Which brings together some of the uks best known columnists, bbc specialists and the correspondents who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline london. This week omicron a chilling gift for the season of giving. Why, when it comes to abortion, it remains the age of trump. And james bonds boss on the danger of china for smaller countries. Joining is on the programme. Janet daley, who moved from the United States to london in the 1960s, is a columinst with the daily telegraph. Stephanie baker is with bloomberg media. With me in the studio is celia hatton, the bbc S Asia Pacific editor. Welcome to all of you and it is lovely to see you again. When we discussed omicron last week and, it had onlyjust been confirmed as a variant of concern. First identified by doctors in south africa, president ramaphosa told his countrymen at the weekend that in one province, new cases had risen from 500 per day to 1,600. Stephanie, the message from the white house earlier in the
North Carolina lawmakers are pushing a bill requiring public college students to read foundational American documents, sparking debate over academic freedom. Read to learn more.
Conservative groups are pushing civics requirements in higher education, not just K-12. In North Carolina, undergraduates now must study the founding documents. Will other states follow? States have long imposed specific standards on what K-12 public schools must teach. During the Obama era, the Common Core movement even tried to establish nationwide standards for math and English at these grade levels.
“It is difficult to look at the state of American civic life right now and conclude higher education is doing all we can to prepare our graduates for our democratic