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At Spirit on Lake, LGBT seniors in Minneapolis find safe haven

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At Spirit on Lake, LGBT seniors in Minneapolis find safe haven  - MINNEAPOLIS -- Lucretia Kirby was on her own for the first time in years after her partner's death. She felt stranded in a church-affiliated assisted  ...

GLAAD Honors TLoU Character On Their LGBT "Best" List

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GLAAD Honors TLoU Character On Their LGBT "Best" List  - GLAAD, the media monitoring group that promotes LGBT lifestyle and imagery, has selected their "most intriguing new LGBT characters of 2013," and  ...

True equality for gay people is still a long way off, according to ...

True equality for gay people is still a long way off, according to ...  - Despite the recent legalisation of same sex marriage, the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender) population still faces a struggle for equality,  ...

2013 LGBT moments in sports

2013 LGBT moments in sports  - Schells hopes that his story will help other young LGBT athletes and students to realize their true worth and to see that they are perfect the way they  ...

Out Olympic Delegate Caitlin Cahow Urges World to Celebrate ...

Out Olympic Delegate Caitlin Cahow Urges World to Celebrate ...  - Our delegation carries a message and a symbolism, which both includes and extends beyond the LGBT issues highlighted in the headlines. I have the  ...

EqualityMaine offers support to Michaud in governor's race

EqualityMaine offers support to Michaud in governor's race  - “Mike will stand up for LGBT Mainers and our rights and will also work to put our state back on track by finding solutions that will benefit all the people  ...

Looking to LA for Transgender Student Policy

Looking to LA for Transgender Student Policy  - A sticker in a school office designating the school as a safe place for LGBT students.

14 LGBT Resolutions for 2014

14 LGBT Resolutions for 2014  - For the LGBT community, 2013 has undoubtedly been a banner year: there were important legal victories for equality, movie stars, pro-athletes and  ...

Buffalo's poverty rate tops 30 percent, making it America's third ...

Buffalo's poverty rate tops 30 percent, making it America's third ...  - Business First used raw data from the Census Bureau's five-year American Community Survey to calculate poverty rates for the country's 74 major  ...

The War on Poverty at 50

The War on Poverty at 50  - President Lyndon Johnson declared a "war on poverty . ... That amounts to $20,610 per poor person in America , or $61,830 per poor family of  ...

Local Family Volunteers in Haiti to Bring in the New Year

Local Family Volunteers in Haiti to Bring in the New Year  - The need for improved healthcare in haiti is crucial. ... Andrew says he hopes his movie will shed light on Haiti's poverty and make us more grateful for  ...

A's for Athletes, but Charges of Fraud at North Carolina

A's for Athletes, but Charges of Fraud at North Carolina  - The professor was Julius Nyang'oro, an internationally respected scholar and longtime chairman of the African and Afro - American studies department.

Epic PBS documentary Latino Americans to be screened

Epic PBS documentary Latino Americans to be screened  - With more than 50 million people , Latinos are the largest minority in the United States. The documentary encompasses expansion across the North  ...

NAFTA Marks 20 Years Without Accomplishing To Close US-Mexico ...

NAFTA Marks 20 Years Without Accomplishing To Close US-Mexico ...  - According the Economic Commission for Latin America, poverty fell from 48.4 percent in 1990 to 27.9 percent in 2013 for all of Latin America.

Can A Latin American Entrepreneur Help Disrupt Social Media ...

Can A Latin American Entrepreneur Help Disrupt Social Media ...  - Engagement — measured according to how much people actually speak with another — in the Being Latino Facebook groups hovers in the 25%  ...

The "yes, but" syndrome

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The "yes, but" syndrome  - The good news is very good. Extreme poverty is defined in Latin America as having less than $2.50 a day (at purchasing-power parity) to live on.

Mostly ignored, shifts emerge in the politics of poverty

Mostly ignored, shifts emerge in the politics of poverty  - Her life is not unlike millions of Americans who rely on a patchwork of ... Nearly 50 million live in poverty in the United States - about one out of every  .

Zapatista rebels to mark 20th anniversary

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Zapatista rebels to mark 20th anniversary  - But despite the gains from NAFTA, Latin America's second biggest economy remains mired in massive poverty affecting almost half of 116 million  ...

Haitian president urges his country to come together

Haitian president urges his country to come together  - Port-au-Prince (AFP) - Haiti's President Michel Martelly urged his fellow citizens to come together to rebuild the poverty -stricken country devastated by  ...

Venezuela Supports Robotics Program for Children

Venezuela Supports Robotics Program for Children  -  ... will be among the first countries in Latin America to introduce the application of robotics in primary education , cybernetics specialists said today.