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Ukraine film festival targeted by anti-LGBT protesters

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Ukraine film festival targeted by anti- LGBT protesters  - According to the Hollywood Reporter, dozens of people stood outside the Zhovten cinema in Kiev, some holding up placards with anti- LGBT slogans and  ...

10 Myths Conservatives Spread In Opposition To LGBT Employment ...

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10 Myths Conservatives Spread In Opposition To LGBT Employment ...  - Much of the opposition to ENDA focuses on the protections for transgender people. This talking point portrays respecting trans people's gender identity as a  ...

Stockholm: Dreaming of a pink Christmas

Stockholm: Dreaming of a pink Christmas  - Stockholm, Sweden's capital and its largest city, will host Pink Christmas, an annual LGBT winter festival that includes Christmas markets, concerts and "pink  ...

Halloween Is gay pride for straight people

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Halloween Is gay pride for straight people  - A not so long time ago, the LGBT community used to come together all over the country on Halloween and have garish and gender-bending parades as part of  ...

Ellen DeGeneres To Produce NBC Sitcom With Lesbian Storyline

Ellen DeGeneres To Produce NBC Sitcom With Lesbian Storyline  - Comedian and LGBT activist Ellen DeGeneres is set to executive produce a new NBC comedy starring a lesbian character, according to Deadline. Although  ...

Russian LGBT Sports Federation to Host Gay-Friendly 'Open Games'

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Russian LGBT Sports Federation to Host Gay-Friendly 'Open Games'  - With just 100 days remaining before the controversial 2014 Winter Olympic Games commences in Sochi, and tensions still high between the Russian  ...

Schwarz: America fooling itself with outdated poverty line

Schwarz: America fooling itself with outdated poverty line  - By its standards, only 15 percent of Americans fall below the poverty benchmark. Yet more than 35 percent of us hold jobs paying less than a living wage or are  ...

How to Cure Poverty, Permanently

How to Cure Poverty , Permanently  -  ... the poor, the only system that appears to have ever actually brought people out of poverty has been the system that today in Latin America is so often reviled.

Microcredit for Americans

Microcredit for Americans  - But its newfound popularity may say more about the increasingly unstable nature of American poverty , in which credit is hard to come by and sustenance is  ...

Congress Is Literally Going To Make America Stupid By Starving ...

Congress Is Literally Going To Make America Stupid By Starving ...  - Millions of Americans who struggle to survive childhood poverty will pay a price ... more than 16 million American children are living in poverty , right this minute.

Ending Poverty: Let's Talk

Ending Poverty : Let's Talk  - There is an almost benign neglect of the growing poor population in America . What was once a war on poverty has become a war on the poor. The next four  ...

The poor wrongly denied opportunities to advance

The poor wrongly denied opportunities to advance  - Government-fueled inflation has made it impossible for average Americans to ... The second source of the poverty problem is that welfare benefits aren't cash.

Do We Invest in Preschools or Prisons?

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Do We Invest in Preschools or Prisons?  - “There's this magical opportunity” now to get a national early education program in America , Education Secretary Arne Duncan told me. He says he's optimistic  ...

Honolulu is the eighth-wealthiest U.S. city

Honolulu is the eighth-wealthiest U.S. city  - The 10 poorest markets have higher proportions of residents living below the federally defined poverty level. While 15.9 percent of Americans overall live in  ...

As U.S. Poverty Deepens, World Vision Gift Catalog Helps Shoppers ...

As U.S. Poverty Deepens, World Vision Gift Catalog Helps Shoppers ...  - Though the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey showed that America's poverty rate stabilized this year, 44 percent of America's poor are in "deep  ...

Perez: Cut poverty? Among other things, strengthen unions

Perez: Cut poverty ? Among other things, strengthen unions  - If you want to cut poverty in the U.S., one big way is strengthen unions. ... conference hosted by the progressive think tank, the Center for American Progress.

New Figures Reveal America's Top 10 Wealthiest and Poorest Cities

New Figures Reveal America's Top 10 Wealthiest and Poorest Cities  - New figures show that the median household income within the United States has not changed during the year of 2012 to 2012 despite falling by 7% at the start  ...

16 Hilarious (And true!) Latino Problems

16 Hilarious (And true!) Latino Problems  - Truthfully, we've all experienced some things that our non- Latino amigos will just never understand. Sometimes, it's necessary to take a step back, and chuckle  ...

Rural northwest Tennessee hopes new Discovery Park of America ...

Rural northwest Tennessee hopes new Discovery Park of America ...  - It's Discovery Park of America , a new museum, education center and tourist attraction opening Friday in Union City, Tenn., a town of 11,000 located a few hours'  ...

The rising cost of higher education: Is it worth it?

The rising cost of higher education : Is it worth it?  - Furthermore, it seems that an American higher education is one of the most expensive in the world. In Mexico, the college tuition can be as low as $5,077  ...

Higher education: A euphemism for debt

 Higher education : A euphemism for debt  -  America's priorities are out of order. It seems that every year, government officials voice the need for a better education system. This cannot be ignored, and  ...

Education Dept. Seeks Feedback on Ratings System

Education Dept. Seeks Feedback on Ratings System  - The Education Department is seeking the public's help in developing a rating system for America's colleges and universities.

Poor, mostly black areas face supermarket 'double jeopardy'

Poor, mostly black areas face supermarket 'double jeopardy'  - In fact, the study showed that black neighborhoods with little poverty had fewer ... Latino areas had more grocery stores, no matter their poverty level. Bower said  ...

Domestic abuse scars victims

Domestic abuse scars victims  - Yanee Fletcher (left) and Monisia Fleming wait for the Domestic Violence ... support group in Augusta for Hispanic women who are victims of domestic violence .

Meet LGBT History Month icons John Lawrence and Tyron Garner ...

Meet LGBT History Month icons John Lawrence and Tyron Garner ...  - The fellowship supports law students interested in LGBT issues within the African - American community. In one of his few media interviews, Garner addressed  ...