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just download c-span's app, c-span now.l, at the beginning of the year new york times op-ed columnist charles grove made his case for african-americans to amass political power and challenge whitel supremacy. we spoke with author and woodson center and president robert woodson. then in april cindy mccain reflectedd on her life with her late husband, john mccain. she was joined in conversation by former senator joe lieberman who was a very close friend to have late senator. in june former new york police department commissioner bill bratton discussed his book, "the profession," with former commissioner charles raines. and this summer ben shapiro argued america's progressive left is pushing an authoritarian agenda. he was interviewed by radio talk show host eric me taxis. well, in another "after words" that we featured this past year, it was in october, and it was pulitzer prize-winning journalist sarah stockman talking about how u.s. companies moving overseas had impacted america's working class. she was joined in conversati

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c-span now. access top highlights, receive c-span radio and discover newpodcasts also free. download c-span now today . >> now joining us on book tv is author philip magnus, heis the co-author with jason broder of this book , "cracks in the ivory tower:the moral mess of higher education". first of all this magnus what you do for a living ? >> i am the economist of the american institution for research. >> have you been in academia before western mark. >> i have, i spent 10 years teaching college at george mason university american university derrycollege written all over the united states . >> what wasyour experience like ? >> it was an interesting environment. to put it mildly. many good positive things that came out of it both in terms of college i worked with the research that i did but i often have a behind-the-scenes of what happened in the way that a university learns. >> what did you find? >> my immediate take on it is that if you judge the university just as a normal business operation, there are things that happen at universities that would make something like enronm

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watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern, sunday morning on c-span or on c-span now, our new mobile app. join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. >> joan byron began working at the nixon foundation as a 14-year-old marketing intern. now, at age 28, he's the foundation's and ceo. sunday on q&a he talks about the life and career of president nixon in the work of the foundation. >> we are obviously looking ahead to the anniversary of his trip to china, trip to russia, the ending of the vietnam war and the signing of the paris peace accords, bringing home of the pows. the 15th anniversary of watergate. we, as a foundation, build educational experiences and events, conferences around these types of programs, or, i should say, around these 50th anniversaries and make them into types of programs, then we push them out across social media. we are connecting, it is working, we do hear from young people that say, i did not know about that. or, i'd only heard there was this thing called watergate. i did not know that president nixon was the first

watch live coverage on c-span, c-span2, c-span.org, or our new c-span now video app. morning, the supreme court ruled 8-1, leaving a texas abortion law in place, but said they have the right to proceed and challenge the law in lower courts. it is also referred to sv b8. the justices heard oral arguments on an expedited status on november 1, 2021. is 90 minutes. -- minutes. >> the honorable, the chief justice, and the associate justices of the supreme court of the united states. o yea, o yea, o yea, all persons having business before the honorable, the supreme court of the united states, are admonished to draw near and give their attention, for that court is now sitting. god save the united states and this honorable court. chief justice roberts: the orders of this court have been duly entered and certified with the clerk.

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