Today on AirTalk, we get more information on the Saugus High School shooting this morning.
The Latest Updates On The Saugus High School Shooting
The Los Angeles County Fire Department says there are five confirmed injuries following a shooting at Saugus High School in the city of Santa Clarita.
The shooting occurred at Saugus High School about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of downtown Los Angeles.
Scores of parents are in park near a Southern California high school, where they are supposed to be reunited with their children following reports of a school shooting.
Police from federal, state and local departments were converged in a parking lot.
With files from the Associated Press
Guests:
Cathy Paine, school psychologist based in Oregon and lead of the National Crisis Response Team for the National Association of School Psychologists
Michael Dorn, Executive Director, Safe Havens International, a non-profit campus safety center that helps schools and school systems improve crisis preparedness and campus safety
Ken Trump, president of National School Safety and Security Services, a school emergency planning consulting firm based in Cleveland, Ohio
Kyle Stokes, KPCC Reporter
Purple Project for Democracy: The Equal Rights Amendment
It’s been nearly 100 years since the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was introduced to ensure equal legal rights for American citizens regardless of sex. Next year, it may have a shot at being added to the Constitution.
The Equal Rights Amendment:
Section 1. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the provisions of this article.
Section 3. This amendment shall take effect two years after the date of ratification.
The ERA cleared Congress in 1972, but fell just a few states short of the two-thirds required for ratification. The time limit on ratification expired, but several states have ratified the amendment since. And now with Virginia turning blue, it’s likely to become the 38th state to ratify the ERA.
Meanwhile, there’s a bi-partisan bill moving through the House that would nix the deadline for ratification.
It’s not clear what will happen after Virginia ratifies the ERA, whether Congress can effectively nix the deadline and if the Supreme Court might get involved.
We take you back through the ERA’s contentious history and speculate on its future.
Guest:
Julie Suk, professor of sociology and political science and a scholar of constitutional law at the CUNY (City University of New York) Graduate Center; she is currently writing a book on the Equal Rights Amendment, set to publish in 2020
Economists Dissect Warren’s Plan To Tax The Super Wealthy
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s plan to tax the ultra-wealthy six cents on each dollar could have far-reaching impacts on the country’s richest by shrinking their fortunes significantly overtime, according to a recent New York Times article.
Under the plan, Jeff Bezos would have had just shy of $50 billion compared to $160 last year, for example. Those in favor argue it’s a way to relieve the ever expanding wealth gap. But others say it simply won’t work and that it will increase tax avoidance. Beyond that, according to a Vox piece, some argue it’s an illegitimate use of our tax code. There are a lot of considerations to add into the economics surrounding a wealth tax and how it would work, if at all.
Today on AirTalk, we take a look at the pros and cons of the wealth tax. Do you have thoughts on it? Do you think it could help or hurt the economy? Join the conversation by calling 866-893-5722.
Guests:
Gabriel Zucman, economist behind Elizabeth Warren’s “wealth tax” proposal, which would be used to fund Medicare For All; professor of economics at UC Berkeley
Veronique de Rugy, senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, a research center for market-oriented ideas; her expertise includes the U.S. economy, the federal budget and taxation and her piece in the October 14th issue National Review is titled “Elizabeth Warren’s Wealth-Tax Trap”; she tweets
Who Is Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick?
Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick announced Thursday he is running for president, making a late entry into the Democratic race less than three months before primary voting begins. In an announcement video, Patrick highlighted his poverty-stricken childhood on Chicago’s South Side, saying he’s running for the “people who feel left out and left back.”
As the first in his family to go to college and law school, Patrick said, “I’ve had a chance to live my American Dream.” But over the years, the “path to that dream” has closed off for others, he said, as government and economy have been “letting us down.” Patrick made history as the first black governor of Massachusetts and has close ties to former President Barack Obama and his network of political advisers. But he faces significant fundraising and organizational hurdles this late in the race. His announcement comes as some Democrats worry about the strength of the party’s current field of contenders. Another Democrat - former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg - is also weighing a last-minute bid for the party’s nomination. Patrick could present himself as a potential bridge across the moderate, liberal and progressive factions - as candidates like Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Kamala Harris and Sen. Cory Booker are trying to do. But the former governor faces significant hurdles to raise enormous amounts of money quickly and to build an organization in the traditional early voting states that most of his rivals have focused on for the past year.
With files from the Associated Press
Guests:
Stephanie Murray, author of the POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook, she previously worked for the State House News Service in Boston
Sean T. Walsh, Republican political analyst and partner at Wilson Walsh Consulting in San Francisco; he is a former adviser to California Governors Pete Wilson and Arnold Schwarzenegger and a former White House staffer for Presidents Reagan and H.W. Bush
Purple Project For Democracy: Revisiting Women’s Suffrage 100 Years After Adopting The Vote
It’s been a century since Congress adopted the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, allowing women the right to vote. The women’s suffrage movement continues to be a source of inspiration for modern activism today.
In honor of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, author and historian Ellen Carol DuBois revisits the history of how the women’s suffrage movement came to be in her new book Suffrage: Women's Long Battle for the Vote. The book explores the movement’s roots dating back to the abolition of slavery and the granting of voting rights to African American men, but not white or African American women. DuBois delves into how suffrage leaders persisted against changing attitudes on politics, citizenship, race and gender during the era of Jim Crow and the beginnings of progressivism. Even a century after women were granted the right to vote, the book finds common themes of conflict and prejudice that still persists in women’s activism today.
Today on AirTalk, host Larry Mantle sits down with DuBois to discuss the significance of the women’s suffrage movement and the impact of its one hundred years later.
Guest:
Ellen Carol DuBois, author of the forthcoming book, “Suffrage: Women’s Long Battle for the Vote” (Simon & Schuster, 2020); retired professor of history and gender studies at UCLA
The True Value of Humility in Our Lives
A recent review out of Hope College in Michigan looks at the value of humility through a variety of studies.
In everyday conversation we might recognize humility as the socially normalized tendency to play down one’s accomplishments or abilities, or in another sense, not take credit for what you do. The study from Hope College instead emphasizes humility as “an ability to accurately acknowledge one’s limitations and abilities and an interpersonal stance that is other-oriented rather than self-focused.”
Joining us is Daryl Van Tongeren, associate professor of psychology at Hope College in and lead author of the review.
Guest:
Daryl Van Tongeren, associate professor of psychology at Hope College in Holland, Michigan.