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Evangelical Pastor Argues for Full LGBT Inclusion: "I Think It's Inevitable"

Evangelical Pastor Argues for Full LGBT Inclusion: "I Think It's Inevitable"  - As a pastor in a conservative denomination, Wilson's journey from a "consensus" approach to full acceptance for LGBT people has not been easy.

Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins Creates Task Force To Prosecute LGBT Hate Crimes

Dallas County District Attorney Craig Watkins Creates Task Force To Prosecute LGBT Hate Crimes  - Hate crimes committed against LGBT individuals in Dallas County will now be given the attention they justly deserve, under the Dallas County District ...

Authentic Or Courting Publicity?

Authentic Or Courting Publicity?  - Over the years, brands have increasingly embraced lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT ) individuals as part of their marketing programs.

Cubs remain good neighbors to nearby LGBT community

Cubs remain good neighbors to nearby LGBT community  - Wrigley Field, the longtime home to the Chicago Cubs, is now a century old. The first game ever played in the historic venue took place ...

Amazon Smile Supporting Anti-LGBT Causes Is Nothing to Smile About

Amazon Smile Supporting Anti- LGBT Causes Is Nothing to Smile About  - After seeing Geoffrey McGrath -- a gay Scoutmaster of Washington State -- have his membership revoked in the beginning of April, I launched a Change.org petition. The petition was made to call on Amazon and ask them

What the church can learn from sports on LGBT issues

What the church can learn from sports on LGBT issues  - Two worlds that historically have been hostile to the LGBT community. But today, we see these worlds going in drastically different directions in how ...

How A New Book About Gay Christians Is Reviving Evangelical Homophobia

How A New Book About Gay Christians Is Reviving Evangelical Homophobia  - An evangelical advocating for LGBT acceptance, Brown argues, is similar to someone Catholic questioning the office of the pope or an Orthodox ...

The poverty of Manhattan's Chinatown revealed in photographs

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The poverty of Manhattan's Chinatown revealed in photographs  - Chinatown is the bustling heart of downtown Manhattan and with an estimated population of 100,000 literally piled on top of each other in century old tenements, it is also the most crowded.

Southern Poverty Law Center Gets Up Close to White Supramacist Extremists

Southern Poverty Law Center Gets Up Close to White Supramacist Extremists  - When Ron Edwards showed up for a trial brought a number of years ago by attorneys from the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Ku Klux Klan leader had a new tattoo on his head.

Death of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: Association between race, poverty, and social exclusion in the US

Death of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: Association between race, poverty , and social exclusion in the US  - The association between race, poverty , and social exclusion in America is a cancer that has corroded social cohesion in the “land of the free” to the ...

Students learn about poverty in mountaintop removal mining communities

Students learn about poverty in mountaintop removal mining communities  - The terms " poverty " and " America " did not seem to fit together for Philippine native Mar-Rex Lindawan, a nursing student at Mercy ...

America's Middle Class Falters As Nation's Richest Rise

America's Middle Class Falters As Nation's Richest Rise  - The income inequality gap between the wealthy and those considered to be lower- and middle class is skyrocketing in the U.S. compared to other ...

America's hunger crisis, and why Washington ignores it

America's hunger crisis, and why Washington ignores it  - The latter number is the proportion of Americans who don't have enough food to ... While plenty of them are willing to talk about inequality , McGovern ...

Income inequality narrows, analyst says

Income inequality narrows, analyst says  - The gap between America's rich and poor is shrinking, according to one measure of income inequality that has reversed a steady ...

Latin American support for Palestine thwarts Zionist ambitions to dominate the region

Latin American support for Palestine thwarts Zionist ambitions to dominate the region  - The op-ed, a mixture of misplaced patriotism and an exaltation of Israel's humanitarian and military aid to the country , attempts to depict Latin America  ...

Costa Rica's president-elect rules out drug legalization during his term The Solís Administration

Costa Rica's president-elect rules out drug legalization during his term The Solís Administration  - The South American country went further in its efforts to undercut organized crime by offering legal weed at cut-rate prices in an attempt to wipe out the ...

Five Latin American countries lead the world in homicides

Five Latin American countries lead the world in homicides  - Honduras continues to have the world's highest homicide rate, according to a recent United Nations report, followed by four other countries in Latin  ...

Is This Puerto Rico's 'Lost Decade'? Or Even Worse?

Is This Puerto Rico's 'Lost Decade'? Or Even Worse?  - Debt in Latin American countries grew so much in the late 1970s that countries were eventually unable to pay even the interest on new loans.

Michigan in Color: If you want to teach about Africa

Michigan in Color: If you want to teach about Africa  - I have always been apprehensive to take courses through the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies (DAAS) and the Department of History.

Supreme Court Ruling On Michigan's Affirmative Action Ban Draws Ire Of Minority Groups

Supreme Court Ruling On Michigan's Affirmative Action Ban Draws Ire Of Minority Groups  - With this, and the voting rights decision last year, it's clear the Supreme Court is undoing the rights gained by blacks and Latino people in the 1960s ...

Latino research project finds strengths, weaknesses in local programs

Latino research project finds strengths, weaknesses in local programs  -  Latino research project finds strengths, weaknesses in local programs ... What can we as a community do to help young people who are struggling?

Santos urges Colombians to honor Garcia Marquez by pursuing peace

Santos urges Colombians to honor Garcia Marquez by pursuing peace - Gabo was a man committed to the destiny of his country and of Latin America, a man of profound convictions, concerned about justice, education and, ...

Lecturer analyzes Latin American economy

Lecturer analyzes Latin American economy  - We could have made all the improvements in education , in science and ... “Trade between Latin America and China grew from 2002 to 2012, from 4 ...

$8.7M grant for young MSM and HIV study

$8.7M grant for young MSM and HIV study  - He added, "The face of AIDS is changing to really be young gay men in the United States. And, of course, Black gay men are disproportionately ...