A photo taken on May 12 of a school in San Jose, Calif. A recent survey found that 94% of school superintendents said they were not ready to announce their plans for when they would resume in-person instruction.
Most American children have not stepped into a classroom since mid-March, when concerns over the coronavirus shuttered schools across the country.
Now, with COVID-19 rates rising throughout the United States, school districts are scrambling to plan how to reopen – some scheduled to do so as early as next month. But big questions remain about how to balance the risk of the virus with the impact on school children and their parents of keeping schools closed.
Doctor Francis Collins is stepping down as director of the National Institutes of Health after 12 years. He reflects on his legacy and his agency's efforts in the fight against COVID-19.
Congress expert Norman Ornstein on what the debate over the debt limit says about dysfunction in Congress, and his ideas for how to fix it.
Trump impeachment witness Fiona Hill on what her own background says about this political moment, and why she thinks the greatest threat to American democracy now comes from within.
Cities and states across the country are exploring reparations programs for Black Americans, but not all reparations advocates think it's the right approach. Diane talks to Mayor Daniel Biss of Evanston, Ill., and William Darity, Jr., and Kirsten Mullen, the co-authors of the book, "From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century”
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