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Republicans took over a purple county school board in North Carolina two years ago and it could get even worse this fall.
The all-white school board voted 5-2 to stop offering Black history and literature courses.
A Virginia county's schools have faced tons of controversy and right-wingers are convinced they can fix everything.
Three of the hundreds of people gathered outside a Glendale school board meeting were arrested, police say.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Conservatives have been pressuring school boards nationwide to ban curricula that reference LGBTQ history.
Some parents worry that if far-right Doug Mastriano wins the governors race, an extreme book-banning measure will only be the beginning.
Alisabeth Janai Lancaster, who is running for a school board seat in Florida, made the remarks at a Republican club event.
The attempt to cloak book bans and censorship as a parent issue is not working, said American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten.
The election was the first recall in San Francisco since 1983, since a failed attempt to remove then-Mayor Dianne Feinstein.
A growing number of school board members across the U.S. are resigning as meetings devolve into shouting contests.