Fox-news/culture-trends

• Detroit Public Schools pay students up to $1K cash for showing up to class - Detroit Public Schools launched cash incentive program to combat 60.9% chronic absenteeism rate, paying students $100 weekly gift cards for perfect attendance during winter months.
• Christian music icon Amy Grant invokes ‘6th of January’ in new song asking if 'we’ve lost our way' - Amy Grant releases new folk song "The 6th of January (Yasgur's Farm)" that references 1960s counterculture, asking "Have we all lost our way?"
• Tennessee Democrat proposes new bill limiting ICE from school campuses statewide - Memphis State Rep. Gabby Salinas introduced legislation to protect Tennessee schools from ICE enforcement after Trump administration rescinded sensitive locations policy.
• NYC mayor Mamdani quietly meets with Steven Spielberg days after inauguration - NYC's democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani reportedly met privately with Steven Spielberg days after pledging to serve people, not billionaires.
• Cooper Union settles lawsuit with Jewish students and makes sweeping changes to protest policy - The Cooper Union settled an antisemitism lawsuit with Jewish students on Thursday, requiring the NYC college to ban masked protesters and pre-approve student fliers and posters.
• Former 'SNL' star agrees 'don't waste your money' supporting Jasmine Crockett - Former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Bowen Yang agreed with his "Las Culturistas" podcast host Matt Rogers criticizing Rep. Jasmine Crockett's Senate campaign.
• CBS abruptly ousts 'Evening News' senior producer just days into broadcast revamp - Fox News Digital confirmed CBS News dismissed top producer Javier Guzman just days into the network's revamp of "CBS Evening News" with anchor Tony Dokoupil.
• Texas teachers' union sues state over investigation into controversial Charlie Kirk posts - The Texas American Federation of Teachers criticized the the Texas Education Agency for investigating teachers' controversial posts about Charlie Kirk's death.
• Catholic conference shatters attendance records as 26,000 young people flock to faith event - Catholic conference SEEK 2026 breaks attendance records with over 26,000 young people across three cities, marking 24% growth and church vitality.
• Maryland recommends $100K payments to descendants of lynching victims after study - The Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission completed a 630-page report documenting state complicity in post-Civil War lynchings, recommending $100K reparations.