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New Guard Press Wins 2026 Student Journalism Award for Best Editorial
WILMINGTON, Del. – New Guard Press is proud to announce that it is the recipient of the 2026 Student Journalism Award for Best Editorial & Opinion bestowed by ISI’s Collegiate Network. New Guard Press is an online magazine founded in 2023 that publishes commentary from young conservatives. “I am very grateful to ISI and the Collegiate Network for this award,” New Guard Press founder Bradley Haley said.
Why Homeschooling Outperforms Public Education in 2024
A 2024 graduate of Hartford Public High School is suing her alma mater for allowing her to graduate … illiterate and with honors. Now, as a part-time freshman at the University of Connecticut, Aleysha Ortiz relies on speech-to-text to get through college essays. Ortiz was not a degenerate truant. On the contrary, she was quick to ask for help and take advantage of the resources available to her.
Navigating Trade-offs in Modern Motherhood
It is no secret that in recent years men and women have become increasingly politically divided, with more of America’s sons voting for Republicans while her daughters support Democrats. For this reason, one of the greatest challenges — and opportunities — facing the Right today is to put forward an attractive vision of womanhood without attacking men.
The Misguided Celebration of Sydney Sweeney's Ad
I opened Instagram a few weeks ago to a barrage of reels showing clips of female athletes training and competing in their various sports.
A Double-Edged Sword
The University of Michigan recently announced a significant change to the way thousands of its freshmen will experience college. Beginning in fall 2027, students in the university’s largest college will not receive traditional letter grades during their first semester. Instead, their transcripts will record either “Pass” or “No Credit.” Understandably, the transition from high school to college can be brutal.
Lessons on Belonging and Work
Wendell Berry passed away this past weekend at the age of 92. He died at his home in Port Royal, Kentucky — a fitting end for a man who spent his life asking what it means to belong to a place, a community, one’s work, and to the created world. Berry’s subject was ostensibly agriculture, but his questions were much larger: What do we owe the places we inhabit? What makes for work good? What happens when we forget that we are creatures?
A Shift in Conservative Ideals
Vice President J.D. Vance has generated a wave of noise around economics in recent weeks. He advocates for Hamilton’s nationalist economics over libertarian champion Milton Friedman’s, and raises economic policies that were unthinkable on the right a decade or two ago. The rise of an alternative or “New Right” economic philosophy still confounds many DC elites, let alone those who can’t lounge around perusing the latest X thread or pontificating about the dismal science.
Kansas' Controversial Vote
Politics makes for strange bedfellows. This primary season, I found myself voting with the ACLU of Kansas to oppose a constitutional amendment allowing for popular election of Supreme Court justices in my home state. In pushing this bill, Kansas Republicans seem to have forgotten a judge’s proper role: to say what the law is, free from popular pressure. It’s true that Kansas’s method of selecting justices is unique among the states.
Balancing Innovation and Restraint
This month marked a rare moment of self-restraint in Silicon Valley. After months of escalating warnings, the four largest AI labs publicly endorsed slowing their model development. It began Saturday, September 12, when Anthropic’s Dairo Amodei urged a more deliberate pace; Sam Altman and Elon Musk agreed within hours, and the four largest labs found themselves briefly united in admitting that their own products may be moving faster than anyone’s ability to govern them.
Reviving Cultural Monoculture
It’s been an incredible year for movies. The 2026 summer movie season kicked off with Blumhouse’s Obsession, which had unusual staying power for a horror film, followed closely by Backrooms, an indie horror film that gave A24 its best opening weekend ever. These early releases were, however, mere harbingers for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, which rapidly surpassed $1 billion in gross revenue and will likely become the acclaimed director’s crowning achievement thus far.
Theology, Logic, and Rhetoric
Over the summer, Americans rediscovered an appreciation for ancient epics, with Nolan’s blockbuster sending copies of The Odyssey flying off bookstore shelves. Aficionados of ancient epics should consider adding another book to their newly minted classical libraries: Virgil’s Aeneid, which also begins with the fall of Troy. A rather famous scene in The Aeneid shows Aeneas careening out of Troy, carrying his father, Anchises, on his back while gripping his young son’s hand, Ascanius.
Make Volunteering Great Again
This piece was originally published by 1819 News on May 20, 2026 While at home over Christmas break this past December, I attended a volunteer opportunity as a chaperone for my church youth group. We worked a shift at Feed My Starving Children (FMSC), a ministry that ships hand-packed meals to distribution partners worldwide. A mix of upbeat pop tunes and Christian hits blared as we washed hands and filed into the packing room.
The End of Ethical Fashion?
This piece was originally published by The Daily Wire on May 20, 2026. American fashion company Everlane is being sold to Shein, according to a report published Sunday. Millennial darling Everlane was purchased for a reported $100 million after allegedly suffering financial hardships in recent years. The future of Everlane was initially thrown into question after the company’s majority owner began seeking out an interested buyer in recent months.
I Watched My Friends Change Their Names, Bodies, And Identities Almost Overnight
This article was originally published by Daily Wire on May 14, 2026. I saw a lot of my high school friends for the last time in March of 2020 — not because they died from COVID-19, but because they transitioned genders. The names of the people I cared about were no more; those were “dead names.” I watched them step away from lunch tables and afternoons at the park so they could inject themselves with cross-sex hormones.
Meet the 2026 Chesterton Media Fellows
On April 16th, New Guard Press announced its inaugural class of Chesterton Media Fellows. Over the next six months, NGP will provide the four Chesterton Fellows with media training, and them place their op-eds in national outlets. You can get to know the Chesterton Fellows here! Brooke Brandtjenis a writer and journalist from Wisconsin who focuses primarily on culture, politics, and religion. Currently, she is a Senior Contributor at New Guard Press.
What The Boston Massacre Trials Teach About Resisting Mob Rule
It was March 5, 1770. Future President of the United States John Adams was enjoying a local Boston social gathering when the town bells began to ring. Townsmen often rang these bells in case of fire. However, the guests hurried out onto the cobbled streets to discover a different sort of blaze: British soldiers, surrounded by an indignant and pressing mob, had discharged their muskets, hitting 11 civilians. Three died on site. Two more followed in the ensuing days.
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