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The Daily Signal covers how woke left ideology drives cultural and political division across education, media, and public life. Featuring investigative reporting, analysis, and commentary, this section highlights the consequences of identity-driven activism and the left’s progressive agenda in America.
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    Goya Outrage Shows Cancel Culture Out of Control
    It was the kind of program that, ordinarily, liberals would cheer. To hear them tell it, expanding the opportunities for minorities has always been their party’s idea. But when President Donald Trump took a stab at it, announcing a business and educational project aimed directly at Hispanic people, the left wasn’t about to cut him…
    Tony Perkins
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    Harper’s Open Letter Critical of ‘Cancel Culture’ Should Be Applauded, Not Canceled
    Harper’s Magazine published “A Letter on Justice and Open Debate” online this week, and the contents—as well as the names of some of those who signed the letter—have caused quite a commotion. A precursor to the print version, which will appear in the October edition of the magazine, the July 7 letter is a rallying…
    Nicole Russell
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    Woke, Broke, or Worthy: How to Pick a College
    For a good many years, parents who are trying to steer their sons and daughters to the right college have asked my advice. Lately, the number of such requests has increased, and so has the intensity of the parents’ concern. These parents understandably believe that because I lead a national organization that fights against the…
    Peter Wood
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    The Fragility of the Woke
    A TikTok video that recently went viral on social media showed a recent Harvard graduate threatening to stab anyone who said “all lives matter.” In her melodrama, she tried to sound intimidating with her histrionics. She won a huge audience as she intended. But her video also came to the attention of the company that…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Noam Chomsky, J.K. Rowling, and Dozens More Attacked for Calling for an End to Cancel Culture
    Some journalists berated high-profile figures, including "Harry Potter" series author J.K. Rowling, who signed a Tuesday letter calling for an end to the “stifling atmosphere” of shaming writers for expressing views outside the mainstream. Over 100 writers, scholars, journalists, and academics, including writers Noam Chomsky, Rowling, and Bari Weiss signed “A Letter on Justice and…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Monuments Are Only the Start of Radical Left’s War on Western Values
    The radical left has hijacked debate over America’s monuments to wage a cultural war. Their goal: to deny the moral legitimacy of our democratic republic. Violent attacks on statues and memorials aren’t mere vandalism. They are an assault on the United States itself and the values upon which this great nation stands. We should all stand united as Americans in the defense of our heritage,…
    Nile Gardiner | Joseph Loconte
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    Matt Schlapp Responds to Cancel Culture’s Attempt to Silence Him
    Cancel culture strikes again! Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union and founder of the consulting firm Cove Strategies, has received a great deal of backlash after speaking out against some of the left-wing progressive beliefs of the Black Lives Matter Coalition. Schlapp joins the podcast to discuss the dangerous road cancel culture could…
    Virginia Allen
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    Cancel Culture Comes for Junipero Serra. Here’s His Real Legacy.
    Finally, the mob has realized the need to be inclusive: now they’ve torn down a statue of one of America’s great Hispanics. In San Francisco (no one let the mob know the city itself is named after another Catholic saint!) Friday night, a group of activists tore down a statue of St. Junipero Serra, a…
    Katrina Trinko
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    ‘The Diversity We Have Is Our Strength,’ Says Pastor Miles McPherson
    America needs a way forward after the unjust killing of George Floyd. Miles McPherson, pastor and author of “The Third Option: Hope for a Racially Divided Nation,” joins the podcast to share his personal story of experiencing racism and how we all can move past an “us versus them” mentality to build relationships with those…
    Virginia Allen
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    Woke Chaos and Naked Power
    With the death of George Floyd—a heinous atrocity virtually every American decries—unity should have prevailed. Americans hate police brutality; Americans care about black lives; Americans despise looting and rioting; Americans want to protect citizens but preserve the ability of the police to stop crime. Instead, the country seems to be falling apart. That’s because of…
    Ben Shapiro
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    J.K. Rowling Doubles Down, Exposes Misogyny of the Woke
    The woke activists have all but told J.K. Rowling to shut up and go back to being barefoot in the kitchen. The “Harry Potter” series author, long known for her liberal views, has been under attack for several days. Her crime? Tweeting that women is the right term, not “people who menstruate.” And then, to…
    Katrina Trinko
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    Sen. Cruz Seeks to Flip the SCRIPT on Hollywood’s Kowtowing to Chinese Censors
    A bill proposed by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, that seeks to dissuade Hollywood studios from submitting their movies to the censorship of the People’s Republic of China seems to strike the right policy balance. It would limit government interference in businesses decisions, but exposes an outrage that most Americans likely are unaware of. The Stopping…
    Helle Dale | Mike Gonzalez
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    Problematic Women: Young, Woke, and Depressed
    The folks at Teen Vogue are at it again, and this time they’re talking specifically about The Heritage Foundation. We discuss the magazine’s most recent article about transgenderism with Emilie Kao, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Richard and Helen DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society. We also address why millennials are the most depressed…
    Virginia Allen | Lauren Evans
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    Diversity Makes Us Stronger as a Nation, Army Lieutenant General Says
    Roslyn Clark Artis, president of Benedict College, and Lt. Gen. Gwen Bingham, retired chief of staff for installation management at the U.S. Department of the Army, join today’s podcast. They share their personal stories and how they have shattered glass ceilings in their respective careers, as well as their ideas for reform for higher education and…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    ‘Cowed Into Silence’: Dave Rubin Warns of Cancel Culture, Mob Mentality
    Dave Rubin, who hosts “The Rubin Report” talk show, joins the podcast to discuss the differences between political liberalism and classical liberalism, his recent encounter with Antifa, and the “cancel culture” phenomenon. Read the lightly edited interview below or listen to the podcast: We also cover these stories: The Senate impeachment trial continues, with senators…
    Virginia Allen
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    Diversity Isn’t Always the Answer
    It’s nearly impossible to have even a short conversation with a college administrator, politician, or chief executive without the words diversity and inclusion dropping from their lips. Diversity and inclusion appear to be the end-all and be-all of their existence. So, I thought I’d begin this discussion by first looking up the definition of diversity….
    Walter E. Williams
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    The Perpetual Intersectional Revolution Eats Its Own
    In 2008, Democrats nominated for president a first-term U.S. senator with no serious legislative experience, Barack Obama. They nominated him over the long-championed, long-celebrated presumptive heir apparent to the Democratic leadership, Hillary Clinton. Obama was, of course, the first black Democratic nominee, and he would be the first black president.  Yet in 2020, 12 years…
    Ben Shapiro
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    This Legendary Civil Rights Advocate Is Taking on School Diversity Quotas
    When a school system draws racial boundary lines and denies entry to qualified students on the basis of race, it doesn’t matter if it’s done in the name of segregation or so-called diversity—it is still wrong, according to one prominent civil rights advocate. Terrence Roberts, a member of the original “Little Rock Nine” who entered…
    Kenny Xu
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    At the Golden Globes, Ricky Gervais Exposes Hollywood’s ‘Woke’ Culture
    Hollywood can’t take a joke. At the annual Golden Globes, an awards show for both movies and television, on Sunday night, host comedian Ricky Gervais was actually funny, lampooning Hollywood in general and its “woke” culture in particular. “Let’s have a laugh at your expense,” Gervais said in opening his monologue at the Globes’ 77th awards…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Hollywood Socialism
    Hollywood is now obsessing about increasing ethnic and gender diversity. Good. There’s been nasty racial and gender discrimination in the movie business. Unfortunately, Hollywood has no interest in one type of diversity: diversity of thought. In most every movie, capitalism is evil. Greedy miners want to kill nature-loving aliens in “Avatar.” Director James Cameron says:…
    John Stossel
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