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opinion
Victor Davis Hanson: Who’s Actually Guilty in the Cornell 7 Case
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal. There’s been quite a controversy. It’s sweeping the country, maybe the world, about Cornell University, and I… -
opinion
‘No-Cost’ Aspen Program Requires 24 School Districts to Hand Over Student Data by Race
Earlier this year, the Aspen Institute’s Education & Society Program and the College Board announced a multiyear program, running from September 2026 through 2029, to increase the share of low-income and “missing middle” students who take Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, or dual-enrollment courses. The pitch is simple: it’s free. Applications were due June 15, and… -
opinion
France Bowed by School Riots
When I was U.S. consul general in Marseille, France, from 2017–2020, I visited countless schools across the south. One was the Lycée de la Méditerranée, a high school in the city of La Ciotat on the Mediterranean coast. By French standards, it was a tough school, though it would not have seemed so in comparison… -
news
Biden DOJ Officials Warned Garland Memo Targeting Parents Looked Like an ‘Anti-MAGA Task Force’
Biden Justice Department officials raised serious concerns about the DOJ treating concerned parents like domestic terrorists before Attorney General Merrick Garland released his memo directing investigations into school board protests in 2021, a new report from the Trump administration’s Weaponization Working Group reveals. DOJ attorneys repeatedly questioned the proposal internally. One official called the effort… -
opinion
YAF’s National Journalism Center Announces 2026 Dao Prize Finalists
Twenty-two journalists have been named finalists for the 2026 Dao Prize competition. Sponsored by the Young America’s Foundation National Journalism Center, Dao Feng and Angela Foundation, Dao Prize submissions are judged according to five criteria: “investigative depth, public interest, fairness and accuracy, style, and impact.” The finalists have enlightened the country on a wide range… -
opinion
Trump Administration Turns Up Pressure on DEI Admissions at UCLA Law
This is the way to defeat systemic DEI racism. Don’t let up, don’t back down, keep up the pressure. The Trump administration has released another major finding exposing racial discrimination against white and Asian applicants at a top law school. This time, the Department of Justice is taking aim at the University of California, Los… -
opinion
What Texas’ New High School Civics Requirements Get Right
The American system of government and way of life depend on an educated citizenry. Our Constitution ensures that the people are trusted with political power, and its system is centered around rights, checks and balances, and limitations on government. But those protections mean little if citizens do not understand civics. Forty-three percent of Americans cannot… -
opinion
Seattle DEI Case Signals a Major Victory in the Fight Over Workplace Diversity Programs
Another big step was taken to eliminate workplace DEI, and it came via a notoriously left-wing appeals court. On Monday, a three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled in favor of a white former City of Seattle employee, Joshua Diemert, who said he had been the victim of racial… -
opinion
What Could the Supreme Court Say About the Ten Commandments in Schools?
The U.S. Supreme Court has been asked to decide an issue that could be one of the most watched of the coming court term. In February, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit lifted the injunction against a Louisiana law requiring a Ten Commandments display in public school classrooms. In April, the same… -
opinion
The Real Solution to the Crisis of E-Bike and E-Motorcycle Accidents
Ed Ashman survived the Vietnam War. He returned home and spent decades serving Orange County students as a teacher. One day, as he was walking in his own neighborhood, he was struck and killed by a 14-year-old boy riding an illegal electric motorcycle while doing a wheelie. The boy’s mother had been warned multiple times… -
opinion
Victor Davis Hanson: ‘Inclusive’ Stanford University Caught Red-Handed Using AI to Race Swap Student
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Jack Fowler: Victor, let’s talk about—you ever heard of Stanford University, Victor? Victor Davis Hanson: I have some recollection of it. … -
Professor Censored Over Mock Land Acknowledgment Speaks Out Against University ‘Orthodoxy’ After Court Win
A Washington state computer science professor who won a First Amendment lawsuit against his university over its response to his mock land acknowledgement says the campus culture that fueled the controversy remains firmly entrenched. “It’s kind of scary. They broke the law. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the “9th Circuit said you broke the… -
opinion
Trump’s Student Loan Rules Finally Hold Higher Education Accountable. The Left Is Furious.
The Trump administration put some reasonable limits on federal student loans, and the Left is having a fit about it. According to a Department of Education rule finalized in July, schools will now need to prove that their degrees are paying off for students to ensure that they remain eligible for federal funds. The rule… -
exclusive
Parents Who Treat Boys as Boys and Girls as Girls Are Not Abusers, New Bill Declares
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., introduced a bill Tuesday aiming to prevent child welfare agencies from treating a parent’s refusal to “affirm” a child’s stated transgender identity as child abuse. “The Left’s radical gender ideology is harming children with irreversible treatments and procedures, but in blue states, parents are being punished, and… -
opinion
New York’s Experiment in Governing by Racial Outcomes
America is about to find out what happens when a municipal government stops merely measuring racial disparities and instead begins organizing its decisions around them. New York City’s Racial Equity Plan, released Sept. 1 by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration, is the first citywide racial-equity framework in the Big Apple’s history. It implements a 2022 voter-approved… -
opinion
Children Should Not Be Trained to See Parents as the Enemy
A parent’s first duty is not complicated. It is to love a child, form a child’s character, and prepare that child to be a productive member of society. Schools exist to help with that work by teaching children. They do not exist to replace it. That distinction is now under pressure. In some academic circles,… -
opinion
The Daily Signal Is Equipping the Next Generation of Conservative Leaders
The Daily Signal is a leader in conservative media with a mission to present the truth and defend traditional American values. Right now, it is looking to equip the next generation of journalists as part of its spring 2027 internship program. As a current Daily Signal intern and recent graduate from the University of Minnesota, interning… -
opinion
Education Department Reinstates Title IX Regulations Protecting Women’s Sports and Rejecting Gender Insanity
Supporters of women’s sports and sex-based protections have reason to celebrate. The Department of Education announced Sept. 28 that it is formally rescinding the Biden administration’s 2024 Title IX rule and reinstating the 2020 Title IX regulations promulgated under the first Trump administration. Ongoing litigation has prevented the Trump administration from being able to formally… -
breaking
Education Department Makes Big Step Toward Protecting Women’s Sports
In its latest move to protect women’s sports, the Department of Education formally rescinded the Biden administration’s 2024 Title IX rule. “We’re just acknowledging that boys and men are in boys and men’s sports and girls are in theirs,” Secretary of Education Linda McMahon told OutKick. The Biden administration’s rewrite of Title IX redefined sex… -
news
Nebraska Volunteer Firefighter Denied Full-Time Job for Being Homeschooled
THE WASHINGTON STAND—The United States Armed Forces allows homeschoolers to enlist, but the city of Fremont, Nebraska appears to think they are unfit to join their local fire department. Now, the governor’s office is investigating. Andrew Coates, a 22-year-old volunteer firefighter at Fremont Fire Department, hoped to turn his charity work into a full-time job….