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Pro-LGBT is being philosophically liberal

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Pro- LGBT is being philosophically liberal  - The LGBT vote, after all, could easily determine whether he would be back in the White House for a second stint. The ballpark estimates for the gay population in  ...

To Be or Not To Be: The LGBT Saga

To Be or Not To Be: The LGBT Saga  - Back in 2009, they had all rejoiced and celebrated the fact that no longer would they have to hide, stay in dark and look back their shoulders to check whether  ...

Southern Poverty Law Center urges Army to re-ban anti-LGBT hate ...

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Southern Poverty Law Center urges Army to re-ban anti- LGBT hate ...  - He enlisted the aid of other anti- LGBT groups to create enough clamor to convince McHugh to declare that Christian anti- LGBT groups do not fall under the  ...

Israeli LGBT activists mobilize online after gay rights bill fails

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Israeli LGBT activists mobilize online after gay rights bill fails  -  LGBT rights activists have taken to Facebook to protest and vent over the failure of a bill that would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation. When the bill  ...

Supreme Court verdict on section 377: Are we who have LGBT kin ...

Supreme Court verdict on section 377: Are we who have LGBT kin ...  - (Top and below) LGBT community members at the Humsafar Trust office in Vakola appear glum on Wednesday as the Supreme Court reinstated a ban on gay  ...

Vouchers' secret bigotry: How your tax dollars fund anti-LGBT hate

Vouchers' secret bigotry: How your tax dollars fund anti- LGBT hate  - This is the pattern: Every few weeks or so, a news story appears about an LGBT teacher who was fired by a religious school because of his or her sexuality, or a  ...

Hunger 'games' set to worsen with homelessness on the rise across ...

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Hunger 'games' set to worsen with homelessness on the rise across ...  - Homelessness and hunger are spreading across America , according to a survey which ... Last year's national poverty rate of 15 percent hovered near the Great  ...

Law criminalizing homosexuality stands, India's top court says

Law criminalizing homosexuality stands, India's top court says  - The lesbian , gay , bisexual and transgender community across India reacted to ... have been notable recent gay -rights gains in Latin America , where same-sex   ...

Rusted Root On World Cafe

Rusted Root On World Cafe  - Its percussion style is heavily influenced by the music of Africa, Latin America and Native America, while its lyrical content often touches on Christianity, Judaism  ...

Poverty, not education, is crisis in America

Poverty, not education , is crisis in America  - But the most telling difference between Finns and Americans when it comes to education is child poverty. Poverty is the most relevant factor in determining the  ...

Teach for America's potential move to Buffalo

Teach for America's potential move to Buffalo  - This post is regarding Teach for America's potential move to Buffalo. The issue will be up for a vote tomorrow night at the BPS Board of Education meeting.

America's Education System Isn't Broken

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America's Education System Isn't Broken  - waiting-for-superman Everyone knows that America's education system is broken. Committees are convened, grants are dispensed and new studies are rolled  ...

Higher Ed Is Part of the Problem

Higher Ed Is Part of the Problem  - And yet overall, the cross-generational trends in educational achievement mock our collective self-image. In the American imagination, education operates as  ...

Fidel Castro Awarded National Pedagogy Prize

Fidel Castro Awarded National Pedagogy Prize  -  ... Pedagogues' Association in recognition of his contribution to Cuban and Latin American education and for his methodological contribution to the development  ...

Latino-Owned & Focused Startups to Keep an Eye on in 2014

Latino -Owned & Focused Startups to Keep an Eye on in 2014  -  Latino startups with a focus on financial services, education , and immigration usually lead in this sphere, financial services being the most active sector.

White People Are Much More Likely To Have Access To Retirement ...

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White People Are Much More Likely To Have Access To Retirement ...  - Most black and latino workers have nothing saved for retirement and few have access to an employer-sponsored retirement plan, according to a new report that  ...

Celebrating Our Lady of Guadalupe

Celebrating Our Lady of Guadalupe  - But who is this icon whose image can be found in countless Latino homes and ... by mariachis and children dressed as Juan Diego and indigenous people .

Multiracial America makes census boxes obsolete

Multiracial America makes census boxes obsolete  - Those categories form the foundation for what are still the primary census racial classifications of white, black/ African - American , American Indian and Asian, with  ...

16 films and shows that make you think about race in America

16 films and shows that make you think about race in America  - On "American Horror Story," the racist Madame Delphine had to watch "Roots. ... But there are so few depictions of African Americans in a fantastic context that I  ...

Is racial crisis really over?

Is racial crisis really over?  - The crisis over racial oppression may appear to be over. ... That an African - American president of the United States may not receive due respect has been  ...

Wendell Scott Recognized For Making History 50 Years Ago

Wendell Scott Recognized For Making History 50 Years Ago  - Fifty years ago in Jacksonville, Florida, Wendell Scott's name went down in the history books as the first African - American driver to win a Grand National race .

African-Americans Drew Strength from Mandela to Fight Racism in US

African-Americans Drew Strength from Mandela to Fight Racism in US  - With formal memorial ceremonies underway in South Africa this week, African- Americans from all walks of life continued to recall the monumental legacy of  ..

Mixed race people viewed as members of their lower-status parent ...

Mixed race people viewed as members of their lower-status parent ...   - The centuries-old “one-drop rule” assigning minority status to mixed- race ... professor of psychology and of African and African - American studies at Harvard.

Mormon Church Explains Past Racism, But Neglects an Important Part

Mormon Church Explains Past Racism , But Neglects an Important Part  - Instead, the LDS Church focuses on racism against African Americans , maintaining that it was a direct result of the cultural context that any majority white  ...

Dementia risk greatest for older Native-Americans and African ...

Dementia risk greatest for older Native-Americans and African ...  - In the first study to look at racial and ethnic differences in dementia risk among older adults with type 2 diabetes,  ...