Hello, im bonnie erbe. Welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. Up first, sexism and technology. A fratlike culture could be sabotaging efforts to attract, retain and promote women in the tech field. Yet another sexism scandal is rocking the industry. Dating app tinder is being sued for Sexual Harassment and discrimination by a former marketing executive. She alleges her boss stripped her of cofounder status, saying having a 24yearold girl with that title made the company seem like a joke. The suit also charges that her boss insulted her in front of the ceo, calling her a whore. Its just the latest in a string of similar cases. Earlier this year, the ceo of radiumone was convicted of domestic violence. And last month, the ceo of snapchat, a picturesharing app, was outed as a chauvinist when misogynistic emails from his college days surfaced. So, kim gandy, google and facebook recently released information from women at or near the to
On cspan. President obama announced his plan to avoid automatic spending cuts known as sequestration scheduled to begin march 1. It is including tax changes. The president spoke to reporters for just over five minutes. Good afternoon, everybody. I wanted to say a few words about the looming deadlines and decisions that we face on our budget and on our deficit, and these are decisions that will have real and lasting impacts on the strength and pace of our recovery. Economists and Business Leaders from across the spectrum have said that our economy is poised for progress in 2013. And weve seen signs of this progress over the last several weeks. Home prices continue to climb. Car sales are at a fiveyear high. Manufacturing has been strong. And weve created more than six million jobs in the last 35 months. But weve also seen the effects that political dysfunction can have on our economic progress. The drawnout process for resolving the fiscal cliff hurt consumer confidence. The threat of m
The lawless Biden administration terminated 350,000 asylum cases, which equates to mass amnesty. while trying to pretend he's getting tough on illegal immigration. This has gone on since 2022. The requirement is they can't have criminal records, but we don't have records of their beha
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Policymakers should reform the Higher Education Act in a manner that more closely aligns the law with its main purpose of allocating federal student loans and grants to ease the cost of higher education, and should eliminate the numerous programs that have accumulated over the years that have failed to help low-income students pay for college.