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Solidarity in deeds, not just words

Solidarity in deeds, not just words  - Of the nearly 904,000 LGBTQ adult immigrants in the United States, an estimated 267,000 LGBT individuals are in the U.S. without legal authorization ...

The Rainbow Project accuses DUP of plan to 'legalise discrimination against LGBT people' in ...

The Rainbow Project accuses DUP of plan to 'legalise discrimination against LGBT people' in ...  - In the wake of the Ashers Bakery cake row the DUP today launched a consultation on a Private Members Bill to introduce a conscience clause within ...

HRC Releases Annual Buyer's Guide to Businesses Supporting LGBT Workplace

HRC Releases Annual Buyer's Guide to Businesses Supporting LGBT Workplace  - The HRC Foundation's CEI proactively rates Fortune 500 companies and top law firms on LGBT workplace equality. Smaller companies are also ...

Cyndi Lauper Praises 50 Cent For His Evolution On LGBT Issues

Cyndi Lauper Praises 50 Cent For His Evolution On LGBT Issues  - The Animal Ambition album creator's evolution on the subject has earned him praise from one well-known LGBT advocate. Cyndi Lauper recently ...

Pro-LGBT lawyers lying to schools, says activist

Pro- LGBT lawyers lying to schools, says activist  - A family advocate says pro- LGBT attorneys are lying to school administrators and educators when they say schools are required to allow students to ...

New Racial Profiling Limits Include LGBT Community

New Racial Profiling Limits Include LGBT Community  - In one of his last actions as Attorney General, Eric Holder will announce new limits to racial profiling at the Department of Justice. Holder has reputedly ...

Lost N Found dons gay apparel for LGBT youth

Lost N Found dons gay apparel for LGBT youth  - The organization for Atlanta's homeless LGBT teens put that fact to use on Friday with an event destined to become the newest gay holiday tradition.

Why You Should Still Be Skeptical Of The Salvation Army If You Support LGBT Equality

Why You Should Still Be Skeptical Of The Salvation Army If You Support LGBT Equality  - If history provided no context, the Salvation Army might look like a fairly LGBT -friendly organization. The only thing the church organization seems to ...

Supporters of law prof Thio Li-Ann complain to Government about protests against her

Supporters of law prof Thio Li-Ann complain to Government about protests against her  - During her speech, four LGBT activists stood in front of the stage in a silent protest. Their mouths were taped shut with a rainbow-coloured sticker and ...

California police dismantles nation's largest homeless camp

California police dismantles nation's largest homeless camp  - Animal control and a construction contractor are also helping dismantle the square-mile site that once was home to more than 200 homeless people , ...

Uruguay reaffirms decision to accept Guantanamo prisoners

Uruguay reaffirms decision to accept Guantanamo prisoners  - Since the time of our independence, and even before, individuals and sometimes large groups of people have come to this country seeking refuge ...

Latino Unemployment Drops As Jobs Numbers Rise

Latino Unemployment Drops As Jobs Numbers Rise  -  Latinos are felling anxious about the economy. It was a priority in elections and wages are a top priority. People don't feel they are earning enough to ...

Latino Urbanism' influences a Los Angeles in flux

Latino Urbanism' influences a Los Angeles in flux  - In a neighborhood remade by Latino immigrants, signs are mostly ... Garcetti has also launched a program called People Street that makes it far easier ...

US won't apply new rules against racial profiling at airports or borders

US won't apply new rules against racial profiling at airports or borders  - If you look at numbers, the vast majority of people we deal with are Hispanic ," one federal official told the Post. "Is that profiling, or just the fact that ...

Study: Obesity can reduce life expectancy by 8 years

Study: Obesity can reduce life expectancy by 8 years  - They found that overweight people (with a Body Mass Index, BMI, ranging from 25 to 30) are prone to lose 0-3 years in life expectancy, depending on ...

Top artists to watch at Vive Latino 2015

Top artists to watch at Vive Latino 2015   - Vive Latino music festival will take place at the capital city's Foro Sol venue. ... Thousand of people from Mexico, USA and Latin America attend this ...

Puerto Ricans becoming a political force in Florida, but first they need to go out and vote

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Puerto Ricans becoming a political force in Florida, but first they need to go out and vote  - Puerto Ricans are the fastest growing part of Florida's Latino voters, and ... “ People are leaving Puerto Rico at a rate of 35,000 per year,” said former ...

GOP's alienation of Latino voters

GOP's alienation of Latino voters  - My people are rightfully celebrating. As Matt A. Barreto, founder of Latino Decisions, remarked, “The issue here is that the president is promoting a ...

New York protest organizers look to keep momentum from fading

New York protest organizers look to keep momentum from fading  -  police murder, brutality and the criminalization of Black and Latino people ." Travis Morales, a representative of the Revolutionary Communist Party, ...

Still an American Dilemma

Still an American Dilemma  - That was the poet Langston Hughes, in 1951. In that year, more than half a century ago, the most basic dreams of African Americans were deferred.

Ridding American society of racial biases

Ridding American society of racial biases  - 4, 2008 was the election of the first Afro - American as president of the United States. ... In too many parts of America, a deep distrust exists between law ...

IMF head warns of bumpy road for Latin America

IMF head warns of bumpy road for Latin America  -  Latin America must now invest more in structural reforms in education and infrastructure to lift productivity and create economic diversification the IMF ...

Lifting Up the LGBT Community's Most Forgotten in the Fight Against HIV ...

Lifting Up the LGBT Community's Most Forgotten in the Fight Against HIV ...  - In an effort to bring some of those voices out of the shadows, our blog series this year featured the stories of African - American , Latina, transgender and ...

Future of ethnic studies divides UW

Future of ethnic studies divides UW   -  Afro - American Studies Chair Craig Werner spearheaded discussions and said there was never anyone “holding a sword over our heads,” but he ...

Black Bodies, Broken Worlds

Black Bodies, Broken Worlds  - What is this America that we live in? This country where police officers feel emboldened to shoot with impunity black bodies, bodies whose humanity ...