Why Confederate statues should come down now.

Here’s another data point to add to the conversation on what school should look like this fall.

Way back in April, to summon the memory of a time long ago, members of the Halifax County School Board were talking about the pandemic-era future of Halifax County Public Schools at their monthly meeting when Board Chair Todd Moser and ED-8 trustee Walter Potts offered almost diametrically opposite takes.

What happens when the irresistible need to get kids back in school meets the immovable reality of a deadly health pandemic?

Just as paper products have begun to return to grocery store shelves, the United States — a vast swath of it, anyway — is edging back into shutdown mode due to the coronavirus.