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How Right-Wing Media Talk About Poverty In America

How Right-Wing Media Talk About Poverty In America  - Right-wing media have a plan to solve the national crisis of poverty in America -- and it's all about "personal responsibility." Roughly 45 million ...

What is the single, most serious problem facing the US economy?

What is the single, most serious problem facing the US economy?  - Millions of people, who could contribute to the growth of America , are instead held back by their need to focus on their poverty . In short, their poverty  ...

It's time for business to be heard on early childhood education

It's time for business to be heard on early childhood education  - Here are a few sobering facts about our current educational status in America from the Institute for a Competitive Workforce, the nonprofit research arm ...

Montreal doc explores LGBT family role models

Montreal doc explores LGBT family role models   - Baby Zoé and parents Geneviève Lactot, left, Melissa David, are one of the LGBT families in the documentary To My Children/À mes enfants.

We Must Protect Disabled LGBT Adults From Conversion Therapy

We Must Protect Disabled LGBT Adults From Conversion Therapy  - An invisible reality remains: LGBT disabled people of all ages are a second demographic that's at risk of receiving conversion therapy. I've come to ...

Doctors' prescription for LGBT healthcare

Doctors' prescription for LGBT healthcare  - The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender ( LGBT ) community is a highly diverse and multifaceted group of persons encompassing all cultures, ...

LGBT Activists Detained in Moscow Following Peaceful Demonstration

LGBT Activists Detained in Moscow Following Peaceful Demonstration  - It's tough, members of the LGBT community face lots of discrimination in their lives, at work, at school... people are faced with violence in the streets," ...

The New Black opens new dialogue about LGBT and religion in black community

The New Black opens new dialogue about LGBT and religion in black community  - That's the question at the heart of The New Black, a documentary by filmmaker Yoruba Richen that examines African-American attitudes toward LGBT  ...

Rep. Linda Koop alienates some LGBT supporters and constituents

Rep. Linda Koop alienates some LGBT supporters and constituents  - Koop Members of the LGBT community in Dallas were outraged this weekend when they discovered freshman Rep. Linda Koop signed a letter ...

People have no idea what inequality actually looks like

People have no idea what inequality actually looks like  - Both sides have been talking to the same eminent academics worried about what economic inequality could mean for the future of American children.

As San Francisco wages rise, conversation turns to enforcement

As San Francisco wages rise, conversation turns to enforcement  - In the city at the heart of America's booming tech sector, steep income inequality exists alongside one of the most powerful ...

Colombia bishop offends both Catholics, gays with remarks

Colombia bishop offends both Catholics, gays with remarks  - A Roman Catholic bishop has managed to offend both conservative church-goers and members of Colombia's gay community during a speech intended to denounce discrimination based on sexual orientation.

Cuba will be the 'powerhouse of the Caribbean': panelist

Cuba will be the 'powerhouse of the Caribbean': panelist  - “There's tremendous potential,” he said, citing the educational system and ... last year named the Cuban education system the best in Latin America .

Frustration with Latin America's left on the rise as leaders hit by economic slowdown, scandal

Frustration with Latin America's left on the rise as leaders hit by economic slowdown, scandal  - It's not easy to govern in Latin America right now," said Raul L. Madrid, ... In Colombia, Harvard University- educated President Juan Manuel Santos' ...

Sales to Hispanics outpacing the market

Sales to Hispanics outpacing the market - The demographic term " Hispanic " encompasses people from different regions and different degrees of assimilation into the U.S. Also, some people  ...

Encouraging racial pride can help protect young Black and Latino men from police violence and ...

Encouraging racial pride can help protect young Black and Latino men from police violence and ...  - This may sound counterintuitive in a world in which a majority of young people in a recent poll said they thought their generation was “post-racial.

Latino groups question commitment of political donors to community

Latino groups question commitment of political donors to community  - Although the Latino electorate is repeatedly referred to as the “sleeping ... “It's easy for any group to say there's a lot of white people in a donor group ...

Latin America's Youth Must Have a Voice at OAS Summit

Latin America's Youth Must Have a Voice at OAS Summit  - Young people from various Latin - American countries gather in Buenos ... Sustainable Development focused on the issues of education and work, ...

Doctored Statistics Can't Hide Argentina's Rising Poverty

Doctored Statistics Can't Hide Argentina's Rising Poverty  - Doctored Statistics Can't Hide Argentina's Rising Poverty ... lead to poverty reduction has led many leaders across Latin America to raid government ...

McDonald's Goes Native With Latin American Menus

McDonald's Goes Native With Latin American Menus  - Hamburgers made them famous, but the home of the Big Mac is starting to look more like la casa de comida tipica in Latin American countries such as ...

Study finds non-invasive colon cancer screening may be promising for African-Americans

Study finds non-invasive colon cancer screening may be promising for African - Americans  - Given the known racial disparities in colonoscopies between African Americans and other racial groups, this noninvasive technology may offer a ...

Duke professor's comment on New York Times editorial sparks accusations of racism

Duke professor's comment on New York Times editorial sparks accusations of racism  - Hough tried to claim he couldn't be racist because his best student is African American and that the first book he ever assigned to his class in 1961 ...

Ariana Grande And Miley Cyrus Accused Of 'Cultural Appropriation' For Helping LGBT Homeless

Ariana Grande And Miley Cyrus Accused Of 'Cultural Appropriation' For Helping LGBT Homeless  - Both Miley Cyrus and Ariana Grande have been accused of cultural appropriating the African American community before some gay men became ...

Why Do America's Race Riots So Precisely Mirror Each Other?

Why Do America's Race Riots So Precisely Mirror Each Other?  - What made this particular instance poignant was the presence in the ballroom of our first African - American president, the Magic Negro who was ...