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White, middle-age, high-school educated and dead at an early age

White, middle-age, high-school educated and dead at an early age  - Middle-aged Americans with a high-school degree and limited job prospects, ... So, what does income inequality have to do with rising death rates?

The realm of the superrich

The realm of the superrich  - In addition, income inequality in America is increasingly visible. Just look at the new residential towers rising in New York, where enormous wealth ...

The 10 Most Unequal Big Cities in America

The 10 Most Unequal Big Cities in America  -  And New Orleans topped the list as the most unequal city in America . ... "The overall story is that inequality has been rising steadily for about the past ...

We Are Doling Out Welfare for the Wealthy'

We Are Doling Out Welfare for the Wealthy'  - But today, America is hurtling headlong in the opposite direction, away from a free society and towards a two-tiered society. Consequently, our country ...

Can Trudeau breathe life into LGBT rights in the Commonwealth?

Can Trudeau breathe life into LGBT rights in the Commonwealth?  - But an important opportunity for Canada to promote global LGBT human rights is also coming up: the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting ...

Israel's LGBT Groups Accuses ultra-Orthodox Mayor of Neglecting Community

Israel's LGBT Groups Accuses ultra-Orthodox Mayor of Neglecting Community  - Among the commitments made by Mayor Moshe Abutbul to the Israel National LGBT Task Force were the funding of a social worker for the gay ...

White House supports anti-LGBT discrimination measure

White House supports anti- LGBT discrimination measure  - The White House has come out in support of a federal measure outlawing discrimination against LGBT people. Spokesman ...

This Is What LGBT Life Is Like Around The World

This Is What LGBT Life Is Like Around The World  - As a gay couple in San Francisco, Jenni Chang and Lisa Dazols had a relatively easy time living the way they wanted. But outside the bubble of the ...

Change.org Petition Wants to Take the T Out of LGBT

Change.org Petition Wants to Take the T Out of LGBT  - As the LGBT movement matures and becomes more mainstream, the conversation also has to evolve. Do transfolks feel that some of their issues are ...

Ford Foundation announces it is cutting back on LGBT rights funding

Ford Foundation announces it is cutting back on LGBT rights funding - The President of Ford Foundation has said that the foundation is to cut back its spending on helping to advance LGBT rights in the US, following recent ...

The Economist CMO Michael Brunt on why LGBT inclusivity can be a beacon for diversity

The Economist CMO Michael Brunt on why LGBT inclusivity can be a beacon for diversity  - If you add up women, LGBT people, people of different ethnic origins or different religions who can feel excluded from the workplace, it's a huge pool ...

Indiana businesses forming LGBT rights coalition

Indiana businesses forming LGBT rights coalition  - A new coalition is forming to make the business case for an expansion of statewide discrimination protections for gay and transgender Hoosiers.

Shootings by Los Angeles police officers have doubled this year, LAPD says

Shootings by Los Angeles police officers have doubled this year, LAPD says  - Black people were shot at triple the rate of whites and Latinos . ... while troubling, his agency's shootings involving unarmed people were unavoidable.

Missouri racism protests a sign of the times

Missouri racism protests a sign of the times  - Compared to the racial violence that African Americans have endured over the ages – including lynchings and church bombings – the Missouri ...

Most California mothers breast-feed newborns, but race gap persists

Most California mothers breast-feed newborns, but race gap persists  - Despite the progress, the state still suffers from a racial gap in breast-feeding. Moms who are Asian, Hispanic or African American lag significantly ...

Students Demonstrate Against Racial And Cultural Insensitivity At ...

Students Demonstrate Against Racial And Cultural Insensitivity At ...  - A frat brother, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that one African - American woman responded to being turned away by screaming, “It's because ...

Houston art gallery braced for backlash ahead of race exhibition by all-white artists including Ti ...

Houston art gallery braced for backlash ahead of race exhibition by all-white artists including Ti ...  - Why aren't more white artists aren't stepping up to take on issues of race ?' asks curator of Houston Museum of African - American Culture asks.

Obama supports altering Civil Rights Act to include LGBT discrimination

Obama supports altering Civil Rights Act to include LGBT discrimination  - Still, the decision by the nation's first African American president to back the measure is significant. Some of the nation's leading civil rights groups ...

As a Black Woman Once Persecuted By the Mormon Church, I Mourn With the LGBT Community

As a Black Woman Once Persecuted By the Mormon Church, I Mourn With the LGBT Community  - Churches at their foundation operate as ministers, vehicles that deliver people to their healing, ... As a Black woman who was once denied my salvation by this church, I mourn with my LGBT brothers and sisters and their children.

President Obama is officially enshrined as an LGBT hero, but there's still work to be done

President Obama is officially enshrined as an LGBT hero, but there's still work to be done  - The Out100, Out's annual list of the 100 most influential people in LGBT life, was ... The president's black and white portrait, shot by Ryan Pfluger, spans the ... Obama states he can relate to the LGBT community when it comes to ...