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Police officers risk lives to protect community

Police officers risk lives to protect community Mental illness and substance abuse disorders have been described as constituting a global public health problem of enormous proportions. Nearly half of the  ...

More Latino high school grads heading to college

More Latino high school grads heading to college Campos reports Hispanic students, which make up 4% of the population there, often feel lost and experience discrimination. "There are a lot of people who are  ...

'Lee Daniels' The Butler'

'Lee Daniels' The Butler' ... century America , the story of him and his son learning to see eye to eye, the story of a strained marriage, the story of the civil rights movement in America , the  ...

New generation risks HIV for unsafe sex

New generation risks HIV for unsafe sex Reporter David Lewis investigates the reasons why a growing number of gay men in Queensland are prepared to risk HIV infection for condom free sex.

Turkey's first ever openly gay mayor candidate announces bid

Turkey's first ever openly gay mayor candidate announces bid A Turkish man who studied in the United States is aiming to become the first open member of the country's LGBT community to hold public office when he runs to  ...

Do You Feel Sorry for These Victims?

Do You Feel Sorry for These Victims? Any time an LGBT person is fired, refused accommodations, or told they're not welcome ... Both of these schools have made it clear that they disapprove of LGBT   ...

LGBT Youth Rights Webinar

LGBT Youth Rights Webinar There's such an epidemic of LGBT teen bullying in this country. As you know LGBTQ teens are up to four times more likely to attempt suicide than their  ...

Why Should Religious Organizations Be Allowed To Discriminate ...

Why Should Religious Organizations Be Allowed To Discriminate ... ENDA - End Legal Discrimination Nationwide employment protections for the LGBT community still do not exist; in more than half the country people can be fired  ...

University Set to Launch Latino Talent Development Program

University Set to Launch Latino Talent Development Program Carlos Sanchez An effort to fuel professional development among young Latinos in West Michigan will begin this fall under a new program offered by Ferris  ...

Latino designers showcase spring/summer collections at New York ...

Latino designers showcase spring/summer collections at New York ... It's already been six days since Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week hit Lincoln Center for the Spring 2014 season. Models, celebrities and stylists have taken the city  ...

Legislature OK's driver's licenses for immigrants

Legislature OK's driver's licenses for immigrants The success of the legislation in the state with the nation's largest immigrant population comes after years of setbacks for Democratic lawmakers and Latino   ...

Connecticut's Latino Middle Class — Who Are They?

Connecticut's Latino Middle Class — Who Are They? East of the railroad tracks in West Hartford, in a multicultural shopping plaza stands a former McDonald's restaurant with a banner hanging outside that reads  ...

Ecuador Takes the Lead for Progress in Global Competitiveness ...

Ecuador Takes the Lead for Progress in Global Competitiveness ... INCAE Business School, in its analysis of the results for eight countries in Latin America (embedded above, in Spanish), argues that the greatest obstacles for  ...

Chile provides a path for Latin American liberalism

Chile provides a path for Latin American liberalism Based on Chile's past in comparison with other Latin American countries , citizens should not fear the return of a socialist rule that could be an inspiration for  ...

Vargas Llosa: Venezuela is a total disaster, a chaos

Vargas Llosa: Venezuela is a total disaster, a chaos "(Venezuela) is a country that, instead of moving forward, is going backwards; it features the highest inflation rate in Latin America," Peruvian writer Mario Vargas  ...

City healthcare workers urging Latino community to get vaccine

City healthcare workers urging Latino community to get vaccine “We really want to get people vaccinated before the flu season begins.' That message may be especially important for those in the Latino community, since they  ...

PBS series 'Latino Americans' to air beginning next week

PBS series ' Latino Americans' to air beginning next week " Latino Americans," a three-part, six-hour documentary series narrated by actor Benjamin Bratt, will air nationally on PBS on three consecutive Tuesdays,  ...

Widespread worker unrest continues in US

Widespread worker unrest continues in US America's poverty rate is now at its highest level in two generations and more than 10 million Americans are working in jobs that do not provide a living wage.

The American people have spoken: No more war abroad, more jobs ...

The American people have spoken: No more war abroad, more jobs ... The number of Americans living in poverty is nearly the highest on record and the gap between the very rich and everyone else is growing wider and wider.

Liberally yours: A living wage is the essence of American ...

Liberally yours: A living wage is the essence of American ... This is a moral crisis for America . If the only way a business can run is by paying below poverty wages and relying on taxpayers to subsidize the company by  ...

Americans in 'poverty' don't lack modern luxuries

Americans in ' poverty ' don't lack modern luxuries By official measures, poverty has risen dramatically in America , according to the Christian Science Monitor. Between 2000 and 2011, the poor increased from  ...

DePauw and Teach for America: leaving marks in education

DePauw and Teach for America : leaving marks in education Across America , 16 million children live in poverty and according to PostSecondary.org, and only eight percent of those children will graduate from college by  ...

Stealing from productive people won't end poverty

Stealing from productive people won't end poverty Poverty in America is primarily the result this redistributive obsessive-compulsion. Moreover, Mr. Schaller is deliberately misleading by using unequal individual  ...

Arne Duncan To Visit SD, Push Community-Focused Education

Arne Duncan To Visit SD, Push Community-Focused Education "The strength of America's economy is inextricably linked to the strength of America's education system,'' Duncan said before beginning the bus tour. The town  ...

Filmmaker Turns To Education Reform, Gets 'Schooled'

Filmmaker Turns To Education Reform, Gets 'Schooled' It's alive with the romantic conviction that America's education problems can be solved, and unlike many, he's not going to send us to Scandinavia to solve them.