October 11 2021
 
Happy Columbus Day from Washington, where federal educrats encourage public schools across America to adopt divisive policies on gender and race. Our Virginia Allen reports on a parents group that’s determined to restore sanity to public education. Unfortunately, the Biden administration is going after such parents, David Harsanyi writes. On the podcast, Jarrett Stepman sets the record straight on Christopher Columbus. Plus: a classic Stepman commentary on the explorer’s actual deeds, and your letters on protest and freedom in America. On this date in 1968, America’s first manned Apollo mission, Apollo 7, launches with astronauts Walter Schirra Jr.; Donn Eisele; and Walter Cunningham aboard for an 11-day orbit of Earth. 
 
 
 
NEWS
New Group Equips Parents With 7 Tools to Combat Wokeness in K-12 Education
By Virginia Allen

It’s no secret that the far left has infiltrated higher education with its radical ideas. But now, woke ideology has come for K-12 classrooms across the country. 
COMMENTARY
Flashback: The Truth About Columbus
By Jarrett Stepman

“Columbus strictly told the crew not to do things like maraud, or rape, and instead to treat the native people with respect,” says historian Carol Delaney.
COMMENTARY
Biden Administration Tries to Use Intimidation to Silence Parents
By David Harsanyi

Parents, who have every right to confront board members at meetings, write them angry emails, and call their offices, shouldn't be treated like the Weather Underground.
ANALYSIS
Podcast: The Legacy of Columbus
By Douglas Blair

Jarrett Stepman, Daily Signal contributor and author of the book "The War on History," joins the podcast to discuss the much-maligned Columbus.
COMMENTARY
We Hear You: Tolerance, Protest, and Our Founding Freedoms
By Ken McIntyre

"This behavior is not free speech. It is bullying, pure and simple," T.A. Galioto writes of what protesters did to DHS chief Chad Wolf.
COMMENTARY
ICYMI: Attorney General’s Threatening Memo to Parents Comes With a Serious Conflict of Interest
By Jarrett Stepman

The attorney general’s son-in-law is co-founder of a company that works with school boards to promote “culturally responsive training” and other ideas associated with critical race theory.
 
     
 
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