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Thai gay rights advocates to found political party

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Thai gay rights advocates to found political party  - Organizers stressed that the timing does not imply the LGBT's support of postponing the election, as demanded by anti-government protesters, said  .

The Best Homophobic Freak Outs Over the LGBT Exhibit at Missouri ...

The Best Homophobic Freak Outs Over the LGBT Exhibit at Missouri ...  - Missouri is on the verge of launching the first mainstream queer museum collection in the region, prompting some epic freak outs from anti- LGBT   ...

A Look at Homelessness in Connecticut

A Look at Homelessness in Connecticut  - Often, these young people are from minority groups, or are LGBT . Many come out of the foster or juvenile justice system. Fifty percent of them do not  ...

10 Transgender Wins of 2013 You Should Know About

10 Transgender Wins of 2013 You Should Know About  - And anti-transgender groups put forward their best effort to block or repeal local LGBT non-discrimination laws in San Antonio, TX and Royal Oak, MI.

Love knows no borders: The LGBT battle for immigration reform

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Love knows no borders: The LGBT battle for immigration reform  - I'm also gay and have worked most of my career as a lawyer, adjunct law professor, and activist on LGBT and HIV issues. The immigration connection 

Good Morning America Host Comes Out On Facebook

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Good Morning America Host Comes Out On Facebook  - Rachel Maddow, on the other hand, previously asserted that her fellow LGBT anchors “have a responsibility to come out.” Roberts, who returned to  ...

Latino, African-American Applicants Unfairly Denied Sandy Relief ...

Latino, African - American Applicants Unfairly Denied Sandy Relief ...  - According to the FSHC, 35-percent of African American applicants and 18-percent of Latino applicants applying to the Homeowner Reconstruction,  ...

Uruguay: The Coolest Country on Earth

Uruguay: The Coolest Country on Earth  - The other 195 countries squatting space on the big, blue marble who are too afraid to legalize marijuana ... And Latin America is free to do the same thing.

Uruguay may have started a marijuana legalization storm in Latin ...

Uruguay may have started a marijuana legalization storm in Latin ...  - Ecuador has been debating a drug bill that would relax the country's current ... If that gamble pans out, the rest of Latin America will more seriously  ...

Economic growth in Caribbean declined in 2013

Economic growth in Caribbean declined in 2013  - Sergio Vieira, a UN economic affairs officer, who monitors the region, urged that Latin American and Caribbean countries address violence and  ...

2014: Is This Latin America's Big Year?

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2014: Is This Latin America's Big Year?  -  Latin America's economic growth will only increase in its upward trajectory in 2014, driven by countries such as Brazil, Chile and particularly Mexico.

It's Time to Evict Big-Time Sports from American Higher Education

It's Time to Evict Big-Time Sports from American Higher Education  - James Madison University, my current employer, recently commissioned an “overall strategic plan” for its athletics program. Revealed to the public in  ...

'Five things I did not expect from my Teach For America experience'

'Five things I did not expect from my Teach For America experience'  - Graduating from college, I was energized and ready to take my place on the front line of education reform by becoming part of the Teach For America   ...

5 Higher-Ed Trends for 2014

5 Higher-Ed Trends for 2014  - The Next America recently profiled a majority-minority school in Georgia that illustrates this new vision for career and techinical education .

Education should not be proxy battleground

Education should not be proxy battleground  - The secretary of education pointing outward like Uncle Sam, summoning the nation's top-achieving college students to enter America's classrooms as  ...

Gospel artists raise voices, stroke awareness in national singing ...

Gospel artists raise voices, stroke awareness in national singing ...  - The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Most Powerful ... More than 100,000 African - Americans will suffer a new or reoccurring  ...

Inequality in Latin America: Better, But Still Terrible

Inequality in Latin America : Better, But Still Terrible  - The report notes that “although the decline in poverty and inequality has been impressive, Latin America remains one of the most unequal regions of  ...

Manuel-Perez-Rocha: NAFTA proving to be an engine of poverty in ...

Manuel-Perez-Rocha: NAFTA proving to be an engine of poverty in ...  - Of course, hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs have vanished since automotive and tech companies moved their production across the border in  ...

Water Poverty Is A Crisis For Navajo Communities

Water Poverty Is A Crisis For Navajo Communities  - “If you're born Navajo, you're 67 times more likely not to have a tap or toilet in your house than if you're born black, white, Asian or Hispanic American .”.

Economic disaster is forcing scores of Americans to struggle like ...

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Economic disaster is forcing scores of Americans to struggle like ...  - Where does everybody suppose this is all going to end with more Americans being unjustly pushed out of work and into poverty and homelessness  ...