Culture war
Valentina Gomez, who said she believes books with LGBTQ+ themes are “grooming” kids, would oversee Missouri’s public library system if she wins.
Polling has shown that such policies aren't popular, but some GOP-controlled states are still not ready to move on from them.
Some schools are turning to AI in a desperate attempt to comply with a new state law banning certain materials.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Conservatives are lifting their culture-war playbook straight from the '70s in pursuit of a new national majority.
The ruling assailed DeSantis and Florida Republicans for trying to “muzzle its university professors … and cast us all into the dark.”
“Parental rights,” anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and fearmongering about crime didn’t make the slam-dunk platform that many GOP candidates thought they would.
About 300,000 teachers have left their jobs since 2020. Conservatives targeting those who support racial justice and LGBTQ students are making the shortage even worse.
A record number of books with racial or LGBTQ themes have been challenged.
A swing state poll said voters blame Democrats for being too focused on culture wars, despite a GOP push for laws against abortion, trans rights and race education.