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A Tennessee school board removed the graphic novel ‘Maus,’ about the Holocaust, from curriculum due to language and nudity concerns

CNN By Chris Boyette, CNN “Maus,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the experiences of Holocaust survivors that was recently banned by a Tennessee school board, has made the Amazon best-seller list. As of Friday night, a hardcopy version of the serialized work by Art Spiegelman was listed as the online retailer’s #9 top seller.

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Flyers with anti-Semitic language distributed in neighborhoods across South Florida; also reported in 5 other states

CNN, KGO, WFOR, KMGH By Alta Spells, Leyla Santiago and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN Hundreds of anti-Semitic flyers — falsely claiming the public health response to Covid-19 is being orchestrated by Jewish people — were distributed to homes in South Florida over the weekend, according to authorities. Similar flyers were distributed in five other states —

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Utah teacher sues school district after she says officials retaliated against her for reporting sexual harassment among 5th-grade students

KSTU, THIRD DISTRICT COURT-SUMMIT COUNTY, UT, CNN By Michelle Watson, CNN A teacher in Utah is suing her former employer after she said it retaliated against her for reporting sexual harassment among her students, according to court documents filed last week. Kathryn Moore is suing Utah’s Park City School District “for violations of Title IX”

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Schools in Flint, Michigan, are sticking with remote learning indefinitely. Families say they’re struggling to keep it up

CNN, WCBS, KYW By Adrienne Broaddus, CNN Students in Flint Community Schools have only been in the classroom about six months over the past two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and after the district’s announcement last week that distance learning would continue until further notice, some families — including some still dealing with the

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