Jarrett Stepman is a columnist for The Daily Signal. He is also the author of "The War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America's Past." Send an email to Jarrett
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“Woke” education is not just coming to history, social studies, and the humanities. A recent report by Fox News explained how the Oregon Department of… Read More
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Editor’s note: Under public pressure and facing a mass recall, the San Francisco School Board announced that it would put the planned renaming of 44… Read More
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An interesting piece in The New York Times highlights a ferocious blowback against woke ideas in France. Yes, France. “The threat is said to be… Read More
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Corporations, nonprofit institutions, the media, and countless individual Americans have expressed support of the Black Lives Matter movement, funneling millions of dollars into organizations that… Read More
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Does the truth matter? Not if you’re the woke president of the San Francisco School Board, apparently. A revealing interview by The New Yorker with… Read More
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Now that Democrats have President Joe Biden in the White House and narrow majorities in both houses of Congress, some on the left argue that… Read More
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In the past few years, Civil War figures from Confederates to Abraham Lincoln have been denounced, and in the case of statues and monuments, removed… Read More
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Editor’s note: The San Francisco school board voted Tuesday to rename 44 public schools in the school district. Among the figures with “dishonorable” or racist… Read More
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Editor’s Note: Democrats in Congress have renewed efforts in the House and Senate to make sweeping changes to America’s electoral laws. As Jarrett Stepman wrote… Read More
SocietyCommentary
As President Joe Biden took office Jan. 20 with calls for unity, his allies in the mainstream media are beating the drum for squashing political… Read More
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Critical theory, an ideology that has dropped deep roots into America’s most powerful institutions, is opposed to the very foundation of Western civilization. This is… Read More
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In the weeks since the November presidential election, numerous liberals, leftists, and other opponents of President Donald Trump have called for a purge of him… Read More
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Abraham Lincoln warned us: Mob rule begets mob rule. On Wednesday, as Congress convened to certify an Electoral College vote of the 2020 presidential election,… Read More
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A terrible 2020 is coming to a close, and the American people are about to get handed a massive bill. After months of delays and… Read More
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Abraham Lincoln didn’t do enough for black lives, according to militant proponents of the woke revolution. In October, the San Francisco Unified School District School… Read More
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Your local school might currently be shut down, but the “great awokening” will continue, pandemic or not—and whether you like it or not. Christopher Rufo,… Read More
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College campus safe spaces, speech codes, and woke witch hunts may be coming to a high school near you. Charles Fain Lehman chronicled in The… Read More
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States around the country are heading into the second wave of pandemic lockdowns, but many Americans may not be so keen on complying this time… Read More
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Will Americans still be celebrating Thanksgiving 100 years from now? This year marks the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ arrival in America. The moment, which… Read More
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Today, we’re featuring an interview with our colleagues at The Daily Signal, Jarrett Stepman and Fred Lucas, who co-host “The Right Side of History” podcast…. Read More
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Political violence committed on peaceful protesters expressing their right to free assembly is a bad thing, right? Republicans on the House Oversight and Reform Committee… Read More
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Is a disputed presidential election the end of democracy as we know it? That’s what many pundits and members of the legacy media are claiming… Read More
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The outcome of the 2020 presidential election continues to be hotly contested. But a transition of power from President Donald Trump to Joe Biden, if… Read More
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Joe Biden is calling for unity following the 2020 presidential election, but it’s clear that many of the former vice president’s supporters view postelection unity… Read More
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Even in the deepest of deep blue progressive states, it appears racial preferences are unpopular once voters go into the voting booth. On Tuesday, Californians… Read More
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There was no blue wave at all, regardless of what ultimately happens in the presidential election. As of the writing of this piece, we still… Read More
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While most of America focuses on the presidential election, some huge issues are being decided in states around the country through ballot measures and propositions…. Read More
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Equality is out and “equity” is in. The San Diego Unified School District has approved a change to its grading system that coincides with broader… Read More
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President Donald Trump and his challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, clashed Thursday night in the second and final presidential debate before the Nov. 3… Read More
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Today’s podcast features an interview that first appeared on our sister podcast “The Right Side of History.” Co-hosts Jarrett Stepman and Fred Lucas speak with… Read More
