1619 Project Set to Advance Socialism Teaching in the Classroom

Plus: In a Retaliatory Move, the US Shortens Visas for Chinese Journalists

May 12, 2020   Good morning from Washington, where President Trump touts a surge in coronavirus testing that he says will top 10 million this week. On the podcast, a Colorado entrepreneur talks telemedicine and COVID-19. Plus: the Trump administration gets tougher on Chinese journalists; revising the American history our children are taught; and hiring by faith-based organizations goes to the Supreme Court. On this date In 1949, the Soviet Union ends an 11-month blockade against West Berlin that already had been broken by a huge U.S.-British airlift of supplies to 2 million citizens.     Analysis Pulitzer Prize-Winning 1619 Project Set to Advance Socialism Teaching in the Classroom By Mike Gonzalez The 1619 Project isn't just a series of articles placing slavery at the center of the American story. It is also a curriculum that is sweeping the land. More Commentary In a Retaliatory Move, the US Shortens Visas for Chinese Journalists By Lora Ries The Department of Homeland Security is throwing the next punch in the escalating journalism battle between the U.S. and China. More News How 'Stakeholder' Movement Could Hinder Economic Recovery From COVID-19 By Fred Lucas "Should companies be pressured to invest money in solar panels on their roof that they would prefer to use to rehire their laid-off workers?" asks Justin Danhof, general counsel for the National Center for Public Policy Research. More Analysis How a Nurse Practitioner Is Using Telemedicine to Treat Patients By Virginia Allen "For a lot of routine things like diabetic follow-ups or hypertension follow-ups, medication follow-ups, following up on labs, it's been a way for people to not have to come in and be exposed to any kind of contagion," says Dede Chism, a nurse practitioner in Colorado. More Commentary Justices to Decide If Religious Schools Can Choose Who Teaches the Faith By Thomas Jipping Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg suggest limiting the religious exception to cases where a teacher is fired for "teaching religion wrong," but handling other cases under federal statutes. More News COVID-19 Testing Reaches 300,000 Per Day as States Get $11B Aid Package By Fred Lucas As the United States is about to pass the milestone of doing 10 million tests for the coronavirus, the White House announces an $11 billion aid package to states to help boost testing. More           The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. 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 comments@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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