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Where do LGBT Americans fit into nation's history?

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Where do LGBT Americans fit into nation's history?  - The announcement Friday that the National Park Service will begin installing markers at places of importance to the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans is a step toward including them in the national narrative - and components of education, supporters said.

New home for LGBT youth, seniors in Los Angeles

New home for LGBT youth, seniors in Los Angeles  - Lorri Jean, CEO of the Los Angeles LGBT Center, seen with donor Brian Rosenstein, comedian Lily Tomlin and client Misael, announces a $25 million ...

Health equity council to address LGBT issues

Health equity council to address LGBT issues  - The health council, coordinated by Affirmations, a LGBT community group, plans to meet six times this year to develop a plan to close the health care ..

Education, discussion key to inclusion

Education, discussion key to inclusion  - Just as change has ushered in an era in which issues relating to LGBT people have become acceptable to talk about, there are those still whose world ...

Catholic school teachers in Ohio leaving their jobs rather than sign anti-LGBT 'morality clause'

Catholic school teachers in Ohio leaving their jobs rather than sign anti- LGBT 'morality clause'  - Veteran teachers are leaving their jobs over the highly specific morality clause in their new contracts with the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. The revised ...

Charity calls on LGBT drug and alcohol treatment to be improved

Charity calls on LGBT drug and alcohol treatment to be improved  - A new report calling on drug and alcohol treatment services to be improved for the LGBT community has been published by the charity London Friend.

A silent revolution

A silent revolution  - While it is a well-known fact that LGBT people face discrimination and violence in Muslim and Arab countries, it is not quite as well known that LGBT  ...

Gallup Polls show significant gains for LGBT community in public support

Gallup Polls show significant gains for LGBT community in public support  - Public opinion on same-sex relations has improved more dramatically than it has on any other controversial issue with strong moral sensibilities, ...

Here's the Real Problem With America's Educational System

Here's the Real Problem With America's Educational System  - Globalization, the automation and outsourcing of jobs, an economy changed by the recession: the U.S. economic landscape is shifting. By necessity ..

Is the Deck Stacked Against Black Boys In America?

Is the Deck Stacked Against Black Boys In America ?  - A new White House report exploring the intersection of race, poverty and ... that they can succeed, and making America stronger as a consequence.".

Poverty linked with certain types of cancer, study says

Poverty linked with certain types of cancer, study says  - While there is no link between poverty and new cancers, areas where ... But Boscoe is hopeful cancer registries in North America will start to track ...

American schools are failing!

American schools are failing!  - According to the latest international rating of education in 65 countries, American public schools are in a free fall. The overall rank of the U.S. is 29th in ..

Get a world-class education

Get a world-class education  - Allen also boasts the district's Advanced Placement program for the middle and high schools and said the career and technical education program are ...

Growth can't come at the expense of social exclusion

Growth can't come at the expense of social exclusion  - the full exercise of democracy in the Americas suffers from a serious problem of inequality , which not only affects democratic coexistence, but also is ...

Oil industry wants 'education' for Americans on export issue

Oil industry wants ' education ' for Americans on export issue  - The oil industry stepped up its campaign to export crude last week, releasing a report tying the foreign sales to new jobs nationwide.

Take Charge America Offers Solutions for Student Loan Debt

Take Charge America Offers Solutions for Student Loan Debt  - As the cost of higher education continues to rise, student loan debt has grown right alongside it – now nearing an average of $30,000 for students who ...

Broad range of GCSE literature choices are essential for a full education'

Broad range of GCSE literature choices are essential for a full education '  -  But literature written since 1914 in the British Isles is no more demanding than literature written since 1914 in the States, and America's foreignness to ...

Robert Reich screens his documentary 'Inequality for All' at UC Davis

Robert Reich screens his documentary ' Inequality for All' at UC Davis  - Since its release, it has received many accolades and is often referred to as the Inconvenient Truth for income inequality . “The richest 400 Americans  ...

College's inequality disgrace: Millionaire university presidents and indebted students

College's inequality disgrace: Millionaire university presidents and indebted students  - In theory, the state college system is one of the most egalitarian and progressive-minded institutions in America . Its goal is to make sure that kids who ..

Mexican bishop baptizes child raised by lesbian couple

Mexican bishop baptizes child raised by lesbian couple  - This was the second such baptism to take place in Latin America recently, ... his diocese with a group that openly promoted the homosexual lifestyle.

A woman called Maya

A woman called Maya  - During the early '60s presidency of Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana attracted activists from around the world, especially Black Americans . Maya Angelou ...

Blacks Must Have a 'Seamless Path' to a College Degree

Blacks Must Have a 'Seamless Path' to a College Degree  - A college education continues to be a chief conduit to economic parity for African Americans , according to a new report by the National Urban League.

Two African American Women Named Deans at Emory University

Two African American Women Named Deans at Emory University  - Two African - American women were recently elevated to dean positions at Emory University, a premier research institution located in Atlanta.

Reparations, Colonialism, and How to Engage an Argument

Reparations, Colonialism, and How to Engage an Argument  - The book has become a classic in Latin American anti-colonialist academia, laying the blame for Latin American poverty squarely at the feet of the ...