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Plus: Well-Intentioned AmeriCorps Now Rotten to Core After Falling to Woke Left

February 23 2023   Good morning from Washington, where the volunteer service agency known as AmeriCorps doesn't sweat the details about how much money it awards for "diversity" and "equity." Roman Jankowski has details. Children's books by the author of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" get a scrubbing for ideological purity. Jarrett Stepman strikes back. On the podcast, evidence that God isn't canceled at colleges and universities. Plus: DOJ prosecutes more pro-life activists; Vimeo takes down a documentary about detransitioners; and Ohio scores with election reforms.  Forty-five years ago tonight, Grammy skips the Eagles' "Hotel California" and, in an unprecedented tie, awards the Best Song statuette both to Barbra Streisand's "Evergreen (Love Theme from 'A Star Is Born')" and Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life."      COMMENTARY Welcome to Modern Book Burning By Jarrett Stepman In our brave new world, free of religion and intolerance, we don't have inquisitors to root out heresy. No, we have Inclusion Ambassadors. More ANALYSIS Well-Intentioned AmeriCorps Now Rotten to Core After Falling to Woke Left By Roman Jankowski The agency clearly is more focused on hiring persons of the right color or gender, or whom it believes have the same climate change values, rather than choosing the best persons. More NEWS DOJ Charges 8 More Pro-Lifers With Violating FACE Act By Mary Margaret Olohan Catholic Vote President Brian Burch says that DOJ's announcement "further confirms that this administration will spare no expense or resource when it comes to hunting down pro-life Americans." More NEWS 'Why We Have to Win This War' Against the 'Woke Army,' According to Asra Nomani By Samantha Aschieris "Entire nations' destinies have been defined by what we teach children, and that is exactly what … is at stake here," says Asra Nomani, author of "Woke Army." More NEWS Vimeo Removes 'Generation Affirmation' Detransition Documentary By Tyler O'Neil "This is an issue of free speech and Big Tech removing it from American citizens," says one filmmaker. More COMMENTARY Ohio's New Voting Laws Balance Secure Elections With Ballot Access By Jack Fitzhenry All Ohio voters casting their ballots in person must now provide a government-issued photo ID at their polling place. More COMMENTARY While 'WWIII' Trends on Twitter, God Moves on College Campuses By Virginia Allen As often seems to be the case, light gets brighter when darkness grows, and a spiritual revival on the campus of Asbury University, a Christian school, is a testament to this reality. 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.

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