I want you to understand the deep connection that the issue of guns and gun violence has with the work of the Luskin School of Public Affairs. Among the other focuses is a focus on Mental Health. Guns are the single biggest killer of women. They are the single biggest cause of successful suicide. It turns out people may try to take their own life more often than we would like, and its a tragedy, but we are not very good at it unless there is a gun present. If there is a gun present, the possibility of fatalities skyrocket. Guns tear at the fabric of american society, but as you will hear in tonights lecture, you can argue that they are written into the fabric of american society, or at least so their advocates and manufacturers would tell us. We will talk a bit more about that. Its also important to understand that guns are a racial issue. Put succinctly, as the Second Amendment is for white people. When more than 100 armed men descend on the kentucky state capital, nothing happens. If
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Action in 2020. I am rebecca, director of George Washington university is a different data, democracy and politics. Im pleased to welcome you to our conference. Today, we have the opportunity too speak to a number of renowned experts, academics, journals, medical and Public Health professionals, as well as grass roots activists about how the coronavirus pandemic has reshaped digital communication, campaigning and activism and lead up to one of the most consequential elections in this nations history. We will discuss the challenges of Fact Checking political claims in real time. The targeting and impacts of disinformation on communities of color. Potential postelection violence being organized online, and much, much more. However, before we begin our first panel, i would like to invite you to watch a few remarks from George Washington universitys president. Sue met good morning. I am president of the George Washington university. I am pleased to welcome you to todays events. Posted by g
Wearing, sanitation, ventilation, separation, we are not going to get a handle on this to be able to fully open our economy and our schools in our society. That is what has been ignored by the administration. That is what we must insist upon in this package. It has been another bills but they have not acted upon the resources in a way science would demand. That said come on the subject of the airlines, ive made the case to my colleagues this is a special case because in order for airline employees to return to the workforce, there are National Security concerns, there are concerns about certification and all the rest of that, not somebody leaving a job and coming back to a job, but having to qualified could take a couple of years for a pilot, six months for a flight attendant, six i think we should pay special attention to that. We should not do that and lose all leverage to do Everything Else we have in the bill, which is to crush the virus, honor our heroes, put money in the pockets
Down for talks. And a month on from beiruts devastating port blast life in lebanon is a long way from becoming anything close to normal. Donald trump has again suggested that people who vote by mail in the upcoming president ial election should still head to the polling station to check their votes has been counted this follows strums controversial comments in North Carolina that people should vote twice to test the system voting more than once is considered a federal crime in the u. S. The president has been insisting without evidence that more postal voting will lead to widespread fraud alan fischer reports. After the president appeared to add to supporters in North Carolina to break the law and vote twice the defense from the podium of the white host. You think the president does not condone unlawful voting by the president s been very clear about this some once again not surprised media taking the president out of context is president s trying to enfranchise americans which is exac