April 5 2021
 

Good morning from Washington, where the left purposefully misrepresents a Georgia law as part of its campaign to keep power by nationalizing state and local elections. Tim Murtaugh explains. A young teacher wants out because of the liberal agenda imposed on all aspects of public education. Our Virginia Allen has her story. On the podcast, we explore the fight against human trafficking with one of its fiercest foes. Plus: today’s fertile soil for school choice, what happens when prosecutors go rogue, and your letters on American wokeness. On this date in 1792, President George Washington exercises the veto for the first time, rejecting a bill reapportioning seats in the House of Representatives.

 
 
 
NEWS
This Teacher Says Left Has Turned Public Schools Into ‘Indoctrination Centers’
By Virginia Allen

As a black woman who currently teaches at a predominantly white high school, Morgan Foster says she never would tell colleagues she is conservative for fear she would lose her job.
COMMENTARY
Branding Georgia Election Law, Senate Filibuster ‘Racist’ Is Vile Tactic to Justify HR 1
By Tim Murtaugh

President Biden, his fellow liberals, and his friends in the media are misrepresenting Georgia’s new election law, and it’s part of a far-reaching strategy that stretches well beyond the Peach State.
COMMENTARY
In a Rebuke to Teachers Unions, School Choice Is Going Gangbusters in the States
By Lindsey Burke

The events of the last year have demonstrated to many families that public schools are not always the reliable institutions many thought they were.
ANALYSIS
Human Trafficking Is World’s Fastest-Growing Crime, Activist Says
By Douglas Blair

Sophia Fisher, of Stop the Demand Project, discusses her fight against human trafficking, how America is dealing with this horrible crime within its own borders and abroad, and what conservatives can do.
COMMENTARY
Society Pays When Prosecutors Fail to Punish Crime
By Armstrong Williams

Baltimore law enforcement will no longer prosecute “low-level offenses,” which include possessing drugs or drug paraphernalia, trespassing, prostitution, and defecating or urinating in public.
COMMENTARY
We Hear You: Awake or Woke in America
By Ken McIntyre

“The progressives’ soft bigotry of low expectations steals opportunity and future parity from exactly the identity groups they claim to care for,” writes John Doner.
COMMENTARY
ICYMI: Antifa’s Destructive Return Could Have Staying Power
By Jason Rantz

The Seattle Police Department saw a mass exodus of nearly 200 police officers in 2020 after a relentless public campaign by anti-police activists and like-minded City Council members.
 
     
 
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