Osher 2021 : Session Five: Action Remedies

2021 Session Five: Action  Remedies 

Music: Bruce Springsteen, "Remember When the Music,"Link to Site

Essential Questions: (1) What are some  prescriptive remedies that could address current wealth and income inequalities in the US?

Rick's Rap

Exercise

Select One topic from the list below and do the readings for it. When you come to class, you will join with others, who selected the same topic. Your group will then design a letter with supporting evidence to a member of Congress expressing your views on the topic.

Minimum wage

• Nicholas Kristof, " McDonald's Workers in Denmark Pity Us," NY Times, 5/8/20 Link to Articles

• Jake Johnson,  "$15 Minimum Wage Would Lift Millions Out of Poverty, Say... Wall Street Giant Morgan Stanley," 3/12/21 Link to Article

• Jane Coaston, "To Fight Poverty, Raise the Minimum Wage? Or Abolish it?, NYTimes, 3/17/21 Link to Article

• Jon Schwarz, "Forget $15 an Hour - the Minimum Wage Should Be $24," The Intercept, 3/5/21 Link to Article

• Contact Senator Chris Coons (D) Delaware Link to Site

• Contact Senator Tom Carper (D) Delaware Link to Site

Filibuster

• David List, "We Already Got Rid of the Filibuster Once Before, " Atlantic Magazine, 3/8/21 Link to Article

• Editorial board, "For Democracy to Survive, the Filibuster Must Go," NY Times,  3/11/21 Link to Article

• Paul Beist, " How the Filibuster Became the Biggest Threat to American Democracy," In These Times 3/11/21 Link to Article

• Norman Ornstein, "Democrats Can't Kill the Filibuster. But They Can Gut It," Washington Post, 3/5/21Link to Article

• Contact Senator Krysten Simena  (D) Arizona Link to Site

• Contact Senator Joe Manchin (D) West Virginia Link to Site

Reparations:

• transcript, "Into Reparations with Nikole Hannah Jones," Into America, Link to Article

• Samara Lynn & Catherine  Thorabecke, "What America Owes: How Reparations would look and who would pay," ABC News, 9/27/20 Link to Site

• " Nine Charts about Wealth Inequality in in America,"Urban Institute, 10/24/17 Link to Article

• "H.R. 40 -Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African - Americans Act, "166th Congress (2019-2020), CONGRESS.GOV, 6/25/20 link to site

Wealth Tax-

• Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, "How to Tax Our Way Back to Justice," NY Times, 10/11/19 Link to Article

• Kenny Stancil, "To Help Fund Covid Recovery and Redress Inequality, Warren Unveils Wealth Tax on Ultra Millionaires and Billionaires," Common Dreams, 3/1/21 Link to Article

Closing: "Something that I learned in this course..."