put Families First

John C. Goodman offers a bold strategy for giving Americans more control over their destiny, while still promoting—at far less expense—the important social goals that gave rise to government safety-net programs.
Infectious Diseases and Government Growth

New Article Warns of ‘Virus and Leviathan’

The extension of state power in the U.S. has been alarming—but the long-term consequences could be even more devastating to civil society and just government.
New Report: 490 B.C. Project

Is It Time for a Humanities War?

Greece and Rome wrestled more than two thousand years ago with what citizenship meant, what freedom meant, what justice meant—just as we wrestle with them today. Today's high school students are woefully unaware of the importance of their unique history.
New Report: Bugs in the System

California’s Monumental IT Failures Earn Latest California Golden Fleece^® Award

Despite being home to some of the greatest minds in technology, California continues failing to modernize its IT systems, much less do so under budget. State agencies are swindling taxpayers and breaking the public trust.
The Crisis in Civil Rights

Best Books and Articles on Race, Police, and the Welfare State

Independent Institute Senior Fellow Dr. Williamson M. Evers has created one of the most exhaustive annotated reading lists ever assembled regarding the issues of civil rights, policing, race, and the welfare state.
Open Letter from 153 Scholars to CA Governor Newsom: “Suspend AB-5 Now to Help Gig Workers”

An influential group of 153 economists and political scientists call for the immediate suspension of California’s AB-5, a law that was passed in 2019 to restrict the use of independent contractors.
Related: Brief of Amicus Curiae Before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Best Books on the Folly of Socialism

What everyone should know about the practical and moral failures of the socialist project

Compiled by Senior Fellow Dr. Williamson M. Evers, this annotated list of recommended readings highlights some of the most insightful critiques of socialism ever written.
CATALYST: Young Voices for Liberty

Catalyst is our website dedicated to issues that millennials care about the most: jobs, housing costs, education, student debt, healthcare, and more. Learn, engage, and connect.
LOVE GOV: Watch Seasons 1 and 2

Independent’s satirical 2-season 10-part video series personifies the folly, cost, and intrusiveness of government, demonstrating the federal government’s ever-expanding reach into our lives.