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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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    How ‘Wokeness’ Is a Product of Marxism
    “Wokeness” has become the nomenclature for the ideology or mentality of radical leftist activists on college campuses, at protests, and on social media. But wokeness has not been limited to just a handful of activists. It’s becoming a dominant mindset in the American workplace, in both the public and private sectors, as a method to…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    ‘Peaceful Riots’? Journalism Bows to the Woke Mob
    Just a few weeks ago the idea of “peaceful riots” would have seemed absurd, but the American media is nothing if not inventive these days. Earlier this week, ABC News reported, “Protesters in California set fire to a courthouse, damaged a police station and assaulted officers after a peaceful demonstration intensified.” Legal scholar Eugene Volokh…
    Mark Hemingway
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    Republicans and Democrats Agree on Need to Cancel ‘Cancel Culture’
    Seeing the rise of “cancel culture” can lead one to despair. But don’t believe the hype. Virtue is not being canceled. Most Americans, in fact, believe forgiveness is an essential part of a just society. Consider a recent survey by the Cato Institute. It revealed that 49% of all Americans say cancel culture is negative….
    Angela Sailor
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    7 Woke Rebellions in America’s Newsrooms
    After more than 280 reporters and editors at The Wall Street Journal signed a stinging letter to the publisher last week criticizing the newspaper’s conservative opinion pages, the editorial board fired back: “We are not The New York Times.” The previous month, the Times had its own staff revolt via Twitter after its opinion editors…
    Fred Lucas
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    Standing Up to ‘Wokeness’ and the Intolerance of the Mob
    From around the country, we are hearing stories about companies, schools, universities, and others that are making public confessions and flagellating themselves for America’s supposed “systemic racism.” What is most concerning about that is not only the falsehood of their claims and the denial of history that’s required to make those claims (such as Princeton…
    Katharine Gorka
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    Cancel Culture Comes for Pentagon. Latest ‘Woke’ Proposal Would Hurt National Security.
    The radical left demanded that we defund the police, then upped the ante by calling for them to be disarmed. It started with toppling Confederate statues, then started in on most any cast or carved image—from Christopher Columbus to abolitionists to Mount Rushmore. Last week, it howled for a boycott of Goya food products after…
    James Carafano
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    Attorney General Says Hollywood ‘Kowtowing’ to China, Warns US Executives Against Acting as Chinese Foreign Agents
    Attorney General William Barr said Thursday the Chinese government has achieved a “massive propaganda coup” by shaping the content coming out of Hollywood, while warning U.S. business executives against acting as agents of the communist regime in possible violation of foreign lobbying laws. Speaking at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library, Barr offered a sober…
    Chuck Ross
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    A New York Times Columnist Falls to the Cancel Culture
    New York Times opinion writer and editor Bari Weiss is the latest victim of the cancel culture, resigning after what she calls bullying by more liberal colleagues at the newspaper. Jarrett Stepman, a contributor to The Daily Signal and co-host of “The Right Side of History” podcast, joins today’s show to talk about Weiss’ resignation,…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Problematic Women: Cancel Culture Comes for Goya Foods and Ronald Reagan
    Canned beans and frozen maduros are the left’s latest victims of so-called cancel culture. Robert Unanue, CEO of Goya Foods, offered remarks at the White House for the June 10 signing of the Hispanic Prosperity Initiative, a project meant to improve Hispanic Americans’ access to education.  Unanue complimented President Donald Trump, calling him “a builder,” and…
    Virginia Allen | Lauren Evans
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    Cancel Culture Tries to Cow Goya Foods’ Bob Unanue
    It looks like Bob Unanue, the CEO of Goya Foods Inc., may be the first American corporate leader to stand up to cancel culture and tell the mob he’s not scared. But he has fulfilled an even more important role. The farcical attempt by liberal politicians and celebrities to boycott Goya products because Unanue visited…
    Mike Gonzalez
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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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