"Grapevine" podcast highlights suburban culture wars
The suburbs of North Texas are on the front line of America's culture clash over everything from how history is taught to which books are allowed i...
The suburbs of North Texas are on the front line of America's culture clash over everything from how history is taught to which books are allowed in schools to the rights of transgender students. Driving the news: An NBC News podcast debuting Wednesday chronicles the uproar caused last year when Grapevine-Colleyville ISD passed policies limiting how teachers talk about race, gender and sexuality. The board also mandated which bathrooms trans students can use. "Grapevine" follows "Southlake," which detailed how the affluent suburbs of northeast Tarrant County became the testing ground for a new political strategy targeting local school districts, with support from conservative activists.