U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs R. James "Jim" Nicholson met with Hoover fellows on Wednesday, June 6, as the guest of honor at a roundtable discussion.

Robert P. George, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, discusses the same-sex marriage ruling in California on PBS’s Newshour. George talks about the ruling as well as the legal analysis and the appeal of the ruling.

There has been a lot of controversy lately about Indiana's religious freedom law. There's a simple solution to the problems that the law deals with: freedom of association.

Hoover fellow William Damon's research explores how young people develop purpose in their civic, work, family and community relationships. Damon notes that encouraging a sense of meaning and purpose in young people often comes down to a "beyond-the-self" way of orienting to the world.

Last week, I argued that single parenthood is a major impediment to upward mobility for low-income youth, especially when parenthood starts in one’s teens or early twenties.

We all know that every kid who plays basketball won't grow up to be LeBron James. Not all youth soccer stars will play in the World Cup. But research shows playing sports as a kid can have substantial benefits later in life, no matter what you grow up to do.

In the final episode of the series for 2020, Hoover senior fellows Niall Ferguson, H. R. McMaster, and John Cochrane reflect on lessons learned from the pandemic, Donald Trump’s future, the ruinous state of the Golden State, how society will differ in 2021, plus what gets them through their daily routines—a mixtape of UK punk, Philly-brand funk, and the soothing sounds of “Sweet Baby James” Taylor.

The abortion provider uses a vast media and political network to maintain its subsidies from government and private charities...