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Nation's Largest Scholarship Organization For LGBT Students

Nation's Largest Scholarship Organization For LGBT Students  - Their mission is to empower promising LGBT students to achieve their full academic and leadership potential- despite the obstacles often put before ...

Anglican Bishop to Gays: Don't Leave the Church

Anglican Bishop to Gays: Don't Leave the Church  - Church of Ireland bishop Paul Colton has apologized for the hurt Christian churches have caused LGBT people but noted that many Christians “who ...

LGBT Resource Center celebrates 10th anniversary at Northwestern

LGBT Resource Center celebrates 10th anniversary at Northwestern  - University President Morton Schapiro speaks at a ceremony at the LGBT Resource Center Monday afternoon. The ceremony, held to commemorate ...

How can universities better support LGBT students?

How can universities better support LGBT students?  - The NUS's report into the lives of LGBT students at UK universities threw up some worrying results – for example that only 21% of trans students feel ...

UK Government: Ex-teachers' leader who wants to ban LGBT groups is 'completely wrong'

UK Government: Ex-teachers' leader who wants to ban LGBT groups is 'completely wrong'  - The Department for Education criticised the former chairman of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, after he described a north London ...

Are you gay and an engineer? Take part in our LGBT survey

Are you gay and an engineer? Take part in our LGBT survey  - Our brief survey is seeking the views of all LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people in all types of engineering all over the world. It aims .

The Gay Mafia Is Real

The Gay Mafia Is Real  - He also apparently said that LGBT people should just call themselves "Yuck," then ended the tirade with a question: "When did we start giving a s--- ..

Steven Petrow on LGBT and straight etiquette

Steven Petrow on LGBT and straight etiquette  - Columnist Steven Petrow takes your questions about LGBT and straight etiquette. This week we'll be talking about last week's column , specifically the .

The Overwhelming Persistence of Neighborhood Poverty

The Overwhelming Persistence of Neighborhood Poverty  - But for all of this ferment, urban poverty remains deep and concentrated. ... Using data from the U.S. Decennial Census and American Community ...

What being American and poor is really like

What being American and poor is really like  - It's a common scenario where those who have jobs are actually in poor conditions. Those workers, caught in poverty and in a version of hell, are the ...

Will gives excellent overview of reasons for poverty

Will gives excellent overview of reasons for poverty  - Will gives excellent overview of reasons for poverty ... "Since War on Poverty , changed social norms have changed America's national character.".

What Made America Famous

What Made America Famous  - Many Americans believe that the top one percent is responsible for the rising tide of inequality in America , which is swamping and drowning the other ...

The Denial of Middle-Class Prosperity

The Denial of Middle-Class Prosperity  -  Americans have long accepted inequality as a necessary consequence of a system that rewards merit, productivity and, often, luck. This process is ...

You can blame student debt for America's inequality and shrinking middle class

You can blame student debt for America's inequality and shrinking middle class  - There is a more tenuous, but equally important way in which rising inequality has increased student debt among the poor and middle class – through ...

Bachelet Sees No Populism in Tax-and-Spend Narrowing Inequality

Bachelet Sees No Populism in Tax-and-Spend Narrowing Inequality  - The economy of Chile, Latin America 's wealthiest nation with a population of about 17 million, expanded 2.6 percent in the first quarter from the year ...

The myth of inequality myths

The myth of inequality myths  - Serious critics of inequality are not using the arguments that “The Right” ... while the vast majority of Americans toil away in near-Dickensian poverty.”.

Fight inequality by building social capital

Fight inequality by building social capital  - Putnam has spent much of his academic life as America's chief chronicler of declining social institutions — a dour task, cheerfully performed.

The Growing Disconnect Between the Labor Market and Higher Education in Mexico

The Growing Disconnect Between the Labor Market and Higher Education in Mexico  - In Latin America , there is growing evidence of a major disconnect between the skills being taught in our classrooms and the demands of the labor ...

Does sending more people to prison make us safer?

Does sending more people to prison make us safer?  - Locking people away, even for a short time, is also very expensive. ... mainly young Black and Latino men , largely from poor neighbourhoods with high ...

Oklahoma's Latino Community Prepares For The Next Tornado

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Oklahoma's Latino Community Prepares For The Next Tornado  - Nine of the 23 people who died as a result of the second storm were members of the local Latino community. Their deaths have sparked efforts to ...

Latino art struggles to be seen in East Tennessee

Latino art struggles to be seen in East Tennessee  - A lot of people think that if you're a Latin artist, you automatically do Chicano art, and I don't do anything like that at all, so I wanted to show people  ...

Two Southeastern students advance to national competition

Two Southeastern students advance to national competition  - Two Southeastern students will be competing in a national competition for African American students this July, after winning gold medals at the state ...

When Supermodels Changed History

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When Supermodels Changed History  - Johnson represented a new ideal of all-American beauty. ... for instance, was running for office, the first African American to do so for a major party.

Chikungunya, cholera and other diseases in Haiti:...

Chikungunya, cholera and other diseases in Haiti :...  - In Haiti , infectious diseases run rampant, poverty rules much of the country ... According to their website, during the past 18 years, Haitian Hearts has ...

Yoruba Richen talks about the black church, civil rights and gay marriage

Yoruba Richen talks about the black church, civil rights and gay marriage  - In 2008, The Advocate published "Is Gay the New Black ?," an article ... The story unleashed a fury of critique: How could people compare the fight for ...