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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Why is corporate America increasingly stepping in to support “woke” social justice causes? “These corporations are part of a movement that has been going on… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
A piece of legislation working its way through Congress would upend further the way Americans conduct elections. But the way many media outlets are covering… Read More
SocietyCommentary
A mounting discontent with “cancel culture” is emerging, even in some liberal circles. On a recent episode of “Real Time,” host Bill Maher dedicated a… Read More
SocietyNews
As you likely have heard, the latest casualty of cancel culture is Dr. Seuss. And because nature abhors a vacuum, the woke left has a… Read More
SocietyCommentary
In the woke revolution, even cartoons are being employed to ensure the indoctrination doesn’t miss anyone. Two of the elements of the so-called “anti-racist” agenda… Read More
SocietyNews
If legislation now before Congress—H.R. 5, dubbed the Equality Act—becomes law, it would add sexual orientation and gender identity as protected classes into the 1964… Read More
EducationCommentary
“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
EducationCommentary
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
SocietyCommentary
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
EducationCommentary
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
SocietyCommentary
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
PoliticsNews
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
SocietyCommentary
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
SocietyCommentary
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
LawCommentary
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
SocietyNews
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
PoliticsCommentary
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
LawCommentary
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
PoliticsCommentary
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
SocietyCommentary
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
EducationCommentary
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
EducationCommentary
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
SocietyCommentary
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
SocietyCommentary
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
PoliticsAnalysis
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
PoliticsCommentary
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
PoliticsCommentary
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
LawCommentary
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
PoliticsCommentary
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
