The Deeply Pessimistic Intellectual Roots of Black Lives Matter, 1619 Project, and Much Else in Woke America

Plus: COVID-19 Power Trips of Leftist Politicians, Teachers Unions Must Stop

September 5 2020   Happy Labor Day weekend from Washington, just one place where the left wants the sky to fall because of COVID-19. This has got to stop, Bob Wickers writes. President Trump has run up a sound environmental record, his EPA chief says. Kevin Mooney has the story. Plus: the rise of critical race theory; New York's dead-letter suit against the Postal Service; the D.C. mayor's chutzpah, and what the new jobs report portends. Forty-five years ago today, President Gerald Ford survives an assassination attempt when Secret Service agents tackle Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, when she points a handgun at Ford near the Capitol in Sacramento, California.     COMMENTARY The Deeply Pessimistic Intellectual Roots of Black Lives Matter, 1619 Project, and Much Else in Woke America By John Murawski Much of the dire rhetoric behind America's moment of racial reckoning comes from "critical race theory," a decades-old philosophy deeply skeptical about the possibility of racial progress. More COMMENTARY COVID-19 Power Trips of Leftist Politicians, Teachers Unions Must Stop By Bob Wickers In Los Angeles, the teachers union refuses to go back to classrooms unless politicians abolish charter and private schools, eliminate unpaid rent evictions, and defund law enforcement. More COMMENTARY Postal Service Lawsuit Is a Delivery of Pure Politics By David Ditch The lawsuit filed by New York State Attorney General Letitia James against the U.S. Postal Service reads more like a 64-page list of talking points than a serious legal document. More NEWS EPA Chief Touts Environmental Gains, Hits 'Single Issue Advocacy' By Kevin Mooney "For environmental policy to work nationally, the federal government and states must work together as partners, not as adversaries," EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler says. More COMMENTARY DC Mayor's Attempt to Shift Blame Falls Flat By Cully Stimson It apparently never occurred to Mayor Muriel Bowser that renaming a street after Black Lives Matter, a radical, violent, Marxist-inspired group, would act as a dog whistle for violent radicals to flock... More COMMENTARY ICYMI: Unemployment Rate Drops to 8.4% as August Sees 1.4 Million More Jobs By Timothy Doescher August is the fourth straight month in which the economy added jobs and the unemployment rate fell despite the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, again upsetting experts' predictions. 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.