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Black Patriots Who Helped Keep America Free
America often fell far short of the ideas of its founding. Nevertheless, many black heroes still fought for those great ideas and freedom. Philip Reynolds, digital specialist with The Heritage Foundation, joins “The Right Side of History” to discuss the 54th Massachusetts—one of the first black regiments of the Civil War—and other black patriots throughout U.S…. -
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School Choice Could Put Pennsylvania ‘Back on Track’
Some Pennsylvania homes suddenly are getting a little crowded with young students who are drawing from the same internet connection. That’s one reason why Najimah Roberson, a Harrisburg parent with three children pursuing online learning, is keen on the idea of getting some of her tax dollars back in the form of scholarship funds that… -
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Can We Be Forced to Say Something We Don’t Believe? Ask This Teacher
A French teacher at West Point High School in West Point, Virginia, was fired for not using pronouns preferred by a transgender student. Watch our Underreported documentary on him, below. Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel for more great video content. Just go here: youtube.com/dailysignal Should people be forced to contradict their core… -
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4 Big Moments From the House’s Postal Service Hearing
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testified Monday before a House committee to address Democrats’ recent theories regarding actions taken by the U.S. Postal Service weeks and months before the November election. Voting by mail, either through absentee ballots or by universal mail-in ballots, is expected to be high this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. As… -
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A Back-to-School Guide for Conservatives
Is patriotism dying? Are there any good Americans left? Over the past few months, Americans may have begun to wonder about those questions, and both will be on the minds of conservative students as they return to school this fall. It has been a long time since colleges were the refuges of free thought and… -
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The Truth About the Post Office Controversy
Do we really have to worry about the Postal Service? That’s the latest faux controversy to dominate our political debate. It’s a sign of our times that even the mail system isn’t without controversy. As usual, there’s plenty of blame to go around on how we got into this mess. In the midst of the… -
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Bill Would Ban Gender Reassignment Procedures on Minors
The BBC reported back in March on a lawsuit against the United Kingdom’s leading gender identity clinic, with a detransitioned female patient stating that she was rushed into irreversible hormonal interventions that she later came to regret. It’s with cases like this in mind that Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., has introduced legislation that would prohibit… -
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Blacks Make Up the Overwhelming Majority of Shooting Victims Amid New York City Crime Wave
Black people have been victimized by gun violence at a far greater rate than any other racial group amid a surge of shootings and murders in New York City, according to New York City Police Department data reviewed by The Daily Caller News Foundation. There were 194 shooting incidents that involved black victims in the… -
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For True Equality, We Must Stand for Founding Ideals
America is fractured. In the wake of the unrest sparked by the death of George Floyd at the hands of police, we as a nation seem more divided than ever. We used to have a common vision, agreeing on the founding principles of this great nation. Now, even those principles are under assault. The radical… -
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Can We Restore America? Ben Shapiro Examines Hard Questions in New Book
How can we bring America together? What principles truly made our country great? What must we do to preserve them? New York Times bestselling author and political commentator Ben Shapiro answers these questions and more in his latest book, “How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps,” a compelling addition to the conservative library. Shapiro… -
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White House Correspondent Probes Facts Behind Trump’s Impeachment
The Daily Signal’s White House correspondent, Fred Lucas, had a front row seat to the impeachment of President Donald Trump, an impeachment that Lucas says began even before Trump took office. Lucas’ newly released book, “Abuse of Power: Inside the Three-Year Campaign to Impeach Donald Trump,” dives deep into the left’s plot to remove the… -
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Nurses Rally Against Unionization as Law Muzzles Hospital Management
Nurses opposed to unionization at Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, made their voices heard over heavy rainfall at a demonstration in front of the hospital. “I don’t want someone standing between me and my patient, telling me how to do my job,” said one nurse who is voting “no” on the union-organizing effort. “I… -
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Supreme Court Could See at Least 4 Vacancies in 4 Years, Trump Says
President Donald Trump projects that he’s on track to win confirmation of more than 300 new conservative judges by the end of the year. And in the next four years, the president predicts, as many as five vacancies could open on the Supreme Court. “By the time we are finished, we will have in excess of… -
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USPS Faces Financial, Logistical Hurdles Before Mail-In Ballot Surge
The final votes of the 2020 primaries were cast Aug. 11, concluding a primary season marred by confusion, lawsuits, and an investigation by a United States Postal Service inspector general. Threats of fraud, foreign interference, and large-scale voter disenfranchisement have brought the Postal Service’s ability to transport the expected surge of mail-in ballots this November… -
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Trump Suggests a Presidential Election Redo. Is That Possible?
President Donald Trump has pointed out correctly that mail-in elections can be plagued with fraud and other serious problems, making it impossible to know who the winner is in a close race. But can these problems require that we hold the November presidential election a second time, as he suggested Tuesday might be necessary? Answering a… -
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The Left-Wing War on America’s Suburbs
The Trump administration recently rescinded a fair housing rule adopted in the early months of the Obama administration. The so-called Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule was an add-on to the 1968 Fair Housing Act, which was about preventing discrimination in the sale, rental, or financing of housing. However, like so much of the distortions that… -
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Saying Goodbye, Sort of, to Germany
President Donald Trump recently ordered a 12,000-troop reduction in American military personnel stationed in Germany. That leaves about 24,000 American soldiers still in the country. A little more than half of the troops being withdrawn will return home. The rest will be redeployed to other NATO member nations such as Belgium, Italy, and perhaps Baltic… -
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Trump Ties Successes in Middle East to Reversing Obama Actions
Days after announcing a push to reimpose international sanctions on Iran, President Donald Trump said the country known as the world’s chief state sponsor of terrorism is facing a shelled economy because the U.S. withdrew from the nuclear deal with Iran crafted by the Obama administration. “They don’t have so much money now,” Trump said… -
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How San Francisco’s Progressive Policies Made the Homelessness Crisis Worse
San Francisco is falling apart. The city is the wealthiest metropolitan area in the United States, but also has become a haven for tent encampments, drugs, trash, and violence—conditions that are even more desperate and disordered than slums in many developing countries. Progressive political leaders insist that this stark contrast is the result of capitalism,… -
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How the Left Ruins the Objectivity of Science
More than two years ago, I wrote a column titled “Whatever the Left Touches It Ruins.” I listed eight examples: —The universities. —The arts: music, art, and architecture. —Sports. —Mainstream Judaism, Protestantism, and Catholicism. —Race relations. —Women’s happiness. -—Children’s innocence. -—And, perhaps most disturbingly, America’s commitment to free speech. One should now add the sciences….