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Longtime Utah LGBT advocates recall brutal history

Longtime Utah LGBT advocates recall brutal history  - As the manager and owner of the Sun Tavern, once Utah's most prominent gay bars, Boyer became the mother hen of an LGBT scene that in the ...

Extend hate crime law to cover LGBT

Extend hate crime law to cover LGBT  - Pennsylvania is the only state in the Northeast that does not include LGBT members in its hate crime laws. Gay-bashing is relatively common, and ...

In survey, Costa Rica police admit to discrimination against LGBT community

In survey, Costa Rica police admit to discrimination against LGBT community  - A survey of police officers conducted by officials of the Ministry of Public Security along with the Directorate of Immigration reveals that members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community face discrimination at the hands of officers.

LGBT Affordable Senior Housing Comes to Chicago

LGBT Affordable Senior Housing Comes to Chicago  - With Friday's dedication of the Town Hall Apartments, Chicago joined the ranks of five other American cities where LGBT older adults can find housing ...

Russian LGBT advocates detained during Moscow protest

Russian LGBT advocates detained during Moscow protest  - Russian advocates with whom the Blade has spoken since the statute took effect maintain anti- LGBT discrimination and violence in the country has ...

Russian LGBT advocates detained during Moscow protest

Russian LGBT advocates detained during Moscow protest  - Russian advocates with whom the Blade has spoken since the statute took effect maintain anti- LGBT discrimination and violence in the country has ...

Meet the Mormons Who Want to Change the Church's Relationship With LGBT Americans

Meet the Mormons Who Want to Change the Church's Relationship With LGBT Americans  - The church has eased up on its vitriolic attitude toward the LGBT community in recent years. After last week's news that the U.S. Supreme Court ...

LGBTQIA reception brings together alumni, current ISU students

LGBTQIA reception brings together alumni, current ISU students  - We think it's really important that the LGBT alumni know that there's still a community here at Iowa State and that there's a way to give back to the ...

Why Private Donations Aren't Helping America's Poor

Why Private Donations Aren't Helping America's Poor  - At the other end of the scale, about 37 million people were in poverty at the ... Yet the Chronicle of Philanthropy reports that Americans who earned ...

The Brutal Disparities Suffered By Native Americans

The Brutal Disparities Suffered By Native Americans  - Of course, Native Americans were already here. ... On top of these high poverty rates, Native Americans experience far higher unemployment rates.

The Brutal Disparities Suffered By Native Americans

The Brutal Disparities Suffered By Native Americans  - Of course, Native Americans were already here. ... On top of these high poverty rates, Native Americans experience far higher unemployment rates.

America's GDP fetishism is a rare luxury in an age of vulnerability

America's GDP fetishism is a rare luxury in an age of vulnerability  -  America's GDP fetishism is a rare luxury in an age of vulnerability ... The first, the US Census Bureau's annual income and poverty report, shows that, ...

State sixth poorest in US

State sixth poorest in US  - Even so, Gonzalez said the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer in America . “The richest 1 percent of Americans have managed to ...

The Age Of Vulnerability

The Age Of Vulnerability  - Two new studies show, once again, the magnitude of the inequality problem ... It used to be thought that America's greatest strength was not its military ...

What monkeys and the Queen taught me about inequality

What monkeys and the Queen taught me about inequality  - Deep down, we don't like inequality . In a second extract from .... America employs more private security guards than high-school teachers. States and ...

Classical education is best alternative for some parents

Classical education is best alternative for some parents  - Diagram sentences. Learn Latin conjugations in third grade. Memorize the preamble to the U.S. Constitution. Those assignments don’t sound like a formula for market growth in education. Yet classical schools are seeing enrollment gains in the Indianapolis area

Girls in Latin America, Caribbean Remain Vulnerable

Girls in Latin America, Caribbean Remain Vulnerable  - Girls in Latin America and the Caribbean lag behind boys in ... higher education , areas where females outnumber males, Latin American ...

What the World Can Learn from Latin America

What the World Can Learn from Latin America  - How are Brazil and other Latin America countries innovating mathematics education ? This year, 35-year-old Brazilian mathematician Artur Avila ...

Is it time for Latinos to part ways with the Democratic Party?

Is it time for Latinos to part ways with the Democratic Party?  - The vast majority of people being deported are Latino immigrants. According to Pew, "The Obama Administration has deported more immigrants ...

Where Is America Today on Racial Inequality?

Where Is America Today on Racial Inequality?  - But the best way to help combat institutionalized, structural inequality in America as it's divided by race — with African Americans and non-white ...

Let's talk about elephants and race

Let's talk about elephants and race  - I can't forget when my African - American buddy from elementary school told ... I thought further “North,” like New England was free of racial tensions.

Black and Blue Tour focuses on UNC's racial history

Black and Blue Tour focuses on UNC's racial history  - Tim McMillan, senior lecturer in UNC's Department of African, African - American and Diaspora Studies, talks to students and local residents on the ...

The Ghost Of Charles Stuart Still Haunts Boston

The Ghost Of Charles Stuart Still Haunts Boston  - He did, however, admit that racial disparity in the ranks is real, despite promotions like that of William G. Gross, an African - American , who earlier this ...

How Obama Became the Gay-Rights President The inside story of his political evolution

How Obama Became the Gay -Rights President The inside story of his political evolution  - That was no longer the case for African Americans or women, but for the gay community, it remained true, at least in certain segments of society.

LGBT film festival to take place in Uptown Normal

LGBT film festival to take place in Uptown Normal  - The New Black” will kick off the event on Wednesday night. The film tells the story of an African - American community grappling with gay rights.