Society
News and commentary on society, culture, family, and community from a conservative perspective. Coverage of the trends and issues shaping American life.
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Moms for Liberty Leader Says She Faced Death Threats, Swatting, Expulsion From Girl Scouts for Opposing LGBTQ Pride
The Girl Scouts recently expelled a Moms for Liberty chapter leader in what she believes to be retaliation for refusing to promote LGBTQ+ Pride to her troop for “Pride Month.” The expulsion comes after she received death threats and was swatted, in what she believes to be retaliation for criticizing a church’s LGBTQ+ Pride flag…. -
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Newsmax Tops $46M in Quarterly Revenue, Up 18% Year-Over-Year
Conservative media outlet Newsmax announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2025, touting its strong revenue growth just days after reaching a defamation lawsuit settlement with Dominion Voting Systems. Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy said the network recorded quarterly revenue of $46.4 million for the three months ending June 30—an 18.4% increase over the… -
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Winsome Earle-Sears Is Protecting Virginia Women and Girls’ Safety, Sports, and Well-Being
Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears is protecting Virginia’s women and girls, and she’s not letting off the gas. On Thursday, Earle-Sears will be speaking at the Arlington County School Board meeting, where she’ll stand up against Arlington schools’ failed leadership. The Trump administration has argued that Arlington schools are in violation—along with Fairfax, Loudoun, and… -
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Nonprofits Are Becoming Taxpayer-Financed Instruments of Government
Nonprofits are the beating heart of America’s civil society. Neighbors helping neighbors, churches serving the needy, communities coming together to solve problems without waiting for Washington. Alexis de Tocqueville marveled at this spirit nearly two centuries ago, calling it essential to our democracy. That independence also relies on separation from the state. Yet today, almost… -
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Executive Power and the Common Good, From 4 Perspectives
In a recent discussion that brought influential thinkers of the Right together for an unprecedented public debate, Curtis Yarvin, Christopher Caldwell, Patrick Deneen, and Chris Rufo tackled the conservative movement’s future in a panel convened by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute and held at The Heritage Foundation. Moderated by Intercollegiate Studies Institute President Johnny Burtka, the… -
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How the Legacy Media Lost Our Trust
As a conservative, I subscribe to the online Washington Post so I understand how the progressive establishment thinks. But I recently met with a Democrat-voting friend who said he hadn’t subscribed in a few years, as he found the paper’s left-wing bias too much to take. The seventh commandment in my book “The Ten… -
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BlackRock CEO to Take the Reins at Davos
Even before President Donald Trump’s reelection, investors were leaving the woke environmental, social, and governance agenda like rats fleeing a sinking ship. Yet, those rats appear to have a few life rafts remaining, and the World Economic Forum seems intent on shoring up the ESG agenda. The World Economic Forum is a conspiracy theorist’s wet… -
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What’s Going on With Planned Parenthood?
Planned Parenthood has had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year. So far, 40 clinics have announced closures, in red and blue states alike—and we’re still counting. Why is the abortion giant, which received over $800 million in federal funding last year alone, in such dire straits? There are lots of factors, many involving… -
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AI Companions Are Harming Your Children
Right now, something in your home may be talking to your child about sex, self-harm, and suicide. That something isn’t a person—it’s an artificial intelligence companion chatbot. These AI chatbots can be indistinguishable from online human relationships. They retain past conversations, initiate personalized messages, share photos, and even make voice calls. They are designed to… -
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The Human Cost of Biden’s Shameful ‘Children’s Crusade’ at the Border
Around the year 1212, a boy preached to children in France that they should take up the cross and follow him to the Holy Land. Thousands did. None reached Jerusalem. Most gave up before leaving Europe. Others were shipwrecked or sold into slavery in the Islamic caliphate of Tunisia. Centuries later, the Biden administration’s facilitation… -
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As Trump Teases Marijuana Reclassification, Experts Warn of Health Threats
During a press conference Monday, President Donald Trump confirmed that his administration is considering rescheduling marijuana as a less potent drug under federal law, which could open the door for a vast economic expansion of the drug’s distribution through interstate commerce. The announcement comes despite extensive evidence of the serious medical harms that cannabis causes… -
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Secret to Life Is a Community of Friends
A few weeks ago, I participated in a “Care-a-Thon” for the AFLAC Cancer and Blood Disorders Center of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. For 25 years, my flagship radio station, WSB Radio in Atlanta, has raised millions of dollars to fund resources for children battling cancer and blood disorders, funded research and meaningfully worked to improve… -
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Trump Shows He Gets ‘Politics Is Downstream From Culture’
President Donald Trump may be leaving office in January 2029, but he’s taking all the right steps to ensure his legacy lives much longer. His appearance at the Kennedy Center on Wednesday, announcing the 2025 honorees was just more proof that Trump understands it’s not enough to focus on politics if he wants to leave… -
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Supermarket Giant Faces Backlash for Long History of Embracing LGBTQ Agenda
A group of 80 pastors—Baptists, Lutherans, Pentecostals, Presbyterians, and more—are taking a stand against Kroger. The coalition of clergy sent a letter to interim Kroger CEO Ronald Sargent with an ultimatum: Drop the LGBTQ+ agenda or face a boycott. Kroger is already closing 60 stores over the next year and a half, so it’s bad timing for… -
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Was It Always This Easy to Clean Up Washington, DC?
President Donald Trump cracked down on crime in the nation’s capital this week. On Monday, he declared a state of emergency in Washington through an executive order, temporarily placing the Metropolitan Police Department under federal control. He also deployed more than 800 National Guard troops, resulting in over 100 arrests so far. Trump’s move has… -
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How Dare Anyone Question Wokeness at the Smithsonian Museums?
The central strategy of media bias is defining your terms. The most obnoxious strategy of liberal journalists is defining the Republicans as ideological extremists engaging in culture wars and weaponizing partisan narratives for political victory. They pretend Democrats are nothing like this. The epic political battles of our time are between the ultraconservatives and the… -
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Sydney Sweeney’s Other Genes
In the aftermath of the SHOCKING disclosure that Sydney Sweeney is a Republican and the absurd injection of racial controversy into her jeans advertisement, the actress said something completely unexpected from a movie star cudgeled by the political correctness police stick. She said nothing. And that was the right thing to do. Because despite the… -
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The End of Woke? Columbus Statue Could Soon Be Returning
The effect of wokeness may be fading in Ohio’s capital city. Years after the Christopher Columbus statue was removed in Columbus in 2020 during the height of Black Lives Matter protests, there are plans to restore the statue to public prominence. State Rep. Brian Stewart, a Republican who represents Ohio’s 12th District, shared news about… -
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We Should Not Be Digital Slaves
How Meta’s Monopoly Enables Massive Data Overreach Greed is a powerful motivator—not just for individuals, but for corporations as well. And Meta’s corporate greed has transformed one of our most valuable assets, our personal data, into a resource that’s harvested, monetized, and exploited without meaningful consent or control. Meta’s monopoly in personal social networking services… -
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It’s Even the Building: Why DC Prosecutors Can’t Do Their Jobs
For years, I’ve (Cully Stimson) been writing, speaking, and even testifying before Congress on D.C.’s problems and how to fix them. Now, national leaders are finally shining a spotlight on the ever-present and persistent crime problem in our nation’s capital. But while they work to fix D.C.’s dysfunctional system, they should also build a permanent…