Back to School Amid the Delta Variant

Published: Aug. 9, 2021, 9:45 a.m.

To ensure students\u2019 safe return to in-person learning amid a surge in the Delta variant of the coronavirus, some school districts plan to institute mask mandates.\n\nYet that move isn\u2019t necessarily straightforward \u2014 several of the country\u2019s hardest-hit states have banned such mandates.\n\nWe look at how this conflict is playing out in Arkansas. \n\nGuest: Richard Fausset, a correspondent covering the American South for The New York Times.