Right way media, going from kind of alt tack at the bottom. A lot of these groups are producing their own media,. social media, vidios, life streams, and they're trying to go viral. And it's like further reinforced by conservative mediaright where where your sonly hearing about these issues such as mask wearing and critical race theories. So you are a teacher, saint perish. You decided to become involved, and you went to school board meetings. And then what happened? I started getting scrutinized. The real threat is critical race theory being taught in our schools.
It's Election Day in the USA. This time around, the nasty political fights and insurrections are going local. NPR's Anya Kamenetz explains.
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