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New LGBT Protection Law Criminalizing Believers?

New LGBT Protection Law Criminalizing Believers? SAN ANTONIO - More than 180 cities across the country have now passed LGBT laws that suppress the views of Christians. Dubbed "nondiscrimination" by  ...

Outrage as 'unlawful and immoral' school district bans three children ...

Outrage as 'unlawful and immoral' school district bans three children ... An Arkansas school district has been accused of banning three students from classes until they provide proof they are not HIV positive. On Monday the Pea  ...

'Man who couldn't get AIDS' commits suicide out of survivor's guilt

'Man who couldn't get AIDS' commits suicide out of survivor's guilt He even volunteered to have his white blood cells exposed to HIV , but doctors were unable to infect him — even at concentrations thousands of times stronger  ...

Over 4 000 default on Aids treatment

Over 4 000 default on Aids treatment More than 4 000 HIV /Aids patients have defaulted on antiretroviral (ARV) ... Some HIV -positive mothers failed to give their babies Nevirapine to prevent infection.

New website features legal info for LGBT youth across New England

New website features legal info for LGBT youth across New England Young people often are told what they cannot do legally, but seldom know what their rights are under the law. A new website launched by Gay & Lesbian  ...

Study: Most college students favor LGBT civil rights, but many don't

Study: Most college students favor LGBT civil rights, but many don't Although college students generally support equal rights and protections for LGBT people, many don't 

A queer history of fashion

A queer history of fashion The impact LGBT culture has had on fashion is undeniable, transcending stereotypes and tired clichés. This is celebrated in a new exhibition, 'A Queer History of  ...

Cyberdefense moves open Latin American opportunities

Cyberdefense moves open Latin American opportunities New initiatives in regional cyberdefense began as a reaction to leaked reports alleging that Brazil, Argentina and other Latin American countries were subjected  ...

Is Augusto Pinochet responsible for Chile's success?

Is Augusto Pinochet responsible for Chile's success? Could Chile have reached prosperity without Pinochet? My answer is yes. Many Latin American countries that endured economic crises in the 1970s and '80s,  ...

New regional plan sought to curb drug trafficking

New regional plan sought to curb drug trafficking Most of the cocaine landing in Qatar comes from Latin American countries such as Argentina and Brazil, which criminal groups see as a potentially lucrative drug  ...

Chicago area high school students spend their summer volunteering ...

Chicago area high school students spend their summer volunteering ... While in the country, the volunteers were paired with partner volunteers from around the United States or another Latin American country . Two or three AMIGOS  ...

Latin America sends aid to Syrian refugees in Lebanon

Latin America sends aid to Syrian refugees in Lebanon The Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our Americas (ALBA) is an international cooperative organization with Latin American and Caribbean countries under  ...

U cohosting new center dedicated to African American men's health ...

U cohosting new center dedicated to African American men's health ... With a $13.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, the University of Minnesota and University of Alabama, Birmingham are collaborating to better  ...

American Lulu at the Young Vic should be a bold reworking - but it isn't

American Lulu at the Young Vic should be a bold reworking - but it isn't ... the classic 1937 opera to the US and recasts the lead as an African- American woman making her way in life against the backdrop of the civil rights movement.

Pastors must take back civil rights movement

Pastors must take back civil rights movement The civil rights movement was a Christian movement. It is high time that the black pastor, rather than the black politician, return to leadership in black American   ...

Black-on-white crime in America

Black-on-white crime in America Today, after a civil - rights revolution (culminating in the election of the nation's first African- American president) and $15 trillion spent on a feckless war on poverty  ...

The Percentage Of Americans That Consider Themselves To Be ...

The Percentage Of Americans That Consider Themselves To Be ... In the "bad America ", unemployment is rampant and poverty is everywhere. At this point, low income households have an unemployment rate that is over 21  ...

Analysts: 2012 poverty rate to show slight decline

Analysts: 2012 poverty rate to show slight decline Helped by a slowly improving economy, the ranks of America's poor are expected to decline slightly when new census figures are released. The Census Bureau  ...

University contributes seventh highest number of graduates to ...

University contributes seventh highest number of graduates to ... With high- poverty schools struggling to attract effective teachers across the nation, Teach For America is taking initiative to address the problem by providing an  ...

Income Inequality among Minorities Widens Achievement Gap ...

Income Inequality among Minorities Widens Achievement Gap ... Poverty is increasingly becoming a deterrent to academic achievement. Research indicates that 46.2 million Americans , or about 15 percent of the population,  ...

Private sector a boon for public education

Private sector a boon for public education I agree with Michael Hays on a few things in his recent column on education : Common Core is not the solution to America's (or New Mexico's) education   ...

Teach for America not intended as a short-term program

Teach for America not intended as a short-term program Although those involved with Teach for America don't need to have a teaching certificate to be admitted, a study conducted by the U.S. Department of Education   ...

New Doc 'Pier Kids: The Life' Examines the Struggle of NYC's ...

New Doc 'Pier Kids: The Life' Examines the Struggle of NYC's ... There has also being quite a few public insults thrown at Macklemore by LGBT black people saying he has no right to be seen as an LGBT figure head because  ...

Latin America faces obstacles to digitalisation

Latin America faces obstacles to digitalisation Even when these obstacles are overcome, poverty emerges as a third factor in ... Far from the big cities of Sao Paolo or Buenos Aires, 21% of Latin Americans  ...

From Medellin To Silicon Valley And Back: Online Homework Help ...

From Medellin To Silicon Valley And Back: Online Homework Help ... Some say that entrepreneurs are born out of necessity. Looking at Hernán Jaramillo and Roberto Cuartas, it becomes clear that only perseverance makes them  ...