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World's poorest lack access to sanitation

World's poorest lack access to sanitation  - The poor's lack of access to sanitation threatens to undermine the health benefits they have gained from access to clean water, the United Nations ...

Asian American studies professors stay silent on Asian vs. Black integration

Asian American studies professors stay silent on Asian vs. Black integration  - Asian Americans , the so-called “model minorities” – have faced their own struggles, including street gangs, poverty , and employment and college ...

Income inequality undermines democracy

Income inequality undermines democracy  - I'm really concerned about the trend toward hyper income and wealth inequality ,” he said of the American issue that worries him most. “It warps our ...

America's 1% take home 21.1% of ALL US income as bottom 99% see 3.3% rise

America's 1% take home 21.1% of ALL US income as bottom 99% see 3.3% rise  - New data compiled by UC Berkeley economist Emmanuel Seaz shows a year of growth of American earning. But inequality between the top ...

9 Steps That Would Help Reconcile The Relationship Between White And Black America

9 Steps That Would Help Reconcile The Relationship Between White And Black America  - After both studying and writing about racial inequality in the United States, ... White/Black America's Relationship: White America has yet to publicly ...

Pope's July missionary prayer intention for the poor of Latin America

Pope's July missionary prayer intention for the poor of Latin America  - The missionary prayer intention of the Pope Francis for the month of July is for the poor in Latin America – that amid social inequalities , Latin American  ...

After same-sex marriage, the future is complicated for LGBT rights

After same-sex marriage, the future is complicated for LGBT rights  - Marriage has been at the forefront of the LGBT movement for an incredibly long time. Queer folks in the U.S. have been fighting against marriage bans ...

LGBT Latino community in Austin reacts to gay...

LGBT Latino community in Austin reacts to gay...  - Luis Ramírez, left, and Gahly Eleganza, members of the Latino LGBT community in Austin, during a meeting at El Sol y La Luna restaurant, on Sixth ...

What Can Americans Do to Help the LGBT Community Abroad?

What Can Americans Do to Help the LGBT Community Abroad?  -  LGBT activists across the country are winding down after celebrations erupted following the Supreme Court's ruling on Friday to legalize same-sex ...

We need to protect LGBT youngsters from harassment at school

We need to protect LGBT youngsters from harassment at school  - According to a 2013 survey, more than 30 percent of LGBT students report missing at least one entire school day in the past month because they felt ...

Jacksonville Has Highest Percentage Of LGBT Residents In Florida, No Protections

Jacksonville Has Highest Percentage Of LGBT Residents In Florida, No Protections - According to the report released Tuesday by the Jacksonville Office of General Counsel Jacksonville has the highest percentage of LGBT residents of ...

The History of Violence Against Black Churches

The History of Violence Against Black Churches  - McGuire says attacks on black churches may be the result of white people feeling threatened by a perceived loss of privilege as America's racial  ...

Infant mortality much worse for black and American Indian babies in Minnesota

Infant mortality much worse for black and American Indian babies in Minnesota  - But the state's rate masks a stark racial gap in birth outcomes. African - American and American Indian infants are more than twice as likely as white ...

Racist symbols and racial reality in South Carolina

Racist symbols and racial reality in South Carolina  - Obama goes to Charleston with the mission of depoliticizing the terrorist attack in Charleston and closing the space between the African American  ...

Beyond Charleston

Beyond Charleston  - Ever since the horrific racist murders of nine African Americans in the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina on ...

Why are black churches burning again?

Why are black churches burning again?  -  Black churches have historically been targets for racial violence and such attacks represent centuries of opposition to civil rights in America , ...

LGBT community must support Black Lives Matter

LGBT community must support Black Lives Matter  - They may not have recognized it yet, but the African American and LGBT communities are caught in what Dr. King called “an inescapable network of ...

LGBT Struggle Echoes Black Civil Rights Movement

LGBT Struggle Echoes Black Civil Rights Movement  -  Americans began to get used to gay people, instead of being, say, frightened of gay people, or unsure about them or (thinking) “What are they up to?

Risky occupations drive vulnerability in Latin America and Caribbean region, UN warns

Risky occupations drive vulnerability in Latin America and Caribbean region, UN warns  - The economic boom and poverty reduction that took place in the past few decades significantly affected the labour composition in Latin America and ...

Why Some Economies Grow and Others Don't

Why Some Economies Grow and Others Don't  - And the workforces in Latin America were much better educated , as measured by average years of education attainment. The income head start, ...