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Gay Couple Makes 'A Case for Marriage' Equality

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Gay Couple Makes 'A Case for Marriage' Equality  - Faces of Fairness is a groundbreaking new multimedia project that is shining a bright light on the inequalities and legal discrimination LGBT people currently  ...

Mormons–yes, Mormons–have an LGBT moment

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Mormons–yes, Mormons–have an LGBT moment  - Please note that Mormons in the Senate took different positions with respect to this LGBT issue. At a ratio of five to two, the less homophobic position was the  ...

Russian paper targeted with 'propaganda' law

Russian paper targeted with 'propaganda' law  - A Russian newspaper is being investigated under the nation's anti 'gay propaganda' law over a story about a teacher and lgbt activist who has been fired.

LGBT people take refuge in alcohol and drugs

LGBT people take refuge in alcohol and drugs  - The study, made with the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), was conducted on 2,058 LGBT populations. The document underlines that especially binge  ...

LGBT welcomes referendum news

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LGBT welcomes referendum news  - A further boost to the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual and Transgender) community in Ireland came in the form of An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, who announced  ...

BOYS anthology gives voice to gay, queer and trans men

BOYS anthology gives voice to gay, queer and trans men  - Zach Stafford has a love-hate relationship with Boystown, the predominantly gay section of Lakeview anchored by various bars. "I moved [to Chicago] thinking  ...

Latin American crime: as high as ever

Latin American crime: as high as ever  -  Latin America has on average 17 kidnappings a day (using 2009-11 data), over 5,000 robberies a day (from 2005-11 data) and 11 countries with an epidemic of  ...

For Argentine chemo patients, mirrors can hurt

For Argentine chemo patients, mirrors can hurt  - Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in Argentina, after heart disease, and the country's cancer mortality rate is the highest in Latin America after Cuba  ...

HSBC survey: Trade to accelerate in next six months

HSBC survey: Trade to accelerate in next six months  - The study concludes that Latin American countries could significantly increase their exports if they invested in improving roads and upgrading railways and  ...

Colleges Cutting Costs

Colleges Cutting Costs  - Currently there are multitudes of higher education options in America . Universities abound throughout our country. Many have maxed out their financial  ...

Separate and Unequal Education Is Hurting America

Separate and Unequal Education Is Hurting America  - If we're being honest with ourselves, we know that new approaches are needed to give underserved students greater access to education beyond high school.

Latin America's English proficiency 'very low'

Latin America's English proficiency 'very low'  - Of the 60 countries included in the report, Chile ranked 44th, placing the country in the lowest proficiency bracket and below Latin American nations Peru,  ...

Republican lawmaker: Time to combat poverty by celebrating marriage

Republican lawmaker: Time to combat poverty by celebrating marriage  - But the fact is, the problem of poverty in America is directly linked to family breakdown and the erosion of marriage among low-income families and communities.

The Poverty Harbinger

The Poverty Harbinger  - It's easy to forget about jobs. Amid headlines of Iranian sanction lifting, millions of Americans losing their health insurance, political malfeasance and the  ...

Human kindness needed to truly combat poverty

Human kindness needed to truly combat poverty  - Through his colleagues' and his own research, he concluded that the attitudes of those in poverty mirror those in mainstream America , and that “a vast majority  ...

“The New Public” Tackles Poverty and Education

“The New Public” Tackles Poverty and Education  - The negative impact of poverty on a child's educational achievement is indisputable. Whether the .... “Because you're dealing with basic American inequalities.

Facts Behind Studying Abroad

Facts Behind Studying Abroad  - More U.S. collegians are spending at least a semester overseas, but American students aren't nearly as global-minded as peers in other nations, six facts from  ...

Why Isn't Harvard Training More Teachers?

Why Isn't Harvard Training More Teachers?  - About one in five Harvard seniors applies to Teach for America . However, only a "minuscule" percentage of the class actually studies education , according to  ...

Education - the key to fighting malnutrition

Education - the key to fighting malnutrition  - The key is education of the population in order to improve food security and nutrition ... Nutrition Education (ICEAN in Spanish) Latin America and the Caribbean.

Column: Drug education must be grounded in scientific facts, not ...

Column: Drug education must be grounded in scientific facts, not ...  - The discussion of America's drug culture often doesn't match with scientific fact, nor does drug education in America's schools. The key to changing culture is to  ...

Top Catholic Scholars Slam Common Core

Top Catholic Scholars Slam Common Core  - As the uproar grows against the Obama administration-pushed Common Core nationalized education standards, a coalition of more than 130 prominent  ...

Rice News Release: African-Americans are the most likely to value ...

Rice News Release: African- Americans are the most likely to value ...  - African- Americans are the most likely of all ethnic groups to emphasize the importance of postsecondary education , according to the 2013 Houston  ...

First lady gets personal in education push

First lady gets personal in education push  - That number will need to jump up to 60% to help America win back the top spot, according to data from the Department of Education . It's a lofty goal, but from the  ...

Dave Wilson's Victory Reveals More than Patterns of Raciallly ...

Dave Wilson's Victory Reveals More than Patterns of Raciallly ...  - Wilson, an Anglo has acknowledged that he implied he was African American while running an aggressive anti- gay campaign– tying Bruce Austin to Mayor  ...

The Obamacare model is a Latino immigrant

The Obamacare model is a Latino immigrant  - White House officials choose a female Latina immigrant to be the first face of their ... The pictures have now been replaced by logos designed to help people   ...