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Secret Teacher Portals Reveal ‘Pronoun Surveys,’ ‘Black Lives Matter Curriculum.’ Here’s What I Found in the Leaked Content.
The school district of Loudoun County, Virginia, may have made the headlines for aggressively pushing far-left content onto students, including pornography and critical race theory, but other districts throughout the country are no better off. At the Santa Barbara Unified School District in California, teachers are given a plethora of politically radical resources that they… -
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Catholic School Parents Ask Archdiocese to Fight DC Mayor’s Masking Order
More than 1,000 Catholic school parents and parishioners are pressuring the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington to fight D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s mask mandate for schools. The group ADW Parents has existed for several months, but revamped its efforts in light of Bowser’s recent announcement removing mask mandates for many businesses and government offices but… -
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Clinton, Trump, and 6 Keys to What’s Next in Special Counsel’s Spying Probe
A single court filing has created immense buzz in a Justice Department special counsel’s case against a former Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer. Clinton and the indicted lawyer, Michael Sussmann, were both dismissive of the revelation in special counsel John Durham’s filings. Meanwhile, former President Donald Trump says Durham’s allegation proves his long-standing claim that he… -
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New Zealand’s COVID-19-Related Crackdown on Economic Freedom Lingers On
New Zealand has long been considered an economically free country. The government’s stringent, almost straightjacket-like COVID-19 restrictions, however, run counter to New Zealand’s multidecade history of strong and robust economic freedom. New Zealand fell two ranks in The Heritage Foundation’s 2022 Index of Economic Freedom released last week, from No. 2 down to No. 4… -
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The War on Parents Continues
In September 2020, January Littlejohn went to pick up her 13-year-old daughter from middle school. Littlejohn is a stay-at-home mother to three children and a licensed mental health counselor in Florida. So when her daughter informed her that the school administration had begun encouraging her to identify as transgender, Littlejohn was shocked. Littlejohn’s daughter told… -
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Colorado Is Again Trying to Compel a Wedding Vendor’s Speech. Supreme Court Has a Chance to Defend Freedom.
Some U.S. Court of Appeals have a long history of issuing decisions that are demonstrably hostile to wedding artists seeking to exercise their First Amendment rights. Whether for wedding flowers or for custom designed wedding cakes, these courts have repeatedly circumvented the rights of business owners to both practice their religious freedom and refuse to… -
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How Government Is Adding to, Not Solving, Labor Shortages in Health Care and Elsewhere
COVID-19 is not to blame for four-decade-high inflation and an unprecedented labor shortage. Rather, bad government policies, originally enacted as part of a stated attempt to keep people safe from COVID-19, are to blame. Instead of keeping people safe, government policies are doing more harm than good to public health and well-being and restricting the… -
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The Russia-Ukraine Crisis, Explained
Could the conflict between Russia and Ukraine turn into a long-term war in Europe? Is World War III on the horizon? How will America be affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? And what can China’s response to the situation tell us? Luke Coffey, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign… -
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Seeking Truth, Former Liberal James Lindsay Now Fights Critical Race Theory
Commentator and author James Lindsay first came to national attention after he and his colleagues published a series of hoax papers in social science journals to demonstrate the loose academic standards of the journals. He used to be a liberal, Lindsay says, but became more conservative when he recognized the real threat that ideologies such… -
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‘Media Need to Start Showing Up’ on Evidence of Democrats’ Spying, Sen. Rick Scott Says
It’s past time for the dominant media to “show up” and report on a special counsel’s court filings alleging political espionage targeting Donald Trump before and after he became president and instigated by the Hillary Clinton campaign, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., says. “The media just went along with the Democrat narrative [claiming collusion between Trump… -
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Amazon’s New ‘Lord of the Rings’ Series Defiles Tolkien’s Masterpiece
The biggest threat facing Middle-earth is no longer Sauron or Morgoth, but Jeff Bezos. Amazon released a trailer for its new “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” series during the Super Bowl, and the product advertised doesn’t inspire confidence. The series is set long before Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring… -
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4 Reasons Why Americans Should Care About the Situation in Ukraine
Ukraine has been front-page news for the past few weeks. What began with President Vladimir Putin moving large numbers of forces to the Ukraine border deteriorated even further this past weekend, when Russia advanced its invasion into Ukraine. Currently, Ukraine is almost completely surrounded by nearly 200,000 Russian troops, and Russia is sending troops into… -
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Is Canada Becoming North America’s Cuba?
Canada is leaving the Western world. In terms of all-encompassing government, suppression of dissent, and the denial of fundamental human rights to many of its citizens, Canada is now more similar to Cuba than to any free country. Canada may eventually return to Western civilization, but as of this writing, the majority of Canadians appear… -
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Mayor Eric Adams Is Half Right
It is usually Republicans who blast the media for what they consider biased or unfair coverage of their policies, but increasingly we are hearing Democrats engaging in the same behavior, apparently frustrated their agenda is not being embraced by some of their fellow Democrats and the public. Last week, New York City Mayor Eric Adams,… -
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Trash’s Little-Known Impact on Economic Freedom and National Security
It is time to talk about improving the environment, economic freedom, and national security. Yes, it is time to talk about trash. No one likes to talk about trash. It is never a subject at social gatherings, even at The Heritage Foundation, and it is easy to understand why. Waste is a dirty word. We… -
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Federal Government’s Long, Shameful Record of Failures in Battling COVID-19
If you’re one of the lucky ones, you’ve received the Biden administration’s “free” COVID-19 home test in the mail, the first batch of 1 billion “free” tests promised to all Americans. Nice, but a bit late. Amid the raging omicron variant hitting friends and relatives hard during the holiday season, you might have tried to… -
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A Budget Blueprint for Freedom, Opportunity, and Prosperity
America faces a stark choice. Will we accept more of the Washington-knows-best, top-down rule by politicians and bureaucrats? Or will we the people be in charge? The current administration and the radical left demands more control over our lives. Thankfully, there’s a plan to change course and promote the common good by preserving the God-given… -
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‘I Am an Overcomer,’ Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears Says. ‘Many Black People Are Overcomers.’
When she was a little girl, Winsome Sears emigrated to America from Jamaica. Years later, she chose to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps because, she says, “America had always been good to my family and me.” Today, Sears is again serving her adopted country, this time as Virginia’s lieutenant governor. She made history when… -
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Christian-Based Credit Union Offers Alternative to Big Banks, Aid to School Choice Movement
In this age of cancel culture, nothing is off limits for the woke left. Christians and conservatives increasingly find themselves on the defensive. Deplatforming and censorship are the norm on social media. In fact, it happened to The Daily Signal just last week for allegedly violating YouTube’s COVID-19 “misinformation” policy. And while having a video… -
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Putin Recognizes Independence of 2 Separatist-Controlled Areas of Ukraine
The Kremlin announced Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will recognize the independence of two territories in eastern Ukraine that are under the control of Russian-backed separatists, The New York Times reported. Putin told French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz of his decision in phone calls Monday, the Times reported. “The president of…