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Gay Travel: LGBT American Expats

Gay Travel: LGBT American Expats  - Back in 2000, the year I graduated college, George W. Bush was elected president of the United States of America. Disgruntled and, perhaps raging  ...

US: School district under fire after gay student's coming out story banned from yearbook

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US: School district under fire after gay student's coming out story banned from yearbook  -  LGBT rights groups have criticised a school district in the US for refusing to publish six yearbook interviews because one of them contained dialogue  ...

LGBT youth homelessness summit set for early May

LGBT youth homelessness summit set for early May  - The Windy City Times has announced an LGBT youth homelessness summit to be held in Chicago in early May, and it is seeking donations and  ...

LGBT campaigns

LGBT campaigns  - Our policy and campaign positions are based entirely on what LGBT people across Scotland tell us they need. We are proud of our independence, our  ...

195 Democratic lawmakers urge Obama to sign LGBT executive order

195 Democratic lawmakers urge Obama to sign LGBT executive order  - This executive order would provide LGBT people with another avenue in the federal government they could turn to if they were the victim of  ...

Agency marks century of relevancy, education

Agency marks century of relevancy, education  - Rural America needed information and education about many things 100 years ago when the Cooperative Extension Service was formed, from  ...

Inside the Boring but Crucial Federal Form That Gets Kids to College

Inside the Boring but Crucial Federal Form That Gets Kids to College  - President Obama wants every high school student in America to apply for ... The Education Department uses the FAFSA to calculate how much a  ...

What Isn't Broken in American Higher Education?

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What Isn't Broken in American Higher Education ?  - Some day, I am going to write a book in which I will discuss the laws that govern academia in America , and one of them will be: "U.S. higher education   ...

Latin America's Richest: Billionaires 2014

Latin America's Richest: Billionaires 2014  - Carlos Slim has more money than the GDP of all but 65 countries in the world. ... How Latin America's billionaires fortunes have changed over time.

How Hispanic Triangulation Can Help the US Innovate in Foreign Policy

How Hispanic Triangulation Can Help the US Innovate in Foreign Policy  - Opening doors for Latinos to represent the U.S. at home and in countries outside of Latin America can create triangulation opportunities to further build  ...

Balkan suspected drug lord arrested

Balkan suspected drug lord arrested  - several national security agencies in an unidentified Latin American country . ... “I would like to extend my special thanks to the American intelligence  ...

Meanwhile, in Venezuela …

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Meanwhile, in Venezuela …  - Venezuela sits alongside Colombia, where I live, on the northern coast of South America . It's a lovely country that I've had the fortune to visit. With a  ...

Top beauty trends in North and South America

Top beauty trends in North and South America  - In a recently released free e-book Euromonitor International outlines the top five trends in beauty and personal care in 15 American countries , from the  ...

Tracing family's roots gives a broader sense of self'

Tracing family's roots gives a broader sense of self'  - For African Americans , the quest to trace one's origins is fraught with mystery and dead-ends. But with time and a willingness  ...

Changes in UW-Madison's Afro-American studies would reflect multi-racial society

Changes in UW-Madison's Afro - American studies would reflect multi-racial society  - The Afro - American Studies department at UW-Madison was founded in 1970 after demonstrations by black students touched off a broader student  ...

SXSW Docs Fall Short in Showcasing Diversity

SXSW Docs Fall Short in Showcasing Diversity  - Consider the SXSW lineup, and let's look for working class and African - American characters as our markers. Let's not include international characters  ...

Challenges to LGBT Rights in Latin America

Challenges to LGBT Rights in Latin America  -  Latin America has experienced a wave of pro-LGBT legislation in recent years. Argentina and Uruguay have legalized gay marriage, as have several  ...

As Immigration Reform Sputters, Activists Begin Focusing On Stopping Deportations

As Immigration Reform Sputters, Activists Begin Focusing On Stopping Deportations  - They have pressured Obama to limit the number of people sent back ... of deportation policies after a meeting with the Hispanic Congressional Caucus  ...

Obamacare campaign highlights sports injuries to enroll young people

Obamacare campaign highlights sports injuries to enroll young people  - President Barack Obama participates in a town hall-style forum to encourage Latino Americans to enroll in Obamacare health insurance plans, at the  ...

Mistrust, discrimination influence Latino health care satisfaction

Mistrust, discrimination influence Latino health care satisfaction  - In a previous study we conducted, young adult Latino men reported that 'confianza,' a term that encompasses trust, respect, level of communication  ...

Where Are the Black People in Children's Books?

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Where Are the Black People in Children's Books?  - According to a study, of 3,200 children's books published in 2013, only 93 were about Black people . The numbers for Asian-Americans (69), Latinos   ...

This month, California will become the second state with a Latino majority

This month, California will become the second state with a Latino majority  - When that happens, that means the number of non- Hispanic white people will be smaller than all other ethnic groups combined. California passed that  ...

Why the Affordable Care Act benefits Latinos

Why the Affordable Care Act benefits Latinos  - Far into this enrollment process, I am hearing multiple success stories from people who have enrolled for affordable coverage and who are already  ...

US Senator Phil Jensen: KKK Business Owners Should Be Free to Refuse Blacks and Gay People

US Senator Phil Jensen: KKK Business Owners Should Be Free to Refuse Blacks and Gay People  - A US Senator has said that businesses owners who support the Ku Klux Klan should have the right to refuse service to black people and homosexuals  ...

Brazil Reduces Extreme Poverty by Nearly 90 Percent in a Decade

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Brazil Reduces Extreme Poverty by Nearly 90 Percent in a Decade  - Brazil reduced the number of its citizens living in extreme poverty by 89 ... social protection policies implemented in the countries of Latin America,  ...