annette anderson. romaine: the beginning of the school year is imminent. instead of fretting over bus schedules, most superintendents are worried abouts kids safe, even teachers safe. of course, that means we have to keep an eye on the delta variant and how it is affecting the percent of the population that could be vulnerable. taylor: on a lighter note, i can know it is back to school bye-bye instagram feed. on the more serious side. the good news is that the percent of cases relative to population is much lower, confirming earlier evidence we had last year that youth do not seem to be transmitting it. really, pushing that narrative in an effort to reopen schools. we have a net anderson deputy director of the johns hopkins center for safe and healthy schools. she is currently helping school districts return to in person learning. i met, -- and at -- annette, what are some of the biggest questions? annette: have we done enough? we are planning for students to come in buildings in just a few weeks. in s

and johns hopkins university assistant professor annette anderson discusses how covid-19 is impacting the start of a new school year. watch c-span's "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. this morning. be sure to join the conversation with your phone calls, text messages, and tweets. ♪ host: journalist helen anders, you have a new book. the men and women who promised freedom and delivered disaster. in the preface, you explain how it came to be. guest: i am a millennial. the idea for the book started when i looked at my peers and i noticed we all felt a little susan: journalist helen andrews, you have a new book, "boomers: the men and women who promised freedom and deliver disaster." in its preface, you explain how the book came to be. what is the story? helen: well, i am a millennial, and the idea for the book started when i looked around at a lot of my peers and noticed we were all feeling a little bit dispossessed. the amount of wealth we had accumulated by the age of 35 is less than generation x and about a quarter less than the boomers had at the same age. materially, we felt lik

host: she is annette anderson. thank you for giving us your time today.u for having me. host: we have about a half-hour left in the program. you can call to join in. republicans can call in at (202) 748-8001. democrats at (202) 748-8000. independents at (202) 748-8002 . we will take those calls when we return. >> every saturday, you will find events and people exploring our nation's past. book tv brings you the latest. television for serious readers. learn, discover and explore. ♪ >> washington journal continues. host: if you want to participate in open forum and post on our social media site, you can do so online. if you want to text us, it is (202) 748-8003. you can call (202) 748-8001 for republicans, (202) 748-8000 four democrats and (202) 748-8002 for independents. the budget resolution has been released by democrats. this is the work that will happen once the work on the bipartisan infrastructure bill takes place. earlier today we heard from our reporter that says it could take place either monday, today or tuesday. the senate is expected around noo

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host: she is annette anderson. thank you for giving us your time today.you for having me. host: we have about a half-hour left in the program. you can call to join in. republicans can call in at (202) 748-8001. democrats at (202) 748-8000. independents at (202) 748-8002 . we will take those calls when we return. >> every saturday, you will find events and people exploring our nation's past. book tv brings you the latest. television for serious readers. learn, discover and explore. ♪ >> washington journal continues. host: if you want to participate in open forum and post on our social media site, you can do so online. if you want to text us, it is (202) 748-8003. you can call (202) 748-8001 for republicans, (202) 748-8000 four democrats and (202) 748-8002 for independents. the budget resolution has been released by democrats. this is the work that will happen once the work on the bipartisan infrastructure bill takes place. earlier today we heard from our reporter that says it could take place either monday, today or tuesday. the senate is expected around n

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annette: yes. i'm talking in the book about the fact that my parents were i believe idealistic when they sent me to anderson school. this was the mid 60s and a black people were sort of on the move in the way, and the voting rights act in a bank they thought about sending me into an integrated school as part of an advance off civil rights reading note later on, when it became disillusioned to some degree about the way that integration had played itself out across south in general becauseut my parents were very political people who talk about politics a lot and they were surveying the scene not just in our town that all of the south. and he became his religion because there is integration with the seem to be black in a chain but whites really didn't have to change. so the non- integration of the teachers in the process out in my town, many black teachers were taking out of the classroom. after integration and my mother remained in the classroom and she loved teaching. she stayed there but i think there's a bit of disappointment about that because she said she had gone to college and grad school to teach grad