Black Lives Matter protesters physically block Betsy DeVos from entering a DC school

by Brandon Morse 

Cameras from Washington, D.C.’s ABC affiliate, WJLA-TV, recently captured angry protesters blocking Education Secretary Betsy DeVos from entering a DC public school.

Protesters created a barricade that blocked DeVos’ vehicle from entering the premises, holding up signs that read “Black Lives Matter” and “Same on Mike Pence.” The crowd chanted “Stop DeVos and build black futures” as they surrounded the vehicle...

Her appointment has been fraught with opposition — due in large part to her avid support of charter and private schools and opposition federal control over state education systems — and was capped off with  Vice President Mike Pence’s tie-breaking vote in the Senate Tuesday to confirm her. Aside from a change.org petition that reached over 400,000 signatures that requested she not be confirmed, many have stated they will now be homeschooling their children afterward, interestingly something that DeVos has long supported.

see more at http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/10/video-black-lives-matter-protesters-physically-block-betsy-devos-from-entering-a-dc-school/

Pay equiality

by Chris Enloe 

Many apolitical experts argue that the gender wage gap is a myth and, instead, contend that a “gender earnings gap” exists due to the career paths and choices women make in the workplace and in life.

Harvard economics professor Claudia Goldin, who served as the president of the American Economics Association, explained last year that the vast majority of scholarly studies show that women and men typically earn the same right out of high school, college or graduate school. But it’s the choices that men and women make in the years that follow that contributes to the differences in pay. She also explained that men favor competition in the workplace, which makes them work harder and longer, while most women tend to focus on having kids and raising a family later in life, which takes their focus away from their career.

According to CNN, women even make more than men in some industries, including: social work, fashion merchandising, research, social media work, communications and many parts of the health care industry.

Still, many Democrats and progressives, including former President Barack Obama, like to point out that women only make 77 or 78 on the dollar compared to men, despite data showing that not to be the case.

see more at http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/02/06/audi-runs-ad-on-pay-equality-during-super-bowl-then-debunks-own-myth-on-twitter/