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Strong Fathers Are Crucial for Society to Thrive and the Government Doesn’t Know It
Government programs that claim to support families actually cut fathers out of the picture—and that results in broken families and higher poverty rates, according to Delano Squires. The Heritage Foundation hosted the director of the Richard and Helen DeVos Center on Tuesday to lead a panel discussion titled “Invisible Men: How Guaranteed Income Programs for… -
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What Does It Mean to Be American? 3 Defining Beliefs
What makes an American an American? Hillsdale College professor Matthew Spalding joined Heritage Foundation Executive Vice President Derrick Morgan on Monday to answer this question and to discuss Spalding’s new book, “The Making of the American Mind.” The Declaration of Independence offers a unique answer to this question, Spalding told Morgan. He laid out certain… -
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The Academic Achievement Gap Is a Knowledge Gap
Children of married parents with high education levels are more likely to be healthy and succeed in school and life than their peers. Children from these families are also more likely to live above the poverty line and benefit from extracurricular activities such as music lessons, sports, and summer camp. These activities offer students prized… -
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RIP Feminism: Reflections From TPUSA’s Women’s Leadership Conference
I spent the past weekend in San Antonio at the Turning Point USA Women’s Leadership Conference. While I was on the older end of the bell curve, I was encouraged by what I heard and saw from a largely Gen Z and millennial crowd. A host of speakers discussed a variety of topics appealing to… -
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Ben Carson Brings American History to Cartoon in ‘Star Spangled Adventures: The Movie’
Dr. Ben Carson is showing that the classroom isn’t the only place children can learn about the Lewis and Clark expedition and the Declaration of Independence. The president of the American Cornerstone Institute has led the production of “Star Spangled Adventures: The Movie,” which will premiere June 14 at the Trump Kennedy Center for the… -
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Catholic Bishops Consecrate US to Sacred Heart of Jesus for America 250
On the eve of the Catholic Church marking the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops honored America’s 250th birthday by consecrating the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. What Is the Sacred Heart and Why Consecrate? As Louisville Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre shared, the Sacred Heart is… -
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‘Young Washington’ Is Angel Studios’ Superhero Movie for American Youth
Before he became a general in the American Revolutionary War and the first president of the United States, George Washington was a young Virginian colonist who could not enlist in the British army because he was not a qualified English gentleman. Angel Studios’ film “Young Washington,” set to release in theaters July 3, captures how… -
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What Trump Can Do to Combat Abortion ‘Tomorrow,’ According to Pro-Life Expert
The second administration of President Donald Trump—once hailed as the most pro-life president ever—isn’t taking advantage of the opportunities presented by the Supreme Court opinion that overturned abortion precedent Roe v. Wade, a pro-life expert says. “The pro-life movement has been frustrated with the Trump administration—at least this time around—because they have so many [fewer]… -
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Meet the ‘Wicked Witch of Woke’ and the ‘Queen of DEI’ Looking to Take Key GOP Seats
Two progressive Midwest candidates are moving forward as the Democratic Party picks for the U.S. House of Representatives in Iowa. The women’s pasts are proof that the party is sticking with woke ideology that may not align with nearly 80% of Iowa. Sarah Trone Garriott, seeking to unseat Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, and Christina Bohannan,… -
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Just How Woke Is James Talarico’s Church?
It may come as no surprise that the Texas Senate candidate infamous for declaring that “God is nonbinary” attends a left-leaning church, but the religious home of James Talarico is so absurdly “woke” that Americans might be forgiven for questioning whether it is a church at all. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, Texas, has… -
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Who Is God? And Who Am I?
Where did we come from? What are we made for? These two questions cut to the core of what it means to be a human person. We instinctively desire to know the answers to the deepest questions about our existence. Despite meaningless doomscrolling or gossiping, we ultimately desire to know where we came from and… -
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Victor Davis Hanson: The 1.2 Million Reasons America Exists Today
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. This Monday was Memorial Day. It commemorated all the Americans who died on behalf of the United States from… -
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Duffy’s ‘Great American Road Trip’ Promotes American Culture
Road trips are quintessentially American. What’s more America than a family packing into an SUV and driving hundreds of miles across state borders, eating homemade sandwiches and entertaining children with endless games of “I Spy,” just to see beautiful views and a couple of major landmarks? Family road trips from our home in southern Michigan… -
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To Save America, We Must Reconnect With the Founders’ Moral Imagination
Matthew Mehan, author of “The American Book of Fables,” joins Bradley Devlin on a new episode of “Signal Sitdown“ to discuss the “moral imagination” of the Founders and the need during America 250 for the nation to have a “shared memory.” This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity. Bradley Devlin: Why did you write… -
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‘Victory or Death’ Story of French Counterrevolutionaries Premieres in US
When the newly founded French Republic tried to force submission to its regime and stamp out the remains of French faith and culture in 1793, its greatest impediment was a group of peasants in the Vendée. Directors Paul Mignot and Vincent Mottez tell the story of the Catholic resistance to the ideologies of the French… -
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GOP Rededicates America as One Nation Under God as the Left Attempts to ‘Erase History’
As the nation prepares to celebrate America’s 250th birthday this July 4, Republican leaders in Congress joined a rededication service on the National Mall on Sunday to redeclare the country as “one nation under God.” While the Mall was full of prayer and worship, some online criticized the event, calling it Christian nationalism and a… -
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How Can Ohio Pull Itself Up for Family Status Ranking?
Ohio is below average in family rankings, according to a recent report that measures family strength and stability across all 50 states. But two top elected officials in the Buckeye State say promoting fatherhood and lowering the tax burden could help improve the situation. Last month, the Center for Christian Virtue released its 2026 Family… -
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Anti-ICE Protester Brings Lewd Materials to Block Kids From Going to Church
A protester prominently displayed lewd materials outside a St. Paul, Minnesota, church in the presence of children, saying she intends to prevent kids from attending services. Protests have dogged Cities Church, an evangelical Reformed congregation affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, since Immigration and Customs Enforcement surged to the Twin Cities. In January, agitators opposing… -
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Ohio Mom Calls Out Ice Cream Parlor’s Abortion Collab
A Columbus, Ohio, mom is taking a stand against Jeni’s Ice Creams for its pro-abortion collaborations, calling for a boycott until the company changes its ways and abandons its political agenda. Last week, Caitie Rohrig started an online petition asking Jeni’s to “keep politics out of their ice cream.” The posting on Change.org, which has… -
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Today’s NFL: Higher Prices, More Politics
President Donald Trump has lit the National Football League up several times this year. He made it clear that he’s not a fan of several rule changes. He slammed this year’s Super Bowl halftime show, saying that it was “absolutely terrible, one of the worst, EVER! It makes no sense, is an affront to the Greatness of…