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20 LGBT Couples Who Have Been in Love More Than a Decade

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20 LGBT Couples Who Have Been in Love More Than a Decade  - A deep misunderstanding of LGBT relationships remains. So the "First Comes Love" project captures the stories of real couples who want to help  ...

LGBT Investors Less Likely to Have Wills or Trusts In Place

LGBT Investors Less Likely to Have Wills or Trusts In Place  - The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender investor has unique needs when it comes to establishing wills and trusts, but fewer LGBT investors have  ...

New federal guideline aims to end school-to-prison pipeline

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New federal guideline aims to end school-to-prison pipeline  - The guidelines, however, do not specifically reference LGBT youth. Last year GLSEN met with the Departments to urge them to include LGBT -specific  ...

5 Things Gays Did to Cause the Polar Vortex

5 Things Gays Did to Cause the Polar Vortex   - 2014 has already proved to be a good year for LGBT people. So, why aren't there any nutty religious zealots blaming us for the ominous weather that  ...

Exciting new LGBT entertainment to look forward to in 2014

Exciting new LGBT entertainment to look forward to in 2014  - With 2014's arrival, there's a lot for LGBT audiences to look forward to in the coming 12 months. Here, in no particular order, are a few of the upcoming  ...

UK LGBT Politics Crash Course: One Same-Sex Wedding Ring to ...

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UK LGBT Politics Crash Course: One Same-Sex Wedding Ring to ...  - Same-sex marriage legislation was a momentous achievement last year, and in this first installment of a three-part crash course in UK LGBT politics for  ...

Latin American rivers among most polluted in the world, says new ...

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Latin American rivers among most polluted in the world, says new ...  - The issue of water pollution is of particular concern in Latin America , ... She added that countries in the region need to invest in infrastructure and  ...

Chile Will Continue Its Low-Unemployment, Low-Inflation Growth In ...

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Chile Will Continue Its Low-Unemployment, Low-Inflation Growth In ...  - Chile, along with other Latin American countries , Chile had a successful 2013. Its GDP grew 4.2 percent, which was a decline from 2012's 5.6 percent  ...

8 reasons Uruguay's not all that

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8 reasons Uruguay's not all that  - It's an interesting time to be an immigrant in the tiny Latin American country of Uruguay. My wife and I are watching,  ...

The Face of Poverty is a Woman

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The Face of Poverty is a Woman   - More than 100 million Americans either live near the brink of poverty or churn in and out of it, and nearly 70 percent of these Americans are women  ...

The War on Poverty kept poor people poor

The War on Poverty kept poor people poor  - Calling for a new War on Poverty overlooks the larger history of economic growth and the real gains in the living standards of poor Americans since  ...

Michele Bachmann links poverty, family 'decay'

Michele Bachmann links poverty , family 'decay'  - As America commemorates the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson declaring a “War on Poverty ,” Rep. Michele Bachmann is calling the  ...

Obama targets poverty in 'zones'

Obama targets poverty in 'zones'  - Since 1967, poverty rates have fallen from close to 26 per cent down to 16 per cent, the White House said. In 2012, 49.7 million of Americans lived in  ...

Conservatives Say War on Poverty Failed

Conservatives Say War on Poverty Failed  - When we start talking about and validating and saying it's good that 46 million Americans are living in poverty , I think that's a sad day in America .”.

Conservatives Say War on Poverty Failed

Conservatives Say War on Poverty Failed  - When we start talking about and validating and saying it's good that 46 million Americans are living in poverty , I think that's a sad day in America .”.

After half a century, it is time for new poverty war

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After half a century, it is time for new poverty war  - The U.S. Census Bureau, using a new calculation, estimates that today 16 percent of the nation lives in poverty -- the highest percentage of Americans   ...

Who Counts as Poor in America?

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Who Counts as Poor in America ?  - The official poverty rate is 15 percent, but that excludes many Americans .

America's Original Poverty Line Assumed Every Housewife was a ...

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America's Original Poverty Line Assumed Every Housewife was a ...  - The official poverty line, as I wrote yesterday, is a dated and crude statistical concept that in many ways fails to capture America's historical success at  ..

'Art of Living Black': Works of more than 50 artists

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'Art of Living Black ': Works of more than 50 artists  -  ... who teaches African American literature at Mills College and is 666 drawings into "1001 Black Men." "There's the calmness of having lived this long  ...

New York Juror Form Asks People To Identify As 'African American ...

New York Juror Form Asks People To Identify As ' African American ...  - So when the 25-year-old New York City teacher, who is black , was asked to identify ... Carmichael argued that the term "implied black inferiority. ... explained that the race classification categories come from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Call to Teach: Multicultural Education

The Call to Teach: Multicultural Education  -  America's "melting pot" status is one that most citizens are proud to claim. The fact that people here often refer to themselves as one ethnicity or  ...

School Choice Is a Whale-Sized Red Herring

School Choice Is a Whale-Sized Red Herring  - I've written about this in the past, but it merits repeating, as this manipulative rhetoric may well destroy public education and irreversibly rend America's   ...

Farmingdale Latino housing bias suit about to go to court

Farmingdale Latino housing bias suit about to go to court  - The case culminates years of conflict over Latino residents, including day laborers in the village. ... Farmingdale is receptive to all people ." The case  ...

Sen. Marco Rubio Wants States To Have More Control Over Anti ...

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Sen. Marco Rubio Wants States To Have More Control Over Anti ...  - Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Rubén Hinojosa, a Texas Democrat, lauded Johnson's efforts to combat poverty and lend a helping hand  ...

A Troubling Look At How The Largest For-Profit College System Is ...

A Troubling Look At How The Largest For-Profit College System Is ...  - The largest for-profit educator in the world, Laureate, actually gets most of its profits from Latin America, according to a new Bloomberg article by Mina  ...