2 Years After the Riot, Charlottesville Struggles to Move Forward

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia–Both hands holding shopping bags at the outdoor Historic Downtown Mall, Denzel Clark says he doesn’t want the city to get rid of Confederate statues.   “I honestly don’t,” Clark, a 23-year-old African-American, tells The Daily Signal, even as he remembers the violence exchanged by white supremacists and “anti-fascists” in the city two years ago. […]

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Study: Humans Hold Racial Bias Against Robots

Americans perceive robots to have a human race corresponding to their physical features and color, according to a new study. The study “Robots And Racism” from the Human Interface Technology Laboratory in New Zealand indicates that a robot’s color will determine how it is racially perceived. This supposedly explains why so many robots happen to be […]

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Former Islamist Extremist Describes His Escape From the Ideology and How to Help the Most Vulnerable

What leads a person to become an Islamist extremist? For one immigrant, it was not fitting in with his American classmates. Mohammed Khalid, a former Islamist extremist, described what drew him to the radical ideology and why he left it at an event last month at The Heritage Foundation. Khalid, now a scholar in cybersecurity […]

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Boeing’s Dropping Bid for Next-Generation ICBM Represents Shrinking Industrial Base

In late July, Boeing dropped out of the running for the new intercontinental ballistic missile competition. Boeing chose to remove itself with the expectation it will be unable to provide the system at a competitive price.   Nuclear weapons and the missiles that carry them are key elements of the United States’ overall ability to […]

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America Needs to Lead the Way in Free Trade

The United States is not doing enough to promote free trade and the elimination of trade barriers around the world. In fact, it’s doing just the opposite and imposing barriers on billions of dollars’ worth of imports. As a result, new trade restrictions implemented by World Trade Organization (WTO) member countries have reached historic highs. […]

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Taliban Terror Continues, Despite ‘Peace Talks’ and Reports of ‘Excellent Progress’

(CNSNews.com) – The Taliban claimed responsibility for a massive suicide bombing in Kabul Wednesday, two days after the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, Zalmay Khalilzad, reported having made “excellent progress” in his talks with the terrorist group. Fourteen people were killed and 145 were injured in the car bombing at a police complex in […]

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Pompeo Calls for US, Australia to Present United Front to China

SYDNEY—The U.S.-Australia alliance is “more vital than ever,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said, calling on greater cooperation between the two countries to deal with a new era of security challenges as China seeks to extend its influence in the Indo-Pacific region. Speaking Sunday in Sydney, Pompeo condemned China’s territorial claims in the South China […]

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Terror in El Paso and Dayton

Back-to-back mass shootings over the weekend left the nation in deep mourning and grasping for answers. In today’s episode, we take a close look at exactly what happened as we’re joined by Heritage Foundation senior legal analyst Amy Swearer. Plus: 22% of millennials say they have no friends. We give our millennial takes. We also […]

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