Our story: The Left’s unchecked march through the institutions has claimed some of America’s most cherished historic sites, such as Montpelier, home of James Madison. But Heritage is reclaiming America’s history with its brand-new Heritage Guide to Historic Sites.

• The guide grades these sites based on historical accuracy, ideological bias, and attention to the details of the American story.
• At launch, the Guide includes sites from the original 13 colonies but will expand to include historic sites from all 50 states.
• “We believe this guide will awaken a new generation of patriots—men and women ready to remember and defend the history that makes us who we are,” says Heritage President Kevin Roberts, Ph.D.
• Heritage announced the launch of the guide at the home of America’s first president, General George Washington.

Check out The Heritage Guide to Historic Sites here.

Round 2: To celebrate America’s 250th birthday, Heritage awarded a second round of special Innovation Prizes for projects honoring America’s rich heritage.

• The award winners’ projects include a graphic novel, civic education initiatives, and competitions that strengthen understanding of our Constitution and fundamental laws, and film projects that promote patriotism and celebrate American history.  

Read more here.

Foreign players: Not only is socialist basket case Venezuela responsible for cartels that smuggle drugs into America—it is also fueling violent protesters who have defined the U.S. political landscape in recent years.

• “You can tell a lot about which domestic anti-U.S. groups are rising by the support they get from our enemies overseas, especially Venezuela,” writes Senior Fellow Mike Gonzalez.

Read more here.

Destructive: Heritage recently brought together a panel of experts to explore the intersection of health and technology for kids.

• Dr. Victoria Dunckley, who addresses screen time and mental health in her clinical practice, said that it’s “very hard to get kids better until the screen aspect is addressed.... they’re in a state of chronic hyper-arousal. They’re revved up but exhausted.”

Watch the full event on X here.

Eye-opening: In remarks given at Heritage before the premiere of the documentary “Call Sign: Courage, the Matt Lohmeier Story,” Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard revealed the extent to which radical DEI policies had infiltrated the intelligence community.

• “People’s performance reviews were measured by how much time did you dedicate towards DEI initiatives,” she said.

Watch her remarks here.

Red ink receding: You’d never know it from the mainstream press, but President Trump is cutting the budget deficit, notes Heritage Chief Economist EJ Antoni.

• The latest Treasury Department report shows a surplus of $198 billion in September, and the deficit for fiscal year 2025 was lower than last year’s.
• Why? “It was the Trump administration’s diligent work slashing spending and boosting revenue,” Antoni writes.

Read more on Townhall.

Lunacy: The Affordable Care Act has proven anything but—yet Democrats still want to continue expanding Obamacare subsidies up the income scale.

• “This is a surreal rewrite of the social contract: compel today’s lower-income taxpayers to subsidize tomorrow’s higher-income Obamacare beneficiaries,” writes Heritage Senior Research Fellow Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D.

Read Moffit’s piece in RealClear Health here.

RIP: America lost “a great patriot but also one of the great unheralded idea men of American conservatism” with the passing of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II at age 101.

• Middendorf, who was a Heritage trustee for decades, had served several Administrations as Secretary of the Navy and various ambassador posts.
• He was also the composer of The Heritage Foundation March. which you can find here.

Read the Heritage statement here.

Intimidation: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., recently demanded that Heritage cough up all documents related to the EPA’s “endangerment finding” on CO2.

• Heritage President Dr. Kevin Roberts called it “an embarrassing attempt to silence those who challenge the radical climate agenda” and, in a letter to Whitehouse, said that complying “would squarely violate Heritage’s rights under the First Amendment.”

Read more at The Daily Signal.

All new: The Kevin Roberts Show—with new co-host Larry O’Connor—just dropped its first episode, which is focused on the American Dream.

• “We get to wake up and call ourselves Americans—it’s the greatest blessing any group of people has ever had in the history of the world,” said Roberts.   
• The 25-minute podcast covered the housing crisis, immigration, assimilation, and more.

Watch the full episode on YouTube here.

Through government-operated grocery stores, increasing taxes, rising minimum wages, and buildings taken over for housing projects, a newer form of socialism is growing in the United States. Heritage researchers will present their research on the flaws of this new socialism through the proposals of Zohran Mamdani. A panel of experts will dive deep into the tangible impacts these radical ideals have on American families

 

Nov 7, 1 p.m. Register here.

• Report: Parents’ Survey: Online Filters and Blocking Software Still Only Work Sometimes—Annie Chestnut Tutor
• The Rehabilitation of Marxism Is Changing American Politics—Mike Gonzalez
• In Explosive Report, Virginia AG Exposes Failures of Soros-Funded Prosecutor—Cully Stimson
• Turning the Tables on the SPLC—Allen Mendenhall, Ph.D.
• Justice Rekindled—from California’s 2017 Infernos to Palisades Fire, Accountability Is Real Resilience—Bridget Bean
• Free Speech in Britain—a Visitor’s Snapshot—Simon Hankinson
• A Deep Dive into Liquid Modernity—Bridget Bean
• Schumer's Shutdown Is Leaving Our Troops and Their Families High and Dry—Wilson Beaver
• Indispensable India and the New Right—Kriti Upadhyaya
• Yes, the US Military Knows the Difference Between Narco-boats and Fishermen—Andrés Martínez Fernández

Can the U.S. economy reach 4% growth at some point in 2026? Yes, says Heritage Chief Economist EJ Antoni, pointing specifically to President Trump’s deregulation efforts. Watch the clip of Antoni on Fox Business.