Critical Race Theory Will Destroy Our Military

Plus: Education Secretary Prioritizes Transgender Students Over Biological Girls

June 17 2021   Good morning from Washington, where our leaders seem more focused on being woke than doing their jobs. Heritage Foundation defense expert Dakota Wood illustrates the folly of indoctrinating the military with critical race theory. On the podcast, Virginia Allen talks with an education reformer about this obsession with skin color. Plus: President Biden's education secretary discriminates against girls; a new tool tells what Obamacare has wrought in your state; the legacy of Juneteenth; and "Problematic Women" welcomes a former lesbian who helps others leave the homosexual lifestyle. Forty-nine years ago today, D.C. police arrest five men caught breaking into Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex, sparking a scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon's resignation two years later.      COMMENTARY Critical Race Theory Will Destroy Our Military By Dakota Wood What if the black Marines judged the white Marines from the perspective of oppressed and oppressor? How could this group of Marines have operated as a team, especially when stressed in a combat situation? More COMMENTARY Education Secretary Prioritizes Transgender Students Over Biological Girls By Sarah Parshall Perry For now, the Education Department has opened up single-sex bathrooms, locker rooms, showers, sports, and more at every institution receiving federal money not only to girls, but those who feel like girls. More COMMENTARY Find Out How Much More Insurance Costs in Your State Since Obamacare Took Effect By Abigail Slagle Americans buying individual health insurance paid on average $558 a month for coverage in 2019. That's $314 more than what they paid in 2013, the last year before Obamacare took effect. More ANALYSIS Critical Race Theory Distracts From Real Problems in Education, This Reformer Says By Virginia Allen "Critical race theory ... narrows the conversation to say everything is about race. Well, it's unlikely that systemic racism is the cause of nearly 4 million white students … not reading at grade level,"... More ANALYSIS She Quit Homosexuality. Now, She's Helping Others Do Likewise. By Virginia Allen By her 30s, Elizabeth Woning says, she was "stereotypically butch." But after an experience at a local church, she began to question what lesbianism meant to her. More COMMENTARY Meet the Teacher Who Fought Back Against His School's Radical Gender Policies By Daily Signal Staff "I'm a teacher, but I serve God first and I will not affirm that a biological boy can be a girl and vice versa," says Tanner Cross. More COMMENTARY Juneteenth Reminds Us of a Great Turning Point in US History By Kay C. James My family celebrates Juneteenth because we celebrate America. We celebrate the fact that even though my ancestor Agnes suffered in bondage, America is the kind of nation that makes things right. 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.