Conservatives on the Rise: Addie Schmitz Joins the Team
Addie Schmitz joins the Foundation team as a Sarah T. Hermann intern scholar at the Reagan Ranch Center. Addie is a senior studying Justice Systems and Political Science at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri. After graduation, she plans on pursuing her Masters in Public Administration. Very early in life, she discovered her strong conservative […]
Congressman Pearce on Dallas Shooting: America Has to Address ‘Spiritual Sickness’
On Thursday afternoon, Congressman Steve Pearce (R-New Mexico) told students attending the Young America’s Foundation National High School Leadership Conference the hard truth in the aftermath of the shooting that killed five police officers in Dallas, TX last night: there is a spiritual sickness running rampant in America today that needs addressing. The topic came […]
Che Guevara—Socialism’s Kim Kardashian
Che Guevara—Socialism’s Kim Kardashian By Humberto Fontova Ironically, the top symbol for history’s most disastrous economic policy (his face pops up everywhere from Occupy protests, to Obama campaign offices, to every street corner in Havana) benefitted from modern history’s most effective marketing/ branding campaign. Che Guevara’s face also pops up everywhere from Mercedes Benz commercials […]
Texas AG: ‘How you feel about your gender does not change your sex’
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading a thirteen-state-coalition in suing the federal government over the Title IX guidance letter handed down by President Obama regarding transgender students use of bathrooms and shower at public schools. “How you feel about your gender does not change your sex, and how the president feels about his authority […]
Lena Dunham: All ‘White Americans’ Need to Change After Alton Sterling Shooting
On Wednesday night, Girls actress Lena Dunham took to Twitter say that all “white Americans” need to “change” in the wake of the shooting of Alton Sterling by a Louisiana police officer earlier this week. 1. Alton Sterling was killed because we refuse to acknowledge the fact that our police forces protect selectively and harm enormously. […]
4 Conservative Solutions to Higher Ed. from “A Better Way”
By Viraktep Ath Earlier this summer, conservative leaders in Congress put forward their “Better Way” plan to combat issues related to “poverty, opportunity, and upward mobility.” While the media focused on the plan’s proposed solutions to poverty, also included in the “Better Way” proposal were conservative solutions to skyrocketing student loan debt, increasing tuition rates, creeping federal control over […]
Actor Matt Damon Praises Gun Control While Promoting Latest Bourne Film
While promoting the latest installment of the Jason Bourne series in Australia, actor Matt Damon praised the country’s gun control laws and said he wished America would adopt similar legislation in the wake of mass shootings. “You guys did it here in one fell swoop and I wish that could happen in my country, but […]
Yale Professor: Bureaucracy Stifles Speech on Campus
In a debate titled “Academic Freedom, Safe Spaces, Dissent, and Dignity” at last weeks Aspen Ideas Summit, a panel of administrators and faculty from several liberal universities discussed the impact that bureaucratic college administrations has had in stifling free speech and promoting a culture of safe spaces at colleges throughout the United States. Stephen Carter, […]
Top High School Students Reaffirm Core Conservative Principles
Top High School Students Reaffirm Core Conservative Principles: Set to Meet with Dash, Yoho, Pearce, Goeglein, and More Young America’s Foundation to Host 19th Gratia Houghton Rinehart Montgomery National High School Leadership Conference from July 6 through July 9 On July 6, top students from across the country will convene for Young America’s Foundation’s National High […]
Conservatives on the Rise: Loyal Carpenter Joins the Team
Loyal Carpenter is a junior at College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, MO where he studies Business Management and History. Loyal first got involved with the Conservative Movement during his first week on campus after he was invited to attend a meeting of the newly formed Young Americans for Freedom chapter. Later that semester, […]
Conservatism’s Duty to the Founding Fathers
By Loyal Carpenter On June 25, Dinesh D’Souza spoke to a room full of high school students at the Reagan Ranch Center, seeking to clarify the essence of conservatism for a new generation of Americans. He argued that conservatism is centrally focused on “conserving the principals of the American Revolution.” As we celebrate Independence Day it is time […]
PHOTOS: High School Activists CRUSHED IT At Last Week’s #YAFCon
Last week, conservative high school activists from around the country joined Young America’s Foundation at the Reagan Ranch Center in Santa Barbara for our June conference. Students heard from leading conservatives including Dinesh D’Souza, Rachel Campos Duffy, Larry Schweikart, Robert Spencer, Jake Jacobs, Chris Garcia, and more. Check out these awesome pictures below to see why […]
ALISSA LOPEZ: YAFers are fighting the good fight
ALISSA LOPEZ: YAFers are fighting the good fight Roughly one year ago, Alissa Lopez decided she wanted to bring conservative ideas to her liberal campus. Not long after, Alissa attended a Young America’s Foundation conference and got to work building a Young Americans for Freedom chapter at Gettysburg College. Almost immediately after the creation of […]
STUDENT TAKE: SCOTUS Decision Protects Discrimination
By Michael Deiana Jr. The Supreme Court’s unfortunate decision in the high-profile Fisher v. University of Texas case, announced just last week, allows university admissions processes to use race as a deciding factor in selecting students. As a result, academic institutions may continue (and are almost encouraged) to discriminate against high-caliber academic students of all races. The […]
Young Americans for Freedom Activists Stand Boldly for Life at Supreme Court
Our headquarters interns and staff converged on the U.S. Supreme Court to show their support for life this week, representing Young America’s Foundation and the majority of millennials in America who identify as pro-life, gaining attention on national media outlets like NBC Nightly News, ABC World News Tonight, and Fox News. The case of Whole […]
YAF Statement on Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt Decision
YAF Statement on Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt Decision Today’s decision will result in the deaths of more innocent young lives. Young America’s Foundation supports life, as does the majority of young people from coast-to-coast. Our nation is fortunate that its youth agrees with President Ronald Reagan, who remarked, “We cannot diminish the value of […]
It’s Morning Again
by Donal Blaney “It’s morning again in America”. These words were the backdrop to President Reagan’s successful re-election campaign in 1984. Today it’s morning again in Britain. 43 years after joining the then European Economic Community (which has since transmorphed into the European Union), the people of the United Kingdom have decided by a margin of […]
SOLD-OUT Group of Students Reject Socialism at #YAFcon
This week, a sold-out crowd of high school students is convening at Young America’s Foundation’s Reagan Ranch Center in Santa Barbara, California to learn about conservative ideas. The entire conference will be streamed LIVE online at www.livestream.com/YAF starting June 23 and ending on June 25. Who better to teach conservatism than this conference’s powerful lineup […]
YAF Statement on Fisher v. University of Texas Decision
YAF Statement on Fisher v. University of Texas Decision Young America’s Foundation, the premier youth outreach organization of the Conservative Movement, is appalled by the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the use of racial preferences in our country’s college admissions process. This decision ensures that discrimination based on race, a deplorable practice many brave Americans […]
Leftist University of Miami Donor Slanders Reagan
By Anthony Camargo Last month, it was reported that philanthropist Louis Appignani donated $2.2 million to establish a chair “for the study of atheism, humanism and secular ethics” at the University of Miami. Appignani has stated in interviews that “religion is a cancer and is the fundamental problem ruining this country.” As if that wasn’t bad enough, he […]
Scenes from a Pro-Life Rally
On Monday I had the opportunity to attend a rally outside the Supreme Court building with my fellow YAF interns to support the pro-life movement in what’s being billed as, “the most important abortion case since Casey v. Planned Parenthood.” This case would uphold a Texas law that requires abortion facilities to keep up with certain safety standards. […]
School District Sneaks ‘Gender Identity’ Into Official Policy
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) is the latest school system to succumb to the pressures of the Obama administration’s new transgender directive. Last week they sneakily passed an amendment that includes adding “gender identity” to the list of characteristics in the non-discrimination policy listed in the Students Rights and Responsibilities handbook. The policy now reads “No student, […]
Psychologist Proposes Psychotherapy for ‘Perpetrators’ of Bias Incidents
A proposal submitted to the University of Wisconsin recommends “perpetrators of an incident of hate or bias” undergo “evidenced based psychological interventions” that could take the form of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, according to the school’s website. After campus leftists protested at the school this spring, the university crowdsourced, “ideas for how to systematically elevate […] standards of behavior […]
Conservatives on the Rise: UCF YAF’s Carter Adams Joins the Team
Carter Adams is 23 years old from Orlando Florida. He attends the University of Central Florida (UCF) where he is majoring in Political Science with an emphasis in International Relations. He is a founding chair of his Young Americans for Freedom Chapter at UCF. Carter became involved in Young America’s Foundation in 2013 when he […]
