in november of 1992, derrick bell appeared on book notes to discuss his book quote faces at the bottom, the permanence of racism, unquote. >> the late derrick bell on this episode of booknotes+. listen at c-span.org/podcasts or whatever you get your podcasts. ♪ >> and you're watching booktv on c-span2. well, if you're of a certain age you have one of these on your shelves, a dictionary, and you're probably looked up words in it throughout your lifetime. but if you're a little bit younger chances are you have done it digitally. mary french is trying to change that. she is the founder and director of something called "the dictionary project." mary french, what are you trying to do? >> we want everyone to have, be able to have a dictionary to enjoy the benefits of owning a dictionary and we try to give them out when they're in the third grade so to get into the habit of looking up words, to spell them correctly and understand the meaning and the multiple meanings the words have and appreciate our rich language. >> so what is the importance to you of having this physical book rather than j

in november of 1992, derrick bell appeared on book notes to discuss his book quote faces at the bottom of the well, the permanence of racism unquote. >> the late derrick bell, harvard law school's first black tenured professor on this episode of book notes plus. listen at c-span.org/podcast or wherever you get your podcast. >>> now on book tv's afterwords, democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois talks about her life and career in the military and in the u.s. senate. she's interviewed by politico's congressional editor. >> thank you so much for joining us today, senator, to discuss your book. >> thanks for having me on. i'm very excited to be here. >> well, i wanted to start, you know, your entire life story is incredibly moving and has so many emotional moments. as a congressional editor, though, on a lighter note, i loved the portion of your book where you say people tell me that i'm the first senator to have a baby while in office. no, i'm the first senator to give birth while in office. >> exactly. at an average at 70, it's hard for a female senator to give birth in office. w

of the well, the permanence of racism unquote. >> the late derrick bell, harvard law school's first black tenured professor on this episode of book notes plus. listen at c-span.org/podcast or wherever you get your podcast. >>> now on book tv's afterwords, democratic senator tammy duckworth of illinois talks about her life and career in the military and in the u.s. senate. she's interviewed by

in november of 1992, derrick bell appeared on book notes to discuss his book "faces at the bottom ofell, the permanence of racism." >> the late derrick bell, a tenured professor, on this episode of book notes+. listen on c-span.org/podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. ♪ >> weekends on c-span two are any intellectual feast. every saturday, you will find events and people that explore our nation's past on american history tv. sundays, book tv brings you a books and authors, television for serious readers. learn, discover, explore. weekends on c-span two. >> "washington journal" continues. host: it is just after 8:30 on the east coast, and as we often like to do, we will let you leave the discussion on the "washington journal." it is our open forum. whatever public policy or political issue you want to talk about, we can continue to talk about afghanistan as we have done in the first half of this program. phone lines to call in, republicans (202) 748-8001, democrats (202) 748-8000, independents (202) 748-8002. some none afghanistan related news to keep you updated on the biden ad

announcer: the late derrick bell on this episode of booknotes plus.pan.org/podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. ♪ announcer: weekends on c-span2 are an intellectual feast. every saturday you will find events that explore our past. on sunday, book tv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors. television for serious readers. learn, discover and explore, weekends on c-span2. ♪ announcer: "washington journal" continues. host: we are joined by aaron mehta, here to talk about afghanistan and the impact of the u.s. withdrawal there. good morning, welcome. guest: thank you for having me. host: when we talked a while ago, you were with a different publication. tell us about this publication and what your mission is at breaking defense. guest: we started as a small website and we have been growing ever since. i joined a couple weeks ago as the editor-in-chief. our goal is to take what happens in defense publications, focusing on the pentagon and military, broadening out to cover more strategic issues, an try to give the averaged reader a sen