As the economy begins to take off as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the next big thing we're going to see is a need for workers.

Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Robert Woodson, Founder and CEO of Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, have visited struggling communities throughout America recently and are promoting “A Better Way” program as a means to improve the lives of those mired in poverty.

Puerto Rico is in a financial free-fall, and the federal government is actively trying to prevent a total economic meltdown. Recently, legislation was introduced in the House by the Natural Resources Committee to help resolve Puerto Rico’s financial crisis, an effort that is well-intentioned and far superior to any taxpayer bailout of the territory. There are concerns, however, that still need to be addressed before the bill should go forward.

“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real... it is possible... it's yours.” -- Ayn Rand

Personal Freedom and Prosperity 109: Subsidiarity In 1991, Pope John Paul II wrote in the Centesimus Annus that the Welfare State contradicts the principle of subsidiarity by usurping and relieving society of its responsibility to their neighbors and community. This “leads to a loss of human energies and an inordinate increase of public agencies which are dominated more by bureaucratic ways of thinking than by concern for serving their clients and which are accompanied by an enormous increase in spending.”

Social unrest in Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore, Maryland has negatively impacted Americans’ views about race.

My name is Kya Hartkopf and I am a FreedomWorks activist and college student at East Carolina. I volunteered to help today at the FreedomWorks booth at the Young Americans for Liberty (YAL) State Convention. It was a great event, with almost 200 YAL members from all over North Carolina. Check out the photo gallery with all our pictures from the event!

While Congress debates on the McKeon Amendment to authorize the arming of Syrian rebels, FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe released the following statement in opposition: