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What My College President Gets Wrong About Critical Race Theory
Critical race theory, the enemy of free thought, undermines American exceptionalism. Many institutions have embraced teaching this ideology, blind to just how toxic it is. As a student at the College of the Holy Cross, I know this all too well. My college’s president, Vincent Rougeau, publicly diminished the psychological harm critical race theory poses…Kaitlyn Romaine -
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Are These 7 LGBT ‘Kids’ Books in Your Child’s Classroom or School Library?
Warning: Some content may be inappropriate for children. Children are learning about gay marriage, preferred pronouns, and gender identity, thanks to woke children’s books. “I have a girl brain, but a boy body,” the book “I Am Jazz” says. “This is called transgender. I was born this way.” “I Am Jazz” was published in 2014…Virginia Allen -
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How Back to School Is Different, Again, This Year
It’s back-to-school time. Like every other year, children are excited about new teachers, new experiences, new clothes, and maybe even some new friends. But for many families, going back to school is not business as usual this year. In many cases, temporary changes to education brought on by COVID-19 have become permanent. Perhaps the biggest change is…Joseph Backholm -
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Judge Defends Equal Justice Against Tide of Critical Race Theory, Disparate Impact
Lady Justice is blind, so that everyone before her is equal, regardless of wealth, power, or race. That doesn’t sit well with proponents of critical race theory, who think that the courts and the other branches of government ought to use their power to put what Justice Antonin Scalia once called a “racial thumb” on…GianCarlo Canaparo -
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Teachers Union Sues Rhode Island Mom for Seeking Records About School’s Critical Race Theory Curriculum
The National Education Association, America’s largest teachers union, is suing a Rhode Island mom for seeking information about what her kindergartener will be taught in school. Both the National Education Association Rhode Island and National Education Association South Kingstown, the union’s local branch, are suing Nicole Solas after she filed public record requests with the…Virginia Allen -
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How Critical Race Theory Endangers America’s National Security
I asked my parents about what they would think, theoretically, if I joined the military. As proud Americans with the utmost respect for our armed forces, I figured surely they would not have a problem with this idea. Much to my surprise, the first words out of my mother’s mouth were, “With the way this…Kaitlyn Romaine -
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British Chaplain Reported to Counterterrorism Agency After Questioning School’s ‘LGBT Stuff’
Holding to the biblical definition of male and female has cost the Rev. Bernard Randall his job. Randall served as chaplain of Trent College, a day and boarding school in Derbyshire, England, for four years. He delivered a sermon to students on the topic of gender identity in 2019. “So, all in all, if you…Virginia Allen -
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How 2 Unconventional Education Styles Fostered a Love for America’s Founding
The National Education Association adopted a strategy to impose critical race theory in 14,000 school districts in all 50 states. The association’s decision to promote critical race theory is unsurprising considering it claims America suffers from systemic racism. Public schools, including schools in Loudoun County, Virginia, have added racial diversity books to their classroom libraries….Julea Pehl -
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‘Communism Taking Root in America,’ Critical Race Theory Foe Warns
About 350 concerned residents crowded into a church in Georgetown, Delaware, on Thursday evening to hear from a panel of experts about critical race theory—one of whom likened its spread throughout American culture to Mao Zedong’s communist Cultural Revolution in China. “Today, communism is taking root in America,” speaker Xi Van Fleet said. Critical race…Douglas Blair -
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Critical Race Theory Mutilates Centuries-Old Legacy of Interracial Cooperation
Far more than a mere slap in the face, critical race theory is a brass-knuckled beat-down of white and black Americans who bravely have battled slavery, Jim Crow, and other forms of anti-black racism. Since Democrat-fueled, state-mandated segregation ended in 1964, even more white and black Americans have labored to advance the latter’s freedom, prosperity,…Deroy Murdock -
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Trump’s Budget Director Demands to Know Why Education Department Promoted Critical Race Theory
A top Trump administration official filed a Freedom of Information Act request Wednesday to obtain communications between the Department of Education and a critical race theory activist group whose materials were promoted in a U.S. government guidance book, Fox News reported. Russ Vought, president of the Center for Renewing America and chief of the Office…Kendall Tietz -
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Do Student Suspensions Really Cause a ‘School-to-Prison Pipeline’?
The Biden administration is picking up where the Obama administration left off in trying to dictate to local school districts how they should best discipline students. Its justification for acting as national school principal is based on the claim that suspending students harms them by excluding them from the learning environment and by stigmatizing them…Jay Greene -
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Parents Must Continue to Fight Critical Race Theory
Every once in a while, the Biden administration likes to pretend that it’s listening to reason. Don’t buy it. That’s the message from conservatives, who are trying to keep parents from falling for the White House’s line that it’s backing away from critical race theory in the classroom. That’s the impression Education Secretary Miguel Cardona…Tony Perkins -
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We Hear You: Nothing Nice About Peddling ‘Nice Racism,’ Critical Race Theory
Editor's note: The Daily Signal's audience is passionate in responding to our coverage of the left's attempts to divide America by race. See for yourself in this sampling of the mailbag at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: I am a black woman who is old enough to see that Robin DiAngelo’s mumbo-jumbo is just repackaged 1960s…Ken McIntyre -
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Education Department Backs Off Promotion of Group Espousing Critical Race Theory
The Biden administration called it an “error” to promote a guide by a group espousing critical race theory in an Education Department handbook meant for use in over 13,000 public school districts on recommendations and policies for school reopenings, Fox News reported. The activist group, Abolitionist Teaching Network, has connections to at least two high-ranking officials in…Kendall Tietz -
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Protecting Life on College Campuses
The physical and psychological traumas associated with the chemical abortion regimen evince the unique horrors of the procedure—even beyond what we are used to in the abortion context. Tammi, one victim of the abortion industry’s embrace of this practice, reflected on her chemical abortion as “savage” and “horrific.” She recalled extreme physical pain and fear throughout the…Travis Weber -
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Critical Race Theory in Classrooms Isn’t Just About Teaching ‘Honest History’
The media spin and outright gaslighting to cover up the reality of the teaching of critical race theory in our schools and institutions has shifted into overdrive. First, we were told it wasn’t happening at all. Then, we were informed that trying to stop it was authoritarian fascism or something. Now left-wing media and politicians…Jarrett Stepman -
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Biological Male May Join Middle School Girls Cross Country Team, Judge Rules
A middle school student who is a biological male may run on a girls cross country team this fall in spite of West Virginia’s new law banning biological males from women’s sports, a federal judge has ruled. Lawyers from the ACLU-West Virginia had argued to U.S. Circuit Judge Joseph R. Goodwin that HB 3293 would unfairly prevent the 11-year-old…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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How Conservative College Students Can Gain a Voice on Campus
Student activism “has to be loud,” Kristin Dobson, national field director for the Leadership Institute, says. Dobson trains young people across America how to have a voice on their college campus. Through practical tools, she and her team show young people how to promote freedom and conservative principles effectively at their universities. Dobson joins the “Problematic…Lauren Evans -
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Federal Education Officials Backpedal on Pushing Critical Race Theory in Schools
The U.S. Department of Education looked into critical race theory’s abyss and blinked. In April, the agency proposed prioritizing the theory’s racially discriminatory ideas in a small federal grant program for K-12 schools. But after receiving a “significant” number of comments on the announcement, the agency demurred earlier this week, saying it would not give…Jonathan Butcher