Biden Orders End to Private Prisons in Package to Achieve ‘Racial Equity’

Plus: Why Biden's Immigration Policy Will Harm Americans and Migrants Alike

January 27 2021   Good morning from Washington, where President Biden takes a flurry of new executive actions to bring about what he calls racial equity. Fred Lucas reports. The new president's immigration agenda looks like trouble, Heritage Foundation analyst Ana Quintana says on the podcast. Plus: calling teachers' bluff during COVID-19; zero tolerance for all political violence; and a win for doctors disturbed by the transgender agenda. Seventy years ago today, the U.S. government detonates the first of a series of nuclear bombs at a new Nevada test site, a flash seen as far away as San Francisco.      NEWS Biden Orders End to Private Prisons in Package to Achieve 'Racial Equity' By Fred Lucas "We need to make the issue of racial equity ... the issue of the whole of government," says President Biden. More ANALYSIS Why Biden's Immigration Policy Will Harm Americans and Migrants Alike By Virginia Allen President Biden's immigration policies pose a grave threat to America, says Ana Quintana, a Heritage Foundation senior policy analyst. More COMMENTARY It's Time for a Bold, Reaganesque Approach to Teachers Unions on School Closures By Lindsey Burke Teacher unions across the country are keeping schools closed, despite science showing that it's safe for schools to be open during the COVID-19 pandemic. More COMMENTARY Americans Should Condemn Political Violence in All Forms By James Carafano Recent media reports reveal that federal investigators have uncovered evidence suggesting that the assault on the Capitol was planned and not just provoked or merely a spontaneous reaction of the crowd. More COMMENTARY Federal Court Upholds Conscience Protections for Doctors By Nicole Russell For now, doctors in at least one district court jurisdiction can continue to lawfully practice medicine while maintaining their beliefs. More COMMENTARY Media Betrays Bias With 'Reporting' on Biden Inauguration By Cal Thomas ABC News co-anchor George Stephanopoulos said Biden's speech had "echoes of Abe Lincoln." Really? More COMMENTARY ICYMI: What Thomas Sowell Can Teach Us About Standing Up to the Mob By John Stossel "I haven't been able to find a single country in the world where policies advocated for blacks in the United States lifted any people out of poverty," Sowell says. 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.