Deep Dive (May 7): ‘Must be Stopped’: Governor Noem Signs 1776 Patriotic Education Pledge

April’s jobs report was a major miss. While over a million were expected, the actual number fell far below the mark. The Labor Department says U.S. private employers added just 266,000 jobs. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce says the federal government should end the $300-a-week jobless aid to ease the labor shortage.

Classrooms are at the center of a heated debate. The 1776 pledge to restore patriotic education faces off against calls for critical race theory and antiracist teaching in schools, citing The New York Times’s 1619 Project.