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Education

A Welcome Backlash against Critical Race Theory

By The Editors

This ideology shouldn’t be within a hundred miles of the nation’s schools, and, fortunately, some states and communities are fighting back.

NR PLUS Media

Former DeSantis Staffers Push Back on ‘Trash’ Politico Hit Piece

By Ryan Mills

‘They have to resort to this oldest trick in the book...because they can’t find anything else,’ one staffer said.

Law & the Courts

On Guns, New York City Wants It Both Ways

By Charles C. W. Cooke

The people who want to run New York are proposing that the city ought to have the toughest laws in the nation, but that those laws will not be enforced.

4h

Joni Ernst Accuses GOP of Partaking in ‘Cancel Culture’ over Cheney Ouster

6h

Teachers’ Union President Blames Trump for School Reopening Delays

7h

FDA Authorizes Use of Pfizer COVID Vaccine in 12 to 15 Year Olds

NR PLUS World

Jerusalem Riots: What the Media — and Rashida Tlaib — Ignore

By David Harsanyi

It takes a translation service to figure out what’s actually going on in Israel right now.

Tucker Carlson’s Faulty Complaint about Coronavirus Vaccines

By Pradheep J. Shanker

Psaki Says Migrant Surge ‘Wasn’t Really a Crisis,’ Faults Media for Using the Term

By Brittany Bernstein

NR PLUS National Security & Defense

DOJ Pick Susan Hennessey’s Long, Sordid History of Partisan Conspiracy-Mongering

By Tobias Hoonhout & Isaac Schorr

Hennessey was tapped to serve as senior counsel for the DOJ's National Security Division.

NR PLUS Law & the Courts

Court-Packers Say Court-Packing Is Not Court-Packing

By Dan McLaughlin

Court-packing is a solution in search of an excuse. Wanting the Court to hear more cases is a transparently flimsy one.

Politics & Policy

The Rapidly Aging Democratic House Majority

By Jim Geraghty

The Democratic majority in both chambers of Congress is dependent upon the continuing good health of quite a few elderly members.

Politics & Policy

McCarthy Announces Vote to Oust Liz Cheney from Leadership

By Zachary Evans

‘These internal conflicts need to be resolved so as not to detract from the efforts of our collective team,’ he said.

Education

Noem Pledges to Bar Action Civics and Critical Race Theory

By Stanley Kurtz

If she does follow through, Governor Noem can rightly be acclaimed a hero, and a model for governors in every other state in the Union.

NR PLUS Culture

How Critical Race Theory Works

By Cameron Hilditch

Critical race theorists join the chorus of white supremacists who claim that white people are responsible for everything.

NR PLUS Education

Virginia School Leaders Accused of Setting the Ground for ‘Anti-Racist’ Indoctrination

By Ryan Mills

‘These public schools, they have our kids held hostage,’ Asra Nomani said.

Economy & Business

Punishing Success: the Biden Administration, Vaccines, and Intellectual Property

By Joel Zinberg

Waiving IP protections for vaccines will destroy the innovative industry that made the pandemic-ending vaccines possible.

Capital Matters

Biden’s Vaccine Blunder

By Andrew Stuttaford

The week of May 3: waiving the COVID-19 vaccines’ intellectual-property protections, disappointing jobs numbers, and much, much more.

NR PLUS Science & Tech

Wade on the Lab-Leak Theory of COVID

By Michael Brendan Dougherty

This is no longer really just a lab-leak theory; the evidence points to a lab-created theory, too.

Economy & Business

‘Too Much Free Money’: Employers Refute Dem Claims on Hiring Slump

By Jim Geraghty

As the Biden administration is mystified by low hiring last month, we’re left wondering if they’ve tried talking to employers.

Economy & Business

The Big Jobs Miss

By The Editors

Weak jobs report shows that Democratic policies are holding back the job market.

NR PLUS Capital Matters

The Message Washington Needs to Hear Right Now

By Charles C. W. Cooke

STOP!

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Politics & Policy

Joni Ernst Accuses GOP of Partaking in ‘Cancel Culture’ over Cheney Ouster

By Brittany Bernstein 8:22 PM

The Republican senator says the drama over Cheney is a distraction from efforts to gain seats in 2022.

Education

Teachers’ Union President Blames Trump for School Reopening Delays

By Caroline Downey 7:00 PM

Public school children have been receiving remote instruction for nearly a year, with many district reopening efforts being stifled by teachers' union and administrative resistance.

NR PLUS Law & the Courts

Court-Packers Say Court-Packing Is Not Court-Packing

By Dan McLaughlin 6:01 PM

Court-packing is a solution in search of an excuse. Wanting the Court to hear more cases is a transparently flimsy one.

Culture

20 Things Caught My Eye Today: Schoolgirls Killed in Afghanistan, Family Policy, & More

By Kathryn Jean Lopez 5:51 PM

Violence, education, motherhood, and housework

U.S.

FDA Authorizes Use of Pfizer COVID Vaccine in 12 to 15 Year Olds

By Brittany Bernstein 5:51 PM

A CDC panel is set to convene on Wednesday to update its recommendation for who should receive the Pfizer shots.

U.S.

Fauci: U.S. Needs ‘To Start Being More Liberal’ in Loosening COVID Restrictions

By Brittany Bernstein 5:45 PM

Fauci said he agreed with Dr. Scott Gottlieb, who has said now is the time to loosen indoor mask mandates.

NR PLUS World

Jerusalem Riots: What the Media — and Rashida Tlaib — Ignore

By David Harsanyi 5:12 PM

It takes a translation service to figure out what’s actually going on in Israel right now.

NR PLUS National Security & Defense

DOJ Pick Susan Hennessey’s Long, Sordid History of Partisan Conspiracy-Mongering

By Tobias Hoonhout & Isaac Schorr 4:29 PM

Hennessey was tapped to serve as senior counsel for the DOJ's National Security Division.

Politics & Policy

We Were Sent Here to Change Everything . . . Unless Someone Dies

By Charles C. W. Cooke 4:19 PM

If the Democrats are just a couple of deaths away from being in the minority, then maybe they shouldn't be trying to remake the country in the first place.

NR PLUS Film & TV

Can the Oscars Make a Comeback?

By Ross Douthat

With this year’s Oscars, it feels like we’ve watched a funeral. But what about the resurrection? Can the Oscars live again?

NR PLUS Education

The School Dream

By David Mamet

On the bully in front of the class.

NR PLUS National Security & Defense

How Biden Can Reduce the North Korean Threat

By Nicholas Eberstadt

He must begin by correcting the mistakes of his predecessors.

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