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Billboard and newly released ad feature gay Iraq Army war veteran in LGBT public education ...

Billboard and newly released ad feature gay Iraq Army war veteran in LGBT public education ...   - The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), has released the third ad in its LGBT public education campaign, All God's Children. Sgt. Justin Kelly is an ...

How To Talk To Your Evangelical Uncle About Marriage Equality

How To Talk To Your Evangelical Uncle About Marriage Equality  -  LGBT people are religious too, and millions of Christians now openly support same-sex marriage. Several major religious groups — Episcopalians, ...

At UN, Western Europe Goes After Developing World on LGBT Rights

At UN, Western Europe Goes After Developing World on LGBT Rights  - Africa boasts some of the most Draconian laws against LGBT individuals on the books, but it wasn't just Africa on the dock. Latin America came in ...

LGBT seniors afraid they will have to go back in the closet

LGBT seniors afraid they will have to go back in the closet  - When entering care, many LGBT seniors are afraid they will experience homophobia or discrimination because other residents or health care workers ...

LGBT Seniors Making a Difference

LGBT Seniors Making a Difference   - In a seminal year for the LGBT community, our elders continue to be at the vanguard of this progress, distinguishing themselves in the spheres of ...

The New Case for LGBT Rights: Economics

The New Case for LGBT Rights: Economics   - And now, it's informing an emerging argument for LGBT inclusion: Unequal treatment of LGBT people, as it turns out, can cause economic harm, ...

Florida Republican Makes Another Attempt at Pro-LGBT Rights Bill

Florida Republican Makes Another Attempt at Pro- LGBT Rights Bill  - Florida Republican Makes Another Attempt at Pro- LGBT Rights Bill. Republican state representative Holly Raschien helped bridge the gap to file the ...

We must admit racial disparity exists; work to end it

We must admit racial disparity exists; work to end it   - One glaring example is that racial income inequality in America today is worse than it was under Apartheid. This is due to all kinds of factors, such as ...

Something to ponder this Black Friday: Wage disparity and income inequality

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Something to ponder this Black Friday: Wage disparity and income inequality   - “There had been so many articles about inequality . ... And then material came out of the Center for American Progress (CAP) that showed retail ...

US student body grows ever more international, but inequality persists

US student body grows ever more international, but inequality persists  - Tracking trends over 15 years, the data offers insights into both international students arriving in the US and Americans travelling abroad. It can be ...

Black Friday highlights the contrast between rich and poor

Black Friday highlights the contrast between rich and poor  - Increasingly, the seasonal shopping surge has become a window into America's class divide, in which high earners have benefited from a booming ...

Ferguson highlights prevalent racial inequality

Ferguson highlights prevalent racial inequality  - In arguments denying inequality , misinformed Americans flip the causality presented by statistics. They do not view poor educational resources, ...

Initiatives seek to tap into children's creativity

Initiatives seek to tap into children's creativity  - For its part, the Maker Education Initiative, which already is present in 19 U.S. states, strives to create opportunities for young people to make things ...

Black, Brown and Unjust

Black, Brown and Unjust   - But, for the most part, black and Latino people walk away from the daily, soul crushing interactions with white police officers. Feeling violated ...

Latino Immigrant Rights Group: 'We Weep For Michael Brown'

Latino Immigrant Rights Group: 'We Weep For Michael Brown'  - For many Latinos , Thanksgiving tables reflect quite the varied heritage, ... dinner gatherings of about 50 people led to the experience Worth Kitchen, ...

President Obama on immigration: How we got here and what's next?

President Obama on immigration: How we got here and what's next?   - As predicted, it will provide relief for several million people. ... is blamed for increases in racial profiling of Latino people especially, is reined in a bit.

More to do on immigration issues

More to do on immigration issues  - Laursen added when mentioning undocumented immigrants many people think solely of the Latino population, however, out of the 11 million illegal ...

Microloans Help Latino Women Become Entrepreneurs in Los Angeles

Microloans Help Latino Women Become Entrepreneurs in Los Angeles - Poverty is not created by poor people , poverty is created by the circumstances created by the system – the financial system doesn't work for ... - 

Number of Honduran and Brazilian Students in US Universities on the Rise

Number of Honduran and Brazilian Students in US Universities on the Rise  - In recent years, scholarship programs in several Latin American countries have ... Technology, Engineering, and Math) education in the United States.

At UN, Western Europe Goes After Developing World on LGBT Rights

At UN, Western Europe Goes After Developing World on LGBT Rights  - While pressure to expand abortion rights was directed almost exclusively at Latin American countries, pressure on gay rights was directed mostly at ...

Progress is slow on Haiti's isle of discontent

Progress is slow on Haiti's isle of discontent  - Located off Haiti's poverty -stricken northwest coast, Ile de la Tortue has been a forgotten area. Residents say the lack of rain and jobs is fueling deeper ...

Atlanta and Georgia honor World AIDS Day

Atlanta and Georgia honor World AIDS Day  -  African - American gay and bisexual men account for 63 percent of HIV and AIDS cases reported in Georgia among MSM (and 43 percent of the ...

A Warning For Latin America's Faltering Economies: 'Innovate Or Die'

A Warning For Latin America's Faltering Economies: 'Innovate Or Die'  - That sort of educational philanthropy is rare in Latin America — and the region needs it now more than ever. Brazil's economy, the region's largest, slid ...

Poverty and Segregation, the Breeding Ground for Racial Tension in the US

Poverty and Segregation, the Breeding Ground for Racial Tension in the US  -  Poverty , segregation and political pressure on the black community are the main ... from the Latin American Herald Tribune: ...

Creating New Opportunities for African-American Entrepreneurs Credit Suisse launches ...

Creating New Opportunities for African - American Entrepreneurs Credit Suisse launches ...  - Launched by Credit Suisse's New Markets business, whose goal is to advance financial opportunity among women, African - Americans , and the LGBT  ...