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Does a Teacher Have a Right to Refuse to Call a Girl a Boy? Virginia’s Supreme Court May Decide
A Virginia teacher was fired for refusing to call a girl a boy. Now, the state’s Supreme Court has the opportunity to decide whether a local school board violated the teacher’s legal rights. A lawyer for French teacher Peter Vlaming asked Tuesday that the Virginia Supreme Court take up the case, Vlaming v. West Point… -
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18 Photos That Capture Canadian Truckers’ ‘Freedom Convoy’
As Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invokes emergency powers in an attempt to quell the “Freedom Convoy,” protesters remain in Ottawa, Canada, for the third week in a row. Protesters have stated they will remain in Ottawa until all COVID-19 mandates are lifted. Images from the protests highlight the escalating tensions between the Canadian government,… -
opinion
Learning the Lessons of Black History
Why do we need Black History Month? Why don’t we set aside special occasions to observe the history of other ethnicities in our country? My answer to this question is that black history tells a uniquely important story in our nation. It is a story that no other race or ethnicity shares. It is a… -
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Pro-Life Group Poised to Help Moms, Babies Born If Roe v. Wade Is Overturned
The pro-life Susan B. Anthony List is preparing to provide care for all the additional babies that will be born if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion nationwide. “When the Supreme Court releases its hold on abortion policymaking, we will show the world that we are ready… -
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Clinton’s Campaign, Its High-Tech Allies, and Political Espionage
With the latest filing by special counsel John Durham, a chilling story continues to unfold even though most mainstream media outlets are downplaying it. The story: A presidential campaign quite possibly used its allies in the tech sector to engage in political espionage—not just against the opposition candidate, but against a sitting president. The underhanded… -
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Don’t Worry, BLM Founders Aren’t Corrupt. They’re Capitalists.
If you’re a woke journalist, how would you frame allegations of financial misconduct against the main Black Lives Matter organization? You could ignore these financial questions about the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, sure. Or you could frame the allegations the way New York magazine has in a recent article: by absurdly quoting people… -
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Maryland Public School District Announces ‘Anti-Racist System Audit’
Maryland’s largest school district plans to issue an “anti-racist” survey to students to “address racial barriers” in the school district, according to an announcement from the district superintendent. Montgomery County Public Schools will issue an “Anti-Racist System Audit” to all parents, guardians, staff, and all fourth through 12th graders from March 1-31 to review “district… -
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What Are Our Children Being Taught? States Move Toward Curriculum ‘Transparency’
The COVID-19 pandemic revealed disturbing trends about how critical race theory and LGBT indoctrination were being promulgated in schools. Parents, infuriated that their kids are being brainwashed, went to school board meetings to express their discontent. Now, some educators are attempting to hide their lesson plans from parents who would take issue with them. But… -
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GW Students Debate Campus Censorship After Removal of Posters Critical of Chinese Communist Party
When George Washington University made national news last week after removing artwork criticizing China’s human rights abuses, it also sparked debate among students about free speech on college campuses. Controversy ensued when students hung posters that initially appeared to be advertisements for the Winter Olympics in China. Upon closer examination, they depicted Chinese human rights… -
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Violence Against Women Act Is Back, but It’s Still No Better. Here Are Its 5 Biggest Flaws.
The Violence Against Women Act is once again up for debate and a vote in the Senate. The previous iteration of the bill failed last year, having stalled in the Senate after complaints concerning the bill’s handgun restrictions, carve-outs for LGBTQ groups, stealth “gender identity” inclusions, and the constitutionally prohibited expansion of the jurisdiction of… -
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5 Things to Know About Special Counsel’s Finding That Clinton Campaign Spied on Trump, White House
Electronic political espionage that allegedly infiltrated White House computer servers “should shock everyone regardless of who controls the White House,” and the crime is punishable by up to 10 years in prison, said Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation. The recent court filing by special counsel John Durham alleges that… -
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Staunch US Ally Singapore Boasts World’s Freest Economy in Annual Heritage Foundation Rankings
Singapore keeps punching above its weight, demonstrating to the world the concrete benefit of preserving transparency, openness, and efficiency, which are the hallmarks of economic freedom. For the third year in a row since 2020, when Singapore eclipsed Hong Kong, the small but vibrant Asian country has been top-rated in The Heritage Foundation’s annual Index… -
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How the Left Upended Our Election Laws in 2020
The integrity of our elections is under assault from Democrats in Washington and left-wing forces across America. Using the pretext of COVID, a web of well-funded organizations, working with Democrat lawmakers and friendly judges, systematically changed state election laws in 2020. Cleta Mitchell, who has spent a lifetime fighting for free and fair elections, is… -
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Arizona Legislators Propose Communist-Style ‘Community Schools’
A 20th-century Russian communist said: “Children, like soft wax, are very malleable. …We must rescue children from the harmful influence of the family. … From the earliest days of their little lives, they must find themselves under the beneficent influence of communist schools. … To oblige the mother to give her child to the Soviet… -
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Maryland Legislature Considers Creating ‘Advisory Council’ to Collect Data on Homeschoolers
If we have learned anything about left-wing cultural revolutionaries over the past few years and decades, it’s that they insist that all conform to their view of “diversity.” All are welcome, except for those who disagree. That’s why it’s so troubling to see government authorities rope in, and attempt to control, people attempting to maintain… -
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We Hear You: What’s Happening to Law and Order
Editor's note: The Daily Signal's coverage of the crime spike across the nation, and the role of do-nothing prosecutors, sparked a response from readers. We begin with that issue in this week's dip into the mailbag at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Thanks for the commentary article by Cully Stimson and Zack Smith about Manhattan… -
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With Future of Roe v. Wade Unknown, Pennsylvania in Battle for Unborn
A battle is raging in Pennsylvania for the lives of unborn babies. If laws aren’t in place to protect the unborn, “we could actually end up in a world where abortion is more extreme in Pennsylvania” should the Supreme Court overturn Roe v. Wade, Jeremy Samek, senior counsel for Pennsylvania Family Institute, told The Daily… -
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Senate Republicans Say No to Biden Funding for ‘Safe’ Crack Pipes
The Biden administration quickly reversed course on a plan to fund “smoking kits” for drug users, apparently including pipes to smoke crack cocaine, but Senate Republicans introduced legislation to ensure it doesn’t happen. The bill would amend a section of last year’s American Rescue Plan Act to prohibit any taxpayer funds from being used to… -
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NYC’s New Law Letting Foreign Citizens Vote Is Unconstitutional. I’m Suing to Kill It.
NEW YORK — I recently was delighted to sue New York City’s Board of Elections. In conjunction with the Public Interest Legal Foundation, co-plaintiffs Phyllis Coachman, Anthony Gilhuys, Katherine James, and I filed suit in New York Supreme Court on Feb. 2. We aim to overturn City Charter Chapter 46-A, which our litigation dubs “the… -
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The Gap Between Political Correctness and Reality
The Democratic Party increasingly exhibits traits of a revolutionary party bent on obtaining control over thought and discourse. The potential ability to exercise this kind of power enables the progressives who run the Democratic Party to inevitably steer the country towards their objectives, having already defined the acceptable bounds of language and debate. Lenin defined…