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Some Religious Conservatives Are Unhappy Trump Is Supporting Obama's LGBT Order

Some Religious Conservatives Are Unhappy Trump Is Supporting Obama's LGBT Order - Christian groups and a Republican member of Congress criticized President Trump on Tuesday for his pledge to uphold a 2014 executive order that ...

LGBT activists relieved after Trump decision, press for rights in Arizona

LGBT activists relieved after Trump decision, press for rights in Arizona - "I'm actually not [surprised], because he never mentioned LGBT rights in his campaign,” said Tesorero. “He was always talking about illegals and ...

LGBT refugees are experiencing horrific abuse – there is still a massive amount of work to do

LGBT refugees are experiencing horrific abuse – there is still a massive amount of work to do - There have been tremendous legislative advances for LGBT people in the UK. The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013, was a huge step towards ...

LGBT advocate says Boy Scouts decision marks evolution in culture

LGBT advocate says Boy Scouts decision marks evolution in culture - Boy Scouts used to require anyone who want to join to have their sex listed as male on their birth certificate. Monday's announcement meant exciting ...

40% of LGBT Londoners suffer ill mental health

40% of LGBT Londoners suffer ill mental health - MORE than a third of London's LGBT community suffer mental health problems, a report revealed today. Labour London Assembly research suggests ...

AEG Live's ties to anti-LGBT groups 'nothing more than fake news,' says Philip Anschutz

AEG Live's ties to anti- LGBT groups 'nothing more than fake news,' says Philip Anschutz - According to a widely picked-up report in Uproxx, Philip F. Anschutz, the owner of AEG, whose AEG Live division is the world's second largest presenter of live music, sports and entertainment after Live Nation, has donated to a number of anti-LGBTQ groups such as Alliance Defending Freedom, National Christian Foundation and Family Research Council.

LGBT, Civil Rights Groups Denounce Trump's Choice of Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch

LGBT , Civil Rights Groups Denounce Trump's Choice of Supreme Court Nominee Neil Gorsuch -  LGBT and civil rights groups are denouncing the choice of Neil Gorsuch to replace Antonin Scalia on the U.S. Supreme Court. Their concerns are valid ...

First LGBT member of Guatemala Congress criticizes Trump

First LGBT member of Guatemala Congress criticizes Trump - Sandra Morán, the first openly LGBT person elected to the Guatemalan Congress, speaks with the Washington Blade at her Guatemala City office on ...

America's white working class is nothing like the stereotypes we've been told. Trust me, I'm part of it

America's white working class is nothing like the stereotypes we've been told. Trust me, I'm part of it - Poor Hispanics and poor African Americans are more than three to five times as likely as poor whites to live in concentrated poverty . In general, the ...

Majority of Holocaust survivors in US live in poverty, charity says

Majority of Holocaust survivors in US live in poverty , charity says - Seventy years since the end of the Holocaust, 60 percent of the survivors living in the US are below the poverty line, making it difficult for them to afford ...

Divest from War, Invest in People

Divest from War, Invest in People - It’s true; some of President Trump’s policies actually extend wrongs enacted by previous administrations. Other presidents and their spokespersons have championed an escalating war on the global poor under the pretenses of humanitarianism and democracy. They wore “masks” that were easier for many in the U.S. to look at and accept, and yet their policies caused terrible bloodshed, starvation and death.   A widespread drone war, annihilating civilians from the air, is an example of a brutal rightward turn that some liberals accepted.  Was drone proliferation seen as an improvement on previous means of warfare because it was presented in an articulate, professorial tone? During a previous Democrat administration I recall protesting brutal economic sanctions which, halfway through their 11-year reign, had contributed directly to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children aged four years or younger. The antiwar movement tends to

America's murder-inequality spots

America's murder- inequality spots - A team of reporters charted the location of each of America's more than 13,000 gun homicides in 2015. They concluded that half of all gun murders ...

A modest proposal to solve inequality

A modest proposal to solve inequality - Tight labor markets shrink income inequality by causing employers to bid ... In 2013, America's top 1 percent of earners paid 25 percent of all federal ...

Bitcoin Surges Across Latin America with Start of Trump Era

Bitcoin Surges Across Latin America with Start of Trump Era - Interest in Bitcoin is surging in Latin America in a new era market by ... Latin American countries are seeking technologies that can relieve some ...

No, Bruno Mars Didn't Change His Name To Hide His Latino Roots

No, Bruno Mars Didn't Change His Name To Hide His Latino Roots - I'd love to clear that up in Latina magazine,” he said in the interview. ... I see people that don't know what I am, and it's so weird that it gets them upset.

Rare, influential African-American films to screen at DIA

Rare, influential African - American films to screen at DIA - Movies made by and for African - Americans , sometimes called race films, were shown in theaters, but more often screened in popular community ...