The California Megachurch Pushing Public Schools to the Far Right

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyOutside the California State Capitol last month, a fitness trainer turned school board president fired up the crowd at a parental rights rally, telling them they were all fighters in “a spiritual battle” for their kids and must answer the call from God.Sonja Shaw, who was elected to the Chino Valley Unified School District board of education last November with an assist from a local megachurch and its Christian nationalist pastor, didn’t

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