From the food we eat to the clothes we wear, everything today is an opportunity for battle in the nation's culture wars. But nowhere is that battle being more fiercely fought than in our public schools where the far right is fighting for control of school boards, as if it were the White House.

In his new book, "They Came for the Schools", investigative reporter Mike Hixenbaugh takes us to Southlake, Texas - a suburb that in many ways is a microcosm of the nation. Where rapidly changing demographics came into conflict with a conservative political revolt. Where a school board election became a referendum not just on diversity and inclusion efforts, but on the very purpose and future of public education.

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