The LIBRE Institute’s Michael Barrera, National Manager of the organization’s Economic Prosperity pillar, is invited to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights and Federal Courts, at a hearing titled “Opportunity Denied: How Overregulation Harms Minorities.”

Despite the promises of “stimulus” spending, low interest rates, and the trillions of dollars added to our debt, the U.S. economy has barely improved and Hispanics are suffering because of it.

According to recent data, Hispanic and African American working families are twice as likely as other groups to be low-income and more likely to be targeted by government initiatives that help pay for child care services. But is more government assistance the best solution to the rising cost of child care?

Despite the promises of “stimulus” spending, low interest rates, and the trillions of dollars added to our debt, the U.S. economy has barely improved and Hispanics are suffering because of it.

This week marks one month since the launch of the High School Diploma Initiative (HSDI), a program of The LIBRE Institute, and applications continue to come in.

Since the late 1970’s, the familiar American teenage pastime of working a summer job between school years has been vanishing at an alarming rate. What was once an easy and common way for young Americans to gain work experience and earn a little spending money for summer vacation is now out of reach for many.

Last month the strictly nonpartisan Congressional Budget office (CBO) released its 2015 Long-Term Budget Outlook, which painted our growing national debt as a major threat to the economic stability and future of our nation.