Plus: Why Local Leaders Don’t Want This Prosecutor Making Their Towns a ‘Petri Dish for Social Experiments’
April 20 2022
Good morning from Washington, where President Biden appears to be in denial about runaway inflation. Too bad so many in the media are going along with it, our Jarrett Stepman writes. Fellow elected officials in Los Angeles County worry about criminals being encouraged by a rogue prosecutor, Virginia Allen reports. On the podcast, commentator Deroy Murdock tells why it’s so important to ensure clean elections. Plus: critical race theory sows division in schools; teachers are trained as anti-racists; and states advance parental rights bills. On this date in 1871, Congress passes legislation authorizing President Ulysses S. Grant to declare martial law, impose heavy penalties against terrorist organizations, and use military force to suppress the Ku Klux Klan.
“All his directives are just going to make crime and our quality of life … much more difficult,” a fellow elected Democrat says of Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon.
The Heritage Foundation invited 13 scholars to contribute to a publication that uncovers the often surreptitious application of critical race theory and analyzes its effects on teachers and students.
The conservative commentator and senior fellow at the Atlas Network says the nation’s commitment to election integrity will determine the continued existence of America as we know it.
In recent months, these states have taken action to limit discussion of gender ideology in the classroom and to protect parents’ rights in K-12 education.