Sea change: The Heritage Foundation partnered with Alliance Defending Freedom to root out DEI bureaucracy from IBM—once known for its dedication to merit and excellence—and won. 

• “As shareholders, we grieve what IBM has become—a company where ‘I’ve Been Misled’ now overshadows its once-proud ethos,” write Heritage Chief Advancement Officer Andrew Olivastro and his father, Rich Olivastro. 
• “Fortunately, a reckoning is here. The Heritage Foundation’s shareholder resolution against IBM made waves,” they said. 

Read more here at The American Mind. 

 

One step closer: The House voted last week to approve a “reconciliation” that included tax and spending cuts.

• Heritage Action for America, a sister organization to The Heritage Foundation, announced its support the day before the bill's passage, saying it “makes significant strides to advance President Trump’s key legislative goals.”
• The bill now goes to the Senate, where it can be improved, Heritage Action says.

Read the Heritage Action press release here.

Buying votes: New data show that the Biden administration’s push to “forgive” student loans even extended to hiding delinquency among student loan borrowers.

• “Data on delinquencies was not made available to credit bureaus, so millions of borrowers made no payments, and their credit reports remained immaculate,” write Heritage Research Fellow EJ Antoni and Defending Education Vice President Sarah Parshall Perry.

Read the article in Townhall here.

Many Americans don’t know about the insane things the federal government spends their taxes on.  

• So, we created the Department of Government Efficiency Survey to help advance policies that cut the federal budget, remove burdensome regulations, and restore fiscal sanity.  

Complete Heritage’s DOGE Survey by clicking here. https://secured.heritage.org/the-heritage-doge-survey/  

On offense: The Biden administration’s weak stance towards China has left ample room for a strong U.S. defense against what remains our greatest external threat.

• “The Trump administration needs to focus on rebuilding the war-fighting abilities of the United States to make America safe again,” says Dan Green, research fellow in the Allison Center.
• American development of 6G before China is also critical. “Whoever masters 6G first will enjoy not just a formidable economic edge, but also a decisive national security advantage,” write Rob Greenway, director of the Allison Center, and Jarrett Lane, member of the Spring 2025 Young Leaders Program.

Read more here and here.

Fit to print: The New York Times featured Project Esther in an in-depth piece exploring Heritage's work to combat antisemitism.

• “The White House and other Republicans have called for actions that appear to mirror more than half of Project Esther’s proposals,” it says.
• The piece also features a photo of Victoria Coates, vice president of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, in her office.

Read the Times article here.

A tragedy: In the wake of the murder of Israeli embassy staff, Heritage released a statement condemning the killings.

• “The barbarous attack is a brutal reminder of the alarming rise of antisemitism in the United States,” said Robert Greenway, director of the Allison Center for National Security.
• “Their murder reinforces the purpose behind Heritage establishing the National Task Force to Combat Antisemitism and Project Esther,” Victoria Coates

Read their statements here.  

Your tax dollars: Thanks to the Biden administration’s reckless border policies, Americans will be paying the price for the flood of illegal aliens for years to come.

• “All these costs will continue until [either] an alien is removed, or he wins the legal right to remain and then pays more in taxes than he and his family consume in benefits,” writes Senior Research Fellow in the Border Security and Immigration Center Simon Hankinson.

Read the full story here.

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Pierce at 100: The Legacy of Pierce v. Society of Sisters

 

Heritage commemorates the 100th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision that affirmed parental rights and religious liberty in education. This event will feature distinguished speakers, panel discussions, and reflections on the enduring impact of the ruling.

 

May 29, 2:30 p.m. Register here.

• Virginia County Votes Not to Report Illegal Alien Terrorists to ICE—in Name of ‘Public Safety’—Erin Poff
• Labor Department Admits Hundreds of Thousands of Biden Jobs Were Fake—EJ Antoni
• Why We Can’t Quit Racial Redistricting—GianCarlo Canaparo
• Eradicating Iran’s Nuclear Program: Peace Through Strength Is Not a Binary Choice Between Rushing to War or a Deal at Any Cost—Victoria Coates and Robert Greenway
• Europe’s Embrace of Lawfare Threatens Its Alliance With the U.S.—Mike Gonzalez
• Rebuilding America’s Maritime Muscle With the SHIPS for America Act—Miles Pollard and
• Brent Sadler
• Trump’s Interest in Deep-Sea Mining in the Face of Global Pressure—Steven Groves

Victoria Coates, vice president of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, appeared on The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss

President Trump’s history-making trip to the Middle East and his announced development of the Golden Dome. Watch the clip here.