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Further evidence for the link between family breakdown and economic inequality

Further evidence for the link between family breakdown and economic inequality  - Compared to most other western countries, America has high levels of income inequality and low levels of social mobility. It is often assumed that the ...

The poorest group in America is ...

The poorest group in America is ...  - A report by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, an economic cooperative of 34 countries including the United States, found ...

Best Poverty Cure: Escape From Baltimore

Best Poverty Cure: Escape From Baltimore  - Of all the “solutions” for post-riot Baltimore, the best—at least for African- Americans trapped in poverty —appears to be the one that attracts the least ...

Did Oregon Gov't Agency Collude With LGBT Group Against Christian Bakers Who Refused to ...

Did Oregon Gov't Agency Collude With LGBT Group Against Christian Bakers Who Refused to ...  - Aaron and Melissa Klein, former owners of Sweet Cakes by Melissa bakery in Oregon, speak at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C. ...

'Brutal, grotesque' violence overshadows progress on LGBT equality – UN

'Brutal, grotesque' violence overshadows progress on LGBT equality – UN  - Progress towards giving lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ( LGBT ) people legal equality has been overshadowed by "brutal" and ...

Cambodia's LGBT Community Finds Its Voice With Q Magazine

Cambodia's LGBT Community Finds Its Voice With Q Magazine  - Cambodia, a country known for its abysmal human rights record and gender inequality, is now home to a print magazine geared ...

Now, a LGBT-themed video game!

Now, a LGBT -themed video game!  - I think there's a huge scope for a game focused on LGBT issues in India. That being said, I also think it'll be banned in India soon after its launch.

Vogueing: how Smirnoff is celebrating the LGBT subculture

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Vogueing: how Smirnoff is celebrating the LGBT subculture  - Born from the LGBT community, it came to mainstream attention with Madonna's Vogue music video in 1990. The subculture has begun to attract ...

Czech LGBT community shares its past

Czech LGBT community shares its past  - A centre mapping the history of the LGBT community in the Czech lands opened in Prague on Monday. The new space, operated by the Society for ...

In England, LGBT Soccer Fans Are Coming Out

In England, LGBT Soccer Fans Are Coming Out  - On this day, before West Ham took the pitch to face Crystal Palace, the fans who call themselves Pride of Irons would become the latest LGBT group to ...

10 meaningful ways you can celebrate LGBT Pride Month

10 meaningful ways you can celebrate LGBT Pride Month  - If you're here and you're queer, then it's definitely the most wonderful time of the year. It's LGBT Pride Month, and there's a lot to celebrate this year ...

Attacks on LGBT Community in Kyrgyzstan

Attacks on LGBT Community in Kyrgyzstan  - On International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHOT), LGBT activists in the Central Asian Republic Kyrgyzstan were attacked for ...

Black Cops Aren't Better For Black Communities Just Because They Have The Same Skin Color

Black Cops Aren't Better For Black Communities Just Because They Have The Same Skin Color  - In fact, it requires a shallow, tribalistic view of race to suggest that black ... Yes, there are stark racial disparities between how African - Americans and ...

Shot from behind': man's death reveals hidden horror of Latino police killings

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Shot from behind': man's death reveals hidden horror of Latino police killings  - Perez-Lopez was one of the 67 Latino people identified by the Guardian as killed by police so far this year. Like 58% of them, he carried no firearm.

40 Reasons Why Our Jails are Full of Black and Poor People

40 Reasons Why Our Jails are Full of Black and Poor People  - About 80 percent of those stops were of Black and Latinos who compromise ... And even if most people do not go directly to jail for traffic tickets, poor ...

Remembering and Honoring Mario Cooper

Remembering and Honoring Mario Cooper  - Cooper, a trailblazer in the LGBT African American community, was an accomplished lawyer, strategist and advocate in the fight against HIV and AIDS

Chilean Teachers Protest Proposed Education Overhaul

Chilean Teachers Protest Proposed Education Overhaul  - Several thousand teachers poured into the streets of Santiago and other cities of Chile to express their rejection of an education bill ...

Facebook Discriminates Against LGBT and Native American Communities: Protest Report

Facebook Discriminates Against LGBT and Native American Communities: Protest Report  - They stood with representatives of the African - American and Native American communities to say that it's not fair that anybody can claim someone is ...

Unarmed Black, Hispanic Police Shooting Death Stats

Unarmed Black, Hispanic Police Shooting Death Stats  - Independent groups—like research collaborative Mapping Police Violence —have formed in concert with the #BlackLivesMatter movement in order to ...

Black America is getting screwed: Shocking new study highlights the depths of economic disparities

Black America is getting screwed: Shocking new study highlights the depths of economic disparities  -  Poverty wages and limited mobility for black and Latino workers plays a role in segregating communities and increasing despair. Wall Street preyed ...

Ten black composers whose works deserve to be heard more often

Ten black composers whose works deserve to be heard more often  - In the past 200 years, dozens of prominent black composers from America and other parts of the African diaspora have fought to be recognised by the ...

Asking London's Human Rights Act Campaigners About Their Favorite Human Rights

Asking London's Human Rights Act Campaigners About Their Favorite Human Rights  - Most of the cases get brought by minority groups: They're brought by disabled people, LGBT people, black people . But that's because you only bring a ...

Eliminating gender wage gap would reduce LGBT poverty

Eliminating gender wage gap would reduce LGBT poverty  - and black workers and the gap between Hispanic and non- Hispanic workers ), and for gay and bisexual men compared with heterosexual men.

5 Things You Should Know About Solidarity with Incarcerated LGBT People: A Conversation With ...

5 Things You Should Know About Solidarity with Incarcerated LGBT People : A Conversation With ...  - Relatedly, if your name is never called, people notice that as well. ... Black and Pink is one of the ways people can connect to be part of the roots ...

LGBT people suffer widespread violent abuse, discrimination: new UN report

LGBT people suffer widespread violent abuse, discrimination: new UN report  - The report to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council circulated on Monday cites the murder of transsexual women in Uruguay and of black lesbian  ...