What’s Really Going on in Wisconsin

Plus: What You Need to Know About 'Promising' Convalescent Plasma and COVID-19

August 26 2020   Good morning from Washington. What do we know about a new treatment for COVID-19? Dr. Kevin Pham analyzes the data. Why does Amazon let the Southern Poverty Law Center call the shots on what charities can use its Amazon Smile program? Rachel del Guidice reports on how some lawmakers want answers. Plus: David Ditch on the Post Office controversies, and Walter Williams on racism at colleges. On this day in 1958, Alaskans went to the polls—and voted in favor of becoming the 49th state.     COMMENTARY What You Need to Know About 'Promising' Convalescent Plasma and COVID-19 By Kevin Pham To date, more than 100,000 hospitalized COVID-19 patients have been treated with convalescent plasma as part of the expanded access program at the Mayo Clinic. Here's what the data shows. More ANALYSIS What's Really Going on in Wisconsin By Rachel del Guidice "You have smoldering ruins all over the city of Kenosha. It doesn't look like the United States of America. It looks like a war zone overseas," says Brett Healy of the MacIver Institute. More NEWS Lawmakers Demand Answers From Jeff Bezos on Exclusion of Conservatives From Charitable Program By Rachel del Guidice "The exclusion of these conservative groups from Amazon's heavily-trafficked digital platform leads to ... fewer opportunities for donations," states the letter from Republicans on the House Judiciary... More COMMENTARY Postal Efficiency Plan Distorted by Politics and Poor Communication By David Ditch Many of the false charges against Postmaster General Louis DeJoy stem from a good-faith initiative to improve efficiency and reduce the Postal Service's chronic financial losses, which unfortunately was... More ANALYSIS Black Patriots Who Helped Keep America Free By Fred Lucas America often fell far short of the ideas of its founding. Nevertheless, many black heroes still fought for those great ideas and freedom. More COMMENTARY Institutional Racism in Higher Ed By Walter E. Williams Eric Dreiband, an assistant attorney general in the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, recently wrote that Yale University "grants substantial, and often determinative, preferences based... More           The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at comments@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames1.diogenes--light@blogger.com. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.