At the Mackinac Center, we often celebrate victories, from expanding school choice to cutting red tape for entrepreneurs to protecting workers’ rights. Wins matter. But no policy victory is ever final. Each is just a step in the broader journey toward a freer Michigan.
Opponents of freedom are always working to reverse progress. They push relentlessly to move the Overton Window, the range of ideas considered acceptable in public policy, away from liberty and toward more government control. If we aren’t actively shifting that window toward freedom, someone else is shifting it away from freedom.
That’s why our work is about more than implementing good policy. It’s about changing the climate of opinion. Through research, storytelling, and education, we do more than influence laws; we change the way people think about them. We aim to move the Overton Window toward ideas that once seemed radical, such as right-to-work or education choice, and make them mainstream.
This work takes persistence. It takes principled leadership, especially when political winds change. Our work requires the support of others. It needs your support. Thanks to you, the Mackinac Center doesn’t just respond to policy debates. We reframe them entirely.
Thank you for standing with us to protect and advance freedom in Michigan and beyond.
