SocietyCommentary
The Assault on Religious Freedom During COVID-19
During the course of the COVID-19 crisis, an ongoing, and very legitimate, national debate has continued about the wisdom of lockdowns. The decision to shut… Read More
InternationalAnalysis
Beheading in France by Islamist Requires Fierce Pushback for Free Speech
Earlier this month in France, a teacher who reportedly showed caricatures of the Islamic prophet Muhammad during a civics class was beheaded by an 18-year-old… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Religious Persecution in China Must Be Called Out
On the matter of religion in China, Beijing has made one thing perfectly clear: No religious group lies beyond the grasp of the Chinese Communist Party…. Read More
EducationCommentary
Free Speech Won at Colleges in California and Ohio. It Should Win in Georgia, Too.
As Free Speech Week concludes, Americans nationwide are reminded that public university campuses provide a unique environment for students to engage in the marketplace of ideas while… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Faced With Lawsuit, Cuomo Reverses Closure of Jewish School in New York City
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New York Mayor Bill de Blasio have spent months targeting the Jewish community for gathering for worship services during… Read More
Health CareCommentary
Ending California’s Lockdown on Churches Is Compatible With Science and Good Health
Forty million California residents have been living under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s statewide lockdown order since March 19. This lockdown order—which was the first in the… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
How a DC Court Sided With a Church That Wants to Meet, Not the Mayor
Churches in the nation’s capital either haven’t been able to meet in person or have had extremely limited ability to do so because of COVID-19… Read More
InternationalNews
China Bringing Xinjiang-Style Forced Labor Camps to Tibet, Report Says
In what appears to replicate what’s happening in China’s Xinjiang region to Uighur Muslims, a new report from the Jamestown Foundation, corroborated by Reuters, details… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Here We Go Again: Cuomo, de Blasio Blame Jews for Jump in COVID-19 Cases
Each year during the Jewish religious festival of Sukkot, New York City shuts down Kingston Avenue in Crown Heights to allow thousands of local residents… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Government’s Unfair Treatment of Churches During COVID Pandemic
Since the onset of the pandemic, churches around the country have had to make tough choices. Although suspending in-person gatherings was not an easy decision,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
2 Justices Remind Americans About Our Core Values
The Supreme Court released orders Monday granting some petitions that it hear certain legal cases and denying others. One particular denial was unusually interesting. The… Read More
SocietyNews
‘Religious Institutions Have Been a Problem’: Andrew Cuomo Threatens to Shut Down Churches, Synagogues
Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo threatened Monday to close down religious institutions, specifically Jewish synagogues, if they do not follow his coronavirus restrictions. “We… Read More
SocietyAnalysis
Could It Happen Here? The Parallels Between Soviet Bloc and Modern US
Disturbing parallels can be drawn between the United States and the Soviet bloc of Eastern Europe, commentator and bestselling author Rod Dreher says. Dreher, a… Read More
LawCommentary
Should a College Be Held Accountable for Violating a Student’s Freedom of Speech? This Supreme Court Case Will Decide
Do students suffer meaningful harm when a college prohibits them from speaking about their faith on campus? Should courts protect students’ constitutional rights even where… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Protecting First Amendment Rights to Free Speech and Religious Freedom
This article is an excerpt from the “2020 Mandate for Leadership: A Clear Vision for the Next Administration.” It looks back at policy decisions made… Read More
SocietyNews
Tens of Thousands Gather for Prayer March Because ‘Things Change When You Pray’
A crowd gathered on the National Mall in Washington on Saturday to pray for the country at a time of deep national divisions. “I think… Read More
LawCommentary
Fear Not the Catholic Justice
Even before President Donald Trump nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court, Barrett’s religious views came under… Read More
SocietyCommentary
DHS Puts US Companies on Notice: No More China Slave Labor
Federal agents seized a 13-ton shipment of human hair in July based on evidence the hair was taken from innocent people detained in Chinese internment camps. This… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Rabbis Condemn Southern Poverty Law Center, Call on Amazon Smile to Drop It
Prominent Jewish rabbis—including leaders in the Rabbinical Alliance of America and Young Israel—are urging Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to eject the Southern Poverty Law Center… Read More
SocietyNews
Pastors Promote Workplace Training as Alternative to ‘Divisiveness’
A group of minority pastors is asking employers to adopt a new training program that counters the narrative promoted by Black Lives Matter activists. The… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Cal Thomas on Threat of Moral Relativism, Anarchy in Streets
Political and racial polarization, combined with the rejection by some of founding principles and faith, don’t bode well for America’s future, says Cal Thomas, author… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Under Jihadi Siege, Christians in West Africa Are Praying for a Miracle
“One evening in late June, gunmen stormed a village in northern Burkina Faso,” the The Washington Post reported, “and ordered people who had been chatting outside to… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The Lesson Behind Falwell’s Fall
The ouster of Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. over allegations of sexual misconduct and other behavior that falls short of the university’s code of… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Restore the Teaching of American Exceptionalism in the Classroom
If this summer’s riots and civil unrest have demonstrated anything, it is that a substantial number of young Americans have been taught to believe their… Read More
SocietyCommentary
In a Flourishing Society, Should Safety Be a Means or an End?
COVID-19 has shown that many politicians and public figures believe in the ideology of safety over all else. They focus obsessively on keeping us safe,… Read More
LawCommentary
21 States Move to Support This Praying Coach for Round 2
Remember the case of Joe Kennedy, the Marine Corps veteran-turned-high school football coach who was suspended, then fired, halfway through the season a few years… Read More
SocietyCommentary
We Hear You: A Vice President, a Constitution, and a Time for Adults
Editor’s note: We’re back with some of your letters to The Daily Signal. We didn’t mean for this column to be away for so long,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
How Attacks on Faith, Family, and Conscience Threaten All Our Freedoms
During these tumultuous times, as practically every American institution comes under attack from the far left and its allies, two of our most essential values… Read More
LawCommentary
Supreme Court Imperils Parents’ Right to Pass Their Values on to Children
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Bostock v. Clayton, which ruled that the Title VII prohibition on sex discrimination in employment extends to discrimination based… Read More
LawCommentary
Supreme Court’s Decision Allows Nevada Governor to Favor Caesars Palace Over Calvary Chapel
One bad decision can be a mistake. Two is a pattern. In late May, Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the Supreme Court’s four liberal… Read More
