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How Straight Promiscuity Now Explains Why Same-Sex Couples Shouldn't Be Allowed To Marry

How Straight Promiscuity Now Explains Why Same-Sex Couples Shouldn't Be Allowed To Marry  - or not; the consequences of not having access to these protections can be seen in the many disadvantages experienced by LGBT older adults.

The $40 Million Group Fighting LGBT Rights

The $40 Million Group Fighting LGBT Rights  - A nonprofit group of conservative lawyers in Arizona that raised nearly $40 million last year quietly leads the efforts to curb advances in LGBT rights.

How LGBT People Are Finding Themselves in Video Games

How LGBT People Are Finding Themselves in Video Games  - Video games, at first glance, might not seem to be the most obvious medium for young queer folk but they are fast becoming one of the most vital ..

Start An Orthodox Conversation About LGBT Jews

Start An Orthodox Conversation About LGBT Jews  - We are just like most of you – with one exception: Our children are LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender). Each of our children told us on a ...

Why world is overtaking America

Why world is overtaking America  - The single biggest force behind falling American rankings on education and skills is not that the United States is doing things much worse, but that ...

Study finds 'diversity gap' in US schools, less than one in five teachers are nonwhite

Study finds 'diversity gap' in US schools, less than one in five teachers are nonwhite  - Research emerging from the Center for American Progress and the National Center for Education Statistics unveiled that a "diversity gap" exists at ...

Education advocates want 'diversity gap' in teaching filled

Education advocates want 'diversity gap' in teaching filled  - New studies from the Center for American Progress and the National Education Association are calling attention to this “diversity gap” at elementary ...

Raise the minimum wage now

Raise the minimum wage now  -  America needs a living wage so the lowest-paid workers are able to lift themselves out of poverty and bring economic equality to our nation.

What Has Paul Ryan Learned From His Anti-Poverty Guru?

What Has Paul Ryan Learned From His Anti- Poverty Guru?  - a "culture problem" in America's "inner cities" for the nation's intractable poverty epidemic, he was accused of racial dog whistling. Ryan later ...

An African-American studies professor's bleak postwar Germany

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An African - American studies professor's bleak postwar Germany  - When he began the research for his new book about Germany in the years directly after World War II, Harvard professor Werner Sollors says he ...

Famous black people you didn't know were black

Famous black people you didn't know were black  - It is not easy to access photos of famous black people from centuries ago, but ... Side, Beals' father is African - American and her mother Irish-American.

It's not racist to hate government

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It's not racist to hate government  - As Marge Schott-impersonator Donald Sterling and honorary professor of Afro - American Studies Cliven Bundy could tell you, nothing writes you out of ...

Least difficult phase of economic growth is now over”, IMF top official tells Latam

Least difficult phase of economic growth is now over”, IMF top official tells Latam  - Werner differentiated between Latin American countries closely-linked to the US economy, which he predicted will have a marginally better year, and ...

Cuba to help DR reduce HIV prevalence

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Cuba to help DR reduce HIV prevalence  - HIV prevalence is 0.1% percent, which makes the neighboring island one of the countries with the lowest rates in Latin America and the Caribbean.

3 things you didn't know about the Coast's Latino community

3 things you didn't know about the Coast's Latino community  - It is not a major holiday in Mexico or the rest of Latin America. ... "There are 21-plus Latin American countries or regions and each one of those are ...

Can Higher Education solve Africa's Job Crisis?

Can Higher Education solve Africa's Job Crisis?  - But despite rapid expansion of the higher education system in these ... and Latin America have shown that higher education can play a crucial role in ...

Journalist Michael Reid predicts Latin American progress will continue, but at a slower rate.

Journalist Michael Reid predicts Latin American progress will continue, but at a slower rate.  - Economic progress in Latin America has been significant in the last decade and is likely to ... “ Education is inevitably linked to innovation,” said Reid.

Speakers Discuss Sustainable Development and Agriculture in Latin America

Speakers Discuss Sustainable Development and Agriculture in Latin America  - Speakers Discuss Sustainable Development and Agriculture in Latin ... in South America at the Harvard Graduate School of Education Saturday ...

Latinos Not Enrolling In Obamacare, New HHS Study Shows

Latinos Not Enrolling In Obamacare, New HHS Study Shows  -  Latinos account for 14.5 percent of those eligible for coverage on the new health ... "Many people who are uninsured don't understand the language of ...

New Report Documents Black and Latino Communities at Higher Risk for Chemical Catastrophe

New Report Documents Black and Latino Communities at Higher Risk for Chemical Catastrophe  - disaster "vulnerability zones" of 3,433 industrial facilities across the U.S. The risk of danger is much greater for people Black & Latino communities ...

Pasco High grad trying to help solve effects of Haiti's poverty

Pasco High grad trying to help solve effects of Haiti's poverty  - The last time the Herald talked with the Pasco High grad was in 2010, when she was a recent transplant to Haiti , working as a volunteer with Hope for ...

Why students need more Black and Latino teachers: an exclusive excerpt from José Vilson's “This ...

Why students need more Black and Latino teachers: an exclusive excerpt from José Vilson's “This ...  - Why students need more Black and Latino teachers: an exclusive excerpt from José Vilson's “This is Not a Test”. by José Luis Vilson on May 5, 2014 ...

Can Eva Longoria start a Latino political movement?

Can Eva Longoria start a Latino political movement?  - We want to build political power within the Latino community and ... “We can really exercise the potential, because people see the demographic shift ..

Number of Hispanics Murdered in the U.S. Doubles that of the White Population: Study

Number of Hispanics Murdered in the U.S. Doubles that of the White Population: Study  - The Violence Policy Center (VPC) revealed on Thursday that homicide is the second cause of death for Hispanics between 15 and 24 years of age

In California Race, a Latina Democrat Carries Hopes of Her Party and People

In California Race, a Latina Democrat Carries Hopes of Her Party and People  - But if Ms. Renteria represents the hopes of her party and her people , she also reflects Latino Democrats' deep angst. Seven out of 10 Hispanic voters ...