Keep Racist Critical Race Theory Ideology Out of K-12 Classrooms

Plus: My Friend Denny Stong Might Be Alive Today If He'd Been Granted a Concealed Carry Permit

April 26 2021   Good morning from Washington, where President Biden encourages grown adults to teach children that America is racist and all white people are to blame. We've got to put a stop to this, Jon Butcher and Mike Gonzalez write. On the podcast, former acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker tells our Rob Bluey about a legal initiative by Trump administration veterans to put America first. Plus: when anti-gun policies cost lives; ill-considered tax increases for business; the real-life consequences of communism; and your letters on election integrity. On this date in 1954, yearlong field trials of Jonas Salk's polio vaccine, involving 1.8 million children in the U.S., Canada, and Finland, begin at an elementary school in McLean, Virginia.      COMMENTARY Keep Racist Critical Race Theory Ideology Out of K-12 Classrooms By Jonathan Butcher In Buffalo, New York, the school district's "Emancipation Curriculum" told children that "all white people play a part in perpetuating systemic racism." More COMMENTARY My Friend Denny Stong Might Be Alive Today If He'd Been Granted a Concealed Carry Permit By Patrick Brenner Ten people were killed last month in a mass shooting at the King Soopers supermarket in Boulder, Colorado. I was shocked to learn that one of the victims was Denny Stong, who I knew well. More ANALYSIS Trump Allies to Counter Left, Block Biden by Going to Court By Rob Bluey A group of former Trump administration officials have formed America First Legal to stop the Biden administration's executive actions and counter the radical left's plans to transform our country. More COMMENTARY Biden's Business Tax Hikes Would Be a Self-Inflicted Mistake for America By Matthew Dickerson The proposed tax hike would reduce wages, cost jobs, harm economic growth, cut investment, and make America less competitive. It would reverse gains achieved by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. More SPECIAL FEATURE As a Boy, He Lived in Cuba. Here's What Communism Was Like. By Philip Reynolds From surprise searches of his home in the wee hours to an education laced with Marxist ideology, Rafael Diaz offers a vivid glimpse of the actual manifestations of communism. More COMMENTARY We Hear You: Democrats Don't Seem Interested in Securing Our Elections By Ken McIntyre "Why do the Democrats fear a republic? The bills HR 1 and S 1 are nothing more than an unconstitutional power grab. The election process belongs to the states and must remain so," writes Kathryn Vanderford... More COMMENTARY ICYMI: Biden's Climate Denialism By David Harsanyi After shutting down a large chunk of its economy in 2020, U.S. emissions fell by only13%. Imagine what a 50% cut to emissions might entail. More           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 letters@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.