Videos

The Heartland Institute’s Jay Lehr and Colorado State University professor Scott Denning dissect and debate “An Inconvenient Truth” on its 10th anniversary - August 31, 2016

Elizabeth Allin Clarke, a long-time political and social activist, educator, American patriot, and resident of Lake Forest, Illinois, passed away on July 2 at the age of 98. On Saturday, August 20, 2016 we held a memorial service in celebration of her life.

Marsha Familaro Enright, M.A., educational entrepreneur "The Collectivist Control of Education" Jeffrey D. Horn is a grassroots activist, and a data scientist. "Its Not What You Think: The Goals Standardized Education"

Dr. Barry Poulson warns about the impending financial collapse of the United States economy, which is the largest and most influential in the world. A $20 trillion federal debt calls for a new fiscal rule: a national debt brake.

The 2016-2017 Lincoln Douglas Debate Resolution - Resolved: Rehabilitation ought to be valued above retribution in criminal justice systems. Greg Rehmke, program director of Economic Thinking explores this topic with a discussion and examples for rehabilitation, retribution, and restitution (restorative justice) being used today and in the past.

Dr. Barry Poulson warns about the impending financial collapse of the United States economy, which is the largest and most influential in the world. A $20 trillion federal debt calls for a new fiscal rule: a national debt brake. Register here: https://www.heartland.org/events/events/how-can-fiscal-rules-fix-the-american-government

Conservatives engaged in Wisconsin political debates have endured pre-dawn home raids, dozens of subpoenas and a smear campaign conducted by Milwaukee District Attorney John Chisholm and his allies. O’Keefe led the effort to terminate the assault by defying a secrecy order and taking the story to the Wall Street Journal. He then organized several lawsuits against the prosecution team. Recently O’Keefe has engaged in reviewing Republican party history and rules. He will be happy to take questions about the Wisconsin fights and the Republican party nomination process.

Emily Zanotti, Jon Henke, and Lachlan Markay speak at a CPAC 2016 panel sponsored by The Heartland Institute titled "Darker Money: How Leftist Billionaires Have Built a Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy" on Thursday, March 3, 2016.

Join P.J. O'Rourke, Morton Blackwell, and hundreds of other lovers of liberty from around the country at The Heartland Institute's 32nd Anniversary Benefit Dinner, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016 at The Cotillion in Palatine, IL Visit http://benefit.heartland.org/ for tables and tickets

Ten years after the Supreme Court's infamous eminent domain decision, Kelo v. New London, Timothy and Christina Sandefur's Cornerstone of Liberty surveys the landscape of property rights in the United States, from redevelopment projects that seize people's homes and businesses for the benefit of politically-connected developers, to environmental regulations that forbid people from building homes on land they supposedly own, to asset-forfeiture laws that let the police seize property involved in a crime even if the owner is not accused of any wrongdoing.

This is the story of Cedric Keith’s four thousand plus mile walk through the wilds of the east, intent on an environmental cause – the preservation of the eastern brook trout. The fish and the wilderness, however, would lead him, by the roads less traveled, to a more primal Americanism.

Your dinner table is set with genetically modified foods. What exactly does that mean … and should you be concerned for your health? The organic food movement grows every year. Many people are attracted to its acclaimed health benefits and superior produce compared to more ordinary foods. Organically grown food is particularly favored over genetically modified foods (GMOs). Indeed, it is hard to find an upscale restaurant or grocery store that does not loudly proclaim its non-GMO status. Yet, is there any real health benefit to organic and non-GMO foods? The answer (perhaps shockingly to foodies) is no. The media and Internet have been alive for years with the supposed horrific side effects of eating GMOs, with so-called experts claiming they cause all kinds of disease, including cancer. But these “experts” rarely, if ever, have any data to back up their claims. In fact, the one major study that offered some credible evidence of negative health effects from GMOs was ultimately discredited and has since been retracted. Learn at this event how GMOs have helped us feed a growing world population and protect the environment … and will continue to do so.