this week is to the contrary an historic drop, there will be fewer women in congress after the fall elections and if so, how that will affect your life. then, thin women earn bigger bucks. behind the headlines, branding the first lady. hello, i m bonnie erbe, welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social friends from diverse perspectives. up first, women in congress. first lady michelle obama will be hitting the campaign trail to raise money and stoke support for embattled congressional candidates as the white house reaches out to women and other des pont despondent progressive voters. the reason for the push is for the first time in three decades the number of women in congress could actually decline this year even though record numbers of new female candidates are running. women represent more than half the u.s. population, but hold a mere 17% of congressional seats. something seems fundamentally wrong when 523% of the u.s. 52% of the u.s. population
additional funding provided by the: this week is to the contrary an historic drop, there will be fewer women in congress after the fall elections and if so, how that will affect your life. then, thin women earn bigger bucks. behind the headlines, branding the first lady. hello, i m bonnie erbe, welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social friends perspectives. up first, women in congress. first lady michelle obama will be hitting the campaign trail to raise money and stoke support for embattled congressional candidates as the white house reaches out to women and other des pont despondent progressive voters. the reason for the push is for the first time in three decades the number of women in congress could actually decline this year even though record numbers of new female candidates are running. women represent more than half the u.s. population, but hold a mere 17% of congressional seats. something seems fundamentally wrong when 523% of the u.s. 52%
additional funding provided by. to the contrary the gulf coast oil disaster and a one-on-one interview with labor secretary hilda solis. then, are dead-beat dads becoming full-time fathers? lastly, fathers and balancing life and work. hello i m bonnie erbe welcome to a special edition of to the contrary. a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. for father s day weekend we asked two dads to join the panel. clarence page and the daily colors jon ward. up first, the obama administration and the oil spill. the president this week used a primetime speech to describe what his administration is doing to try to reverse the environmental disaster along the gulf coast. labor secretary hilda solis is a critical part of his team. she is focusing on getting gulf area workers back to work and involved in the cleanup effort. but she says theres have been discrepancies between what the gulf coast workers have been promised and what bp has given them. i think that p
additional funding provided by: > bonnie: this mother s day week on to the contrary : the pill at 50. then, more women with advanced degrees are giving birth. behind the headlines: a mother of six who s risking her life for the women and girls of afghanistan. hello, i m bonnie erbe. welcome to the mother s day edition of to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first: the pill turns 50. this week marks 50 years since the food and drug administration approved oral contraception for women, yet the pill still elicits about as much discussion as it did when it first hit the market. some 12 million american women use the pill, and 80 percent of women will use it at some point during their reproductive years. this is not what doctors and drug manufacturers had in mind a half-century ago. until the 1970s, married women were issued prescriptions with rare exceptions. and although, the pill has been blamed for a rise in sexual promiscuit
the contrary : the stigma of being on the dole ebbs as more americans rely on food stamps. then, working mothers hit the maternal wall. behind the headlines, won s friendships demystified. bonnie: hello, i m bonnie erbé. welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first: food stamp usage on the rise. more americans are turning to food stamps and, as a result, the stigma surrounding the program is waning. the program now helps feed one in eight adults and one in four children in the u.s. if usage continues to rise at the same rate, half of american children will have received food stamps by age 20. nearly 20,000 people are being added to the food stamp rolls each day. due in part to the housing bust, residents of once-booming suburban counties, some of whom shunned government assistance, are now relying on food stamps. experts say the recession and changes made to the program during the bush administration have helped