Teenagers have faced a myriad of challenges in the last few years. Now, they are struggling, like many Americans, with high gas prices. As part of a lower-wage and part-time workforce, teenagers are particularly affected by the high gas prices. As of June 2, 2022, the national average gas price was $4.71 per gallon, a sharp contrast to a year ago, when the national average gas price was just above $3 — an increase of about 55%. This rise will make it more difficult for teenagers to afford to drive a car to school, extracurricular activities, or work. Read more.
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Let’s face it: your data is everywhere. The laws and regulations on data privacy are ever evolving making the world of data privacy messy. Congress is on an antitrust war path and their enemy is Big Tech. A coalition of congressional members wants the American people to equate ‘big’ with ‘bad’ as they do. The American Innovation and Choice Online Act (AICOA, S. 2992, and its similarly-named House variant, H.R. 3816) would make it illegal for tech companies covered under the bill to “restrict or impede” business users’ access to data created through the platform and to limit portability. Read more.
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Watch Asra Nomani, Independent Women’s Network senior fellow, on The Hill TV's Rising weighing in on the Johnny Depp defamation trial verdict and what this means for the #BelieveHer industry that made Amber Heard a cover model.
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The asylum process is meant for the most serious cases of people fleeing persecution. Unfortunately, migrants are coached by cartels and traffickers to claim asylum at the southern border, whether or not their situations merit it.
Can you identify which of the following statements about immigration is not true?
A. America is hostile to immigrants.
B. A majority of Americans support using Title 42 to expel illegal immigrants at the southern border.
C. Migrants crossing the southern border are asylees and should be allowed to stay.
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She Thinks Podcast
- New Episode: Angela Morabito, spokesperson for the Defense of Freedom Institute & former Department of Education press secretary, weighs in on the implications of forthcoming Title IX regulations. Listen here.
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- Next Episode: This Friday, Kash Patel, former chief of staff in the Department of Defense during the Trump administration, joins the program to discuss his new book, The Plot Against the King. Hear it here.
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Lia Thomas’ emergence in competitive sports has sparked a massive debate surrounding the fairness of male athletes competing against female athletes. But as the debate heats up amid Thomas' aspirations to continue on to the Olympics, several major women’s rights advocacy groups have remained silent about their positions on the issue.
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The robust jobs market is starting to slow down with weakness in industries propped up by consumer spending, particularly in retail. The economy added less than 400,000 jobs last month, the slowest pace of growth since April of last year. But finding a job is not the problem, affording life is.
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