The Heartland Institute

Internet privacy has become a hot issue as technology to track user movements online has become more widespread. Much of the debate centers on “behavioral advertising,” through which businesses target their marketing based on Web users’ search and browsing histories. Some critics of the practice argue tracking Internet users’ online ...

In this 2012 study, researchers Anders Bohlmark and Mikael Lindahl examined the performance of students who used vouchers to attend one of the nearly 400 independent schools in Sweden. They found that school choice raised student performance regardless of student demographics, competition was the central driver of student and ...

What does the Supreme Court ruling mean for states? Today the Supreme Court upheld as constitutional most of President Barack Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, including the controversial individual mandate, which was called a tax by the Court. The Court did, however, strike down the law’s Medicaid expansion ...