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Riots of 1968 and 2020: What We Can Learn and How to Move Forward
Before we declare the riots of 2020 the worst in U.S. history, we should look at the nationwide riots of 1968 that followed the wanton murder of Martin Luther King Jr. at a Memphis, Tennessee, motel. Over 100 cities exploded, led by Washington, D.C., Chicago, Baltimore, and Kansas City, resulting in more than 40 deaths, the arrest of 15,000 mostly… -
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Our Totalitarian Moment
America feels like it’s falling apart. That’s because it is. There are two ways to achieve unity in any group. The first is to set up a few serious standards of conduct, policed with the absolute minimum of compulsion, and then allow freedom in all other matters. This was the founding vision for our federal… -
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Justices Continue Long, Shameful Silence on Second Amendment
When the Supreme Court earlier this spring dismissed a New York gun case from its docket without ruling on the merits, disappointed Second Amendment advocates still had high hopes. After all, even though the court hadn’t decided a meaningful Second Amendment case in more than a decade, at least four justices had recently signaled their… -
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Prioritizing Federal Activity More Important in Wake of COVID-19
As America works toward bringing the COVID-19 pandemic under control, it is vital that the public and leaders make smart and informed decisions. To that end, The Heritage Foundation’s National Coronavirus Recovery Commission has released its final report, which features recommendations for policymakers, civil society, families, and businesses. Although most of the commission’s recommendations focus… -
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Problematic Women: How Women Lose in Supreme Court’s Decision to Redefine Sex
American women have lost an important battle. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of protecting new LGBT rights Monday in the case of R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The ruling redefines sex to include sexual orientation and gender identity. Kate Anderson, an attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom, joins… -
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Why Juneteenth Is a Uniquely American Holiday
Friday is the 155th anniversary of Juneteenth, which marks the day slaves in Texas found out that they were freed by President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. Professor Lucas Morel, head of the Politics Department at Washington and Lee University, joins The Daily Signal Podcast to discuss the significance of the holiday, what the Emancipation Proclamation… -
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Responding to the Coronavirus Crisis and Building a Stronger Health Sector for the Future
Editor’s note: This is an open letter to the American people from 83 participants in the Health Policy Consensus Group and other health care leaders. Please see the full list of signatories at the end of this letter. The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the need for flexibility in our health sector and for public officials… -
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Trump Initiative Aims to Reduce High Suicide Rate Among Veterans
After fighting alongside his fellow Marines in the war in Iraq, Chad Hiser survived a battle that killed 18 other troops. Just three days days later, a friendly-fire incident injured others. But 15 years ago, Hiser almost didn’t survive his own battle that came after he was honorably discharged. “I returned home feeling guilty for… -
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NBC Tries and Fails to Wreck a Conservative Website. Here’s Why It’s Deeply Problematic.
If you value a robust media offering a variety of voices, you should be troubled by a chilling incident that occurred this week. Citing the work of two foreign-based activist groups, NBC News reported Tuesday that Google would demonetize a conservative news and opinion outlet, The Federalist–meaning not allow it to carry Google Ads on… -
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Don’t Give Civics the Common Core Treatment
You shouldn’t build a “national church” if you’re a “minority religion,” University of Arkansas professor Jay Greene has cautioned for years. By that, Greene means that those working to reform existing systems shouldn’t look to the national level for policy implementation, as they risk creating an architecture that could be co-opted for different ends… -
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Amazon Doubles Down on Excluding Some Conservative Nonprofits From Customer Donations
In yet another slap in the face from far-left tech giants to conservatives, Amazon.com recently doubled down on its policy that prohibits customers from donating proceeds from their purchases to well-established conservative nonprofits like the Family Research Council and the Alliance Defending Freedom. While Amazon customers can use the AmazonSmile program to donate a portion of each purchase to… -
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After COVID-19, Only US Can Lead Way on Economic Recovery
The world never stops turning. Troubled times at home or not, the need for American leadership never lessens. Although the meeting of the Group of Seven leaders has been postponed, Washington should get the get-together back on track. The administration must build consensus for a free world post-COVID-19 economic recovery partnership and cement the deal… -
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Tearing Things Down Does Not Help Others Rise
It is a gift, as Robert Burns wrote, to see ourselves as others see us. One of those “others” is Caroline Glick, who writes on her webpage from Israel: “Americans are now expected to kneel for the Star-Spangled Banner and disavow American history while swallowing whole a false, malicious new history that claims America has… -
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State Legislatures Possess the Power to Curtail Shutdown Orders
In an effort to contain the coronavirus, many governors are relying on emergency powers to issue orders requiring self-quarantining, restricting business activity, banning gatherings, and limiting mobility across entire regions. These shutdowns have eviscerated more than 30 million jobs, threatened countless businesses with insolvency, and disrupted core civic activities. Many private citizens and some state legislators… -
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5 Questions Congress Should Ask Ambassador Lighthizer
Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, the U.S. chief trade negotiator, will testify Wednesday before the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee. He is expected to defend the Trump administration’s trade agenda since 2017 and shed light on what Congress can expect the future goals of the Trump administration to be on trade. Lighthizer… -
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The Tyranny in the Left’s Goal of Outlawing ‘Hate Speech’
Some Americans are working to outlaw so-called hate speech. In a recent paper, Arthur Milikh, formerly the associate director of the B. Kenneth Simon Center for American Studies at The Heritage Foundation, calls the left’s effort to ban hate speech “the new tyranny over the mind.” So what is hate speech, and how are countries… -
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Who Will Bear Ultimate Cost of Rioting?
No decent person can support George Floyd’s mistreatment, or the mistreatment of anyone else, at the hands of police officers with the sworn duty to uphold the law. The Minneapolis authorities moved quickly, and Derek Chauvin was fired from the Minneapolis Police Department, placed under arrest, and charged with second-degree murder and other charges. The… -
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Anarchy in Central Seattle Isn’t a ‘Festive Zone’
Most revolutions don’t end in liberty; rather, they typically end in bloodshed and merciless tyranny. The Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone, or CHAZ, created in Seattle is being billed as a cop-free zone (or something along those lines) and treated by more than a few media organizations as little more than a social justice street festival…. -
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Left Hails Supreme Court Decision That ‘Sex’ Includes Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
The Supreme Court’s landmark decision that federal laws against discrimination based on sex also protect LGBT individuals has liberals and conservatives alike considering the effects on employment polices across America. The high court ruled 6-3 Monday that laws banning discrimination based on sex include discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. The decision saw… -
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Senate’s National Defense Authorization Act Has Right Focus
The Senate Armed Services Committee last week passed its version of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2021. The bill passed by a wide bipartisan margin of 25-2. From the summary we have, it appears the bill focuses, appropriately, on great power competition. The most recent National Defense Strategy outlines the need for…