4 Key Moments From Trump’s Speech on History, Critical Race Theory

Plus: Is Beijing Funding Riots in America? It's Time to Investigate

September 18 2020   Happy Friday from Washington, where President Trump vows to return "patriotic" lessons on history and civics to public schools. Fred Lucas reports. The Justice Department should probe China's role in the unrest gripping American cities, Lora Ries and Mike Gonzalez write. On the podcast, a black former congresswoman assesses racial tensions and the Black LIves Matter organization. Plus: Trump and prison reform; a history curriculum that inspires rather than complains; and the strange case of voters who say they live at NPR. On this date in 1793, President George Washington lays the cornerstone to the U.S. Capitol building, the home of Congress, which will not be completed for nearly a century.      NEWS 4 Key Moments From Trump's Speech on History, Critical Race Theory By Fred Lucas "The left-wing rioting and mayhem are the direct result of decades of left-wing indoctrination in our schools," says President Trump. More COMMENTARY Is Beijing Funding Riots in America? It's Time to Investigate By Lora Ries Now we know that a pro-China organization, the Chinese Progressive Association, funds a Black Lives Matter sister organization. More ANALYSIS What Mia Love Has to Say About Race, Riots, and Black Lives Matter By Rachel del Guidice "[Most] black Americans, that I know of at least, they don't want to defund police," says the former lawmaker. "They need police in their neighborhoods." More COMMENTARY Restoring Justice for All in America's Criminal Justice System By GianCarlo Canaparo The First Step Act, which President Trump signed into law, was based on state-level criminal justice reforms that have resulted in reduced costs and improved outcomes. More NEWS 1776 Unites Curriculum Rejects 1619 Project's Victimhood Narrative By Virginia Allen The 1776 Unites movement, founded by Bob Woodson, has just released a school curriculum to tell the stories of black success throughout American history. More COMMENTARY 4 Voters Claiming NPR as Residence Turn Up in Search of California Voting Records By Hans von Spakovsky Research by the Public Interest Legal Foundation has discovered information pointing to possible election fraud by NPR employees. More COMMENTARY ICYMI: The Leftist Media's Unacceptable Bigotry Against Cuban Americans By Ana Quintana Journalists rage-tweeted at Trump for hours, but did not commemorate the 1,500 brave Cuban volunteers who signed up to liberate Cuba from Fidel Castro's communist revolutionaries. 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.