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The Feminist Fashionistas Uncork Ugliness Against Usha
One way our nation’s most “prestigious” newspapers show they’re Democratic Party propaganda sheets is when their fashion critics apply all of their tawdry partisan biases to their evaluations of the clothes of politicians (or their spouses). Robin Givhan of The Washington Post was a transparent Democrat, and so is Vanessa Friedman of The New York… -
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‘The House Is on Fire’: House Passes Online Protections to Shield Children From Porn
The House successfully passed its internet safety package for children while the Senate continues to stall. The Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act includes a key amendment that would protect children from viewing sexual content online, a statistic that continues to grow. “To use figurative language, the house is on fire,” Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill.,… -
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Ohio Amendments Saved for November 2027
Last October, at the Daily Signal-sponsored Essential Summit hosted by the Center for Christian Virtue, a panel warned of the upcoming ballot initiatives in Ohio. One would enshrine same-sex marriage into the state constitution, while the other would apply “gender identity and expression” to the list of protected citizens. However, the group behind the initiatives… -
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How to Grow Closer to Your Family This Summer
Summer is a time for relaxation. Most people have more time away from work and more time with their families to travel or simply relax. Since most children are off from school over the summer, many families take this time to go on vacation and plan warm weather events. While all this is fun, it… -
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When the Culture’s View of Family Invades the Church
This is an adapted excerpt from Timothy S. Goeglein’s recent book (with Craig Osten) “What Really Matters: Restoring a Legacy of Faith, Freedom, and Family,” released April 8 from Fidelis Publishing. The late James Q. Wilson, former professor of government at Harvard University, once said, “It is not money, but the family that is the foundation of… -
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Heritage Foundation Awards $1M in Prizes to Nonprofits
The Heritage Foundation on Thursday announced the recipients of its annual “Innovation Prizes,” a program that awards $1 million in prizes to nonprofit organizations for their work to strengthen society. This is the sixth year that Heritage has given the awards to organizations that put conservative principles into action. Recipients of this year’s prizes include… -
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5 Reasons Why Obergefell Remains Constitutionally Vulnerable
The Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges stands as one of the most egregious examples of judicial activism in modern history. In a single stroke, five unelected lawyers redefined the timeless institution of marriage for the entire nation, bypassing the Constitution, the democratic process, and millennia of human experience rooted in biblical truth and human… -
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Father’s Day: The Old Man’s Mighty Swing
It was a father-son game at a picnic with my Little League team. I was about 10. I was playing catcher for the first … and last … time in my life. Up to the plate strolled my dad, who at that time would have been in his early 50s, his hair silver, his waist… -
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What Fathers Leave Behind
June 18, 2026, marks 15 years since my father died, and as Father’s Day approaches, I find myself thinking less about the day he left us and more about what he left behind. My father, Dennis Joseph Gerber Sr., was known by many as Big Dennis. I was Little Dennis. From the time I was… -
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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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The Vanishing Black Family
This is an adapted excerpt from Delano Squires’ new book “The Vanishing Black Family: How Welfare and Feminism Made Marriage Optional and Children Vulnerable,” out June 16 from Sentinel. “Raise your hand if you’re married.” This was the opening line in a 1986 CBS documentary on black families in Newark, New Jersey. Bill Moyers, the journalist who narrated the television special, asked… -
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June Isn’t Pride Month. It’s the Month Dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Christ.
The heart has been called the seat of the soul. Across different languages and cultures, this organ is spoken of as the place where a person knows what is true beyond logic and reasoning. The heart is evoked when a husband and wife make their wedding vows. The heart is what jumps when a parent… -
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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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Reactions to ‘Teen Takeover’ Forcing Cancellation of Church Festival in Columbus Suburb
The wealthy Columbus, Ohio, suburb of Bexley was hit with a nasty surprise over the weekend when a “teen takeover” swarmed St. Catharine’s Catholic Church’s FunFest. An estimated 500 to 800 teens attended the festival, and although most were peaceful, a series of fights broke out that forced cancellation of the event for the rest… -
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The Largest Investment to Combat Child Trafficking Becomes Law
Nearly 90,000 unidentified children facing sexual abuse will finally be helped thanks to House Republicans funding the largest investment to fight child exploitation and trafficking. A provision included in the newly passed Department of Homeland Security funding bill will allow 200 new investigators to identify victims of child sexual abuse. “Right now, 89,000 unidentified image… -
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Eugenics Is Trending Again: YouTube Influencer Aborts Baby With Down Syndrome
Popular YouTuber Jesse Ridgway and his wife, Ashley, aborted their unborn baby because of a Down syndrome diagnosis. Ridgway runs a YouTube account called McJuggerNuggets with 4.34 million subscribers, where he makes videos featuring scripted stories. His “Psycho Series” alone has earned over 2 billion views. Last Wednesday, Ridgway went to X to announce the “very difficult” abortion decision to his large following…. -
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Alex Clark Issues GOP Warning: Ignore Us and You Lose
Once upon a time, Democrats owned health and wellness. But when they failed to deliver, they could no longer sit at the table. Conservatives figured out how to step up to the plate and deliver on some of the most consequential policies to save Americans, literally. The Daily Signal sat down for an exclusive interview… -
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How to Help Boys
It would be better for boys if society stopped expecting them to act like girls. A Texas mom recently shared a video of her son at his kindergarten graduation. The clip shows him squirming in his chair, playing with his hands and stretching over his seat. She captioned the video, “You’re six and the ceremony… -
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African Parliamentarians Gather to Defend Family and National Sovereignty
The fourth African Regional Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family Values and Sovereignty is convening in Accra, Ghana, this week. There, parliamentarians and civil society leaders from across Africa will seek to respond to the many contemporary challenges affecting African families, cultural identity, and national sovereignty. Topping the agenda at the conference will be a discussion of…