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On March 11, 1990, the tiny country of Lithuania unilaterally declared independence from the Soviet Union, the largest empire in the world.

New York may be a hand sanitizer provider today, but it cannot survive in that business for long.

For struggling families with few options, City Schoolhouse provides a much-needed refuge for independent learning.

The coronavirus outbreak might help some parents discover better alternatives outside of traditional schooling.

Target’s wage floor increase likely pleased those preaching “wage justice,” but the wage hikes came at a cost for other employees.

Satire is necessary for a healthy society and allows us to deliberate on tough and controversial ideas.

CEO pay is largely tied to the value of the company, not at the expense of the company.

Essentials for understanding a deadly ideology.

Power is quite possibly the most corrosive influence in the affairs of humankind.

The difficulties of altering the Constitution should not dissuade us from trying to improve it.

When the new communist man failed to arrive, force was the only tool left.

Dr. Rainier Zitelmann, a German historian and author, recently visited several cities in China. On the subject of economic freedom, the Chinese are bristling with confidence., he found.

When they're not squished by big government.

In a market system, customers are the real bosses.

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale's ideas are especially important today, when envy and jealousy seem to permeate much of our politics.

The countries that typically are said to have universal healthcare do not actually meet the World Health Organization's criteria.

Bernie Sanders is, in many respects, putting a more radical interventionist offer to the electorate than Jeremy Corbyn did in the UK.

The problem is not that there is too much hatred, but that there is too little willingness to debate ideas honestly without ascribing bad motives to the other side.

Sarah Breedlove, AKA Madam C.J. Walker, was one of the most successful entrepreneurs of her time. But her business success is not the greatest part of her story.

South African leaders must realize that secure property rights are a precondition for prosperity.

According to Kevin Carey of the New America think tank, who spoke to The New York Times, coronavirus in the US could lead to “a vast unplanned experiment in mass home-schooling.”

Research suggests these private schools are better than the state schools, where there often is a lack of accountability.

FEE's president emeritus Lawrence Reed is traveling across the globe to spread the message of free markets and personal character.

The notion of late capitalism has been around since Karl Marx began his assault on free enterprise in the 19th century, although the term was officially coined by German economist Werner Sombart in his 1902 book "Der Moderne Kapitalismus."

Does banning gas for heating and cooking in residential developments make economic or even environmental sense?

Neo-Luddites miss the point of economic activity. If economic progress came from just any kind of work, then utopia would come with banning all labor-saving devices.

Cuba has made less educational and health care progress than most Latin American countries over the last 60 years, data show.

Unlike millennials, Gen Zers are entering the labor market during a relatively prosperous age. But that's not the only reason they are ahead.

The digital economy’s transformative presence in Africa illustrates the power of the market to give people what they value.

A close inspection of the data shows our free market system is working and has allowed us to achieve unprecedented prosperity.

The first recipients of the Social Security program took out far more than they put in. Gen Z and millennials face a much different scenario.

Born more than 200 years ago, Frederick Douglass, a former slave and abolitionist orator, remains an American treasure.

Don’t bang your head against the copy machine just yet, there are many reasons to be optimistic about Gen Z’s workplace habits and attitudes.

Handling a medical crisis of this nature will never be easy, but the authoritarian and deceptive response of the Chinese government to the COVID-19 virus threatens the Chinese Communist Party’s hold on power.

Missouri Senator Josh Hawley's plan would consolidate power from a five-member commission to a single Director.

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If freedom of association is a right, then unions are in the wrong and pushing further in the wrong direction.

In a single horrifying night in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1921, nearly 40 square blocks were burned to the ground, nearly 300 people died, and at least 9,000 African Americans were left homeless. The dead, however, will not be forgotten.

Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson explained that "no official, high or petty, can prescribe what shall be orthodox in politics, nationalism, religion, or other matters of opinion.”

Victoria Woodhull deserves more recognition than she presently gets, for both good and bad reasons.

The powerful film explores the fatalism that led to World War I.

Mikaila Ulmer’s story is a perfect example of why an aspiring society should seek to foster entrepreneurship in its young people.

The African Union must focus on reducing the overbearing costs of intellectual property across the region.

Los Angeles's Mobility Plan 2035 is going to make the city's traffic congestion even worse, which will extend emergency vehicle delays when seconds are essential.

Whether you're single, taken, or just don't care, here are some facts to get you through the day.

Esther Howland deserves a place in the pantheon of entrepreneurs who made our world a more lovely—and loving—place.

Why is the film industry abandoning its Mount Olympus?

It’s pretty difficult to even comprehend how ridiculously large the US economy is.

Rube Foster, the first president of the Negro National League, achieved acclaim for multiple talents in baseball—as a player, as an owner, and as a manager.

We should be thankful that the once-dubbed “hopeless continent” is hopeless no more.