Leah Jessen is a former news reporter for The Daily Signal and graduate of The Heritage Foundation's Young Leaders Program.
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The San Francisco County Jail will allow transgender inmates to be housed by their gender preference. Announced on Thursday by Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi, the first… Read More
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Does religion play a role in British politics? Dr. Eliza Filby, academic, writer, and businesswoman, spoke at The Heritage Foundation Wednesday about her book “God… Read More
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Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old student in Irving, Texas, made headlines yesterday after local authorities arrested him for bringing a homemade clock to his high school…. Read More
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Connie-Rose Seabourne’s big blue eyes and happy smile are taking the Internet by storm. Born in Britain two months prematurely, Seabourne was diagnosed with Down… Read More
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An after-school chess program for 20 elementary and middle schools in the Ferguson-Florissant school district started with a simple conversation between a father and his… Read More
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September 11th is a day to remember. Actor Chris Pratt also says it is a day to thank a veteran. Pratt posted a video to… Read More
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Babies born prematurely have a higher survival rate than 20 years ago, a study released on Tuesday found. The findings of the extensive research study,… Read More
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The happiest parents are—drumroll, please—parents with four or more kids. Parents of large families were found to have the most life satisfaction, according to a… Read More
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The first in a series of hearings about Planned Parenthood kicked off Wednesday in Capitol Hill, with Republicans and Democrats running in circles over whether or… Read More
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Good news for those loading up the Tahoe to get out of town this Labor Day weekend: Gas prices are at a record low. The… Read More
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When you meet confident, Emmy-winning Michael Henneberger, it’s hard to believe that just seven years ago he was diagnosed with both panic disorder and major depressive… Read More
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In an analysis of Internal Revenue Service income statistics and migration data, Americans for Tax Reform—an advocacy group for lower and simpler taxes—concluded that in… Read More
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For Evan and Olivia Rodriguez, the birth of their daughter Layla Sky Rodriguez in December should be a time of joy and love. Instead, the… Read More
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Thanks to social media, one chivalrous act in Maryland has touched far more people than originally intended. Last Wednesday, Police Corporal Che Atkinson was notified… Read More
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A recent “We the People” petition is pushing for the Obama administration to watch the Planned Parenthood videos released by the Center for Medical Progress…. Read More
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Plagues, nuclear threats, an electromagnetic pulse attack. Each could knock the United States off the power grid. These potential disaster strikes can seem daunting. “The… Read More
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Katie Myers and her 18-month-old son Kaden spend nearly every day at the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium in West Palm Beach. Recently, on… Read More
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“There is no reason in this world” why federal money should be spent on Planned Parenthood, said Rep. Diane Black, R-Tenn., while on air Monday… Read More
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On Saturday, tens of thousands of people gathered in hundreds of rallies around the country to protest Planned Parenthood. The protesters numbered more than 60,000, according to the… Read More
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DES MOINES, Iowa—Several Americans who have faced threats to their religious liberty united for a rally last week. “These threats are not imagined. They’re not… Read More
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Roughly 15 years ago, staff at an orphanage in war-torn Sierra Leone “ranked” the children in their care. Their favorite child, number one, received special… Read More
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Earlier this week, hundreds gathered in Hayneville, Ala., to remember the life of civil rights activist Jonathan Myrick Daniels. Daniels, 26 at the time of his… Read More
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A new video released today recounts the gruesome details of harvesting of aborted baby brains. It’s the seventh video released in as many weeks by the… Read More
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In 2015, it is hard to imagine a time when women were not allowed to vote. But in early 1920, as the Roaring Twenties jumped… Read More
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Fifty-three years ago today, the eyes of the world turned to East Germany as an 18-year-old’s suffering became an international symbol of cruelty. Peter Fechter,… Read More
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CLEAR LAKE, Iowa— Democratic presidential candidates spoke at a historic rock and roll landmark here Friday night, with each using the Iowa Wing Ding dinner… Read More
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ALDEN, Iowa—The Environmental Protection Agency needs to “roll back” regulations, said former Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Officer Carly Fiorina Thursday evening at a town hall meeting… Read More
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For four years, Josh Cyganik passed by Leonard Bullock’s home in Pendleton, Oregon, each day on the way to work, silently waving and nodding at… Read More
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Sen. Bernie Sanders has proposed a bill in the Senate that would make Election Day a national holiday. Sanders introduced an amendment to the U.S. code… Read More
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It’s been forty years since the practice of abortion was made legal, and a lot of Americans are either passionately pro-life or pro-choice, wearing their… Read More
