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Starz America To Me series shows racial inequality in schools a long game fix, announces contest -  America to Me is a new docu-series that premieres on Starz this Sunday, August 26. It is an eye-opening reveal at the inequities in American public ...

America To Me": School committed to diversity confronted with its own inequity - Oak Park, Illinois, takes great pride in its multicultural community and progressive politics. It's the kind of place where you might expect academic ...

Suicide Prevention: What Do You Say to Help Save a Life? (VIDEO) : This week is National Suicide Prevention Week, and as always the Trevor Project is campaigning hard to raise awareness surrounding the issue of teen suicide . Last year, they ran the Talk To Me campaign, a program that asked people to make themselves ... America | Las Américas | Português | Español | Stigmabase | eGAYlity

Like Institutional Racism, There is Conduct of Abuse in America - I have dealt with racism, since I'm an Asian American , born here many years ago. I “get” why racism exists in America . I don't agree with it, but I get it. But what I don't get, is women in America being abused by men. That simply makes no sense to me at all. Inequality , in any form, damages a society, and ...

Homelessness in Canada and America: A Road Trip : "There are lots of people that drive/walk/bike for homelessness and they are all needed to keep awareness going. But something Scott Harrison once said to me has stuck: "awareness is not enough." What I do different is I use social media and YouTube to ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | English | Las Américas

Predatory Capitalism is Killing America - A surgeon I was dining with last summer said, "That's an interesting question, let me think."  He thought a minute and then looked up at me and said, "Welfare.  It really pisses me off to think of my hard earned money going to women who sit on their asses and do nothing."  Where do I even begin to tell you, dear reader, my thoughts on this.  And, his response is not isolated, not by any means.  There is a seething resentment of the corporate elites towards the poor.  Christian charity?  Not on your life.  Socialist compassion, forget it.

Tear gassing migrants isn't the image I want for America - It seems reasonable to me that if a mom like Ana can demonstrate that she is, in fact, fleeing from a country ravaged by poverty and drugs that America  ...

Lauryn Hill Taught Me About Being Black in a Mis-Educated America - By calling slaves “immigrant workers,” the education system is attempting to distort the reality of racial inequality in America . So let me make this very ...

Gov. Scott appoints Steve Smith to Council on Homelessness Rick Scott for recently appointing me to the Council of Homelessness . This gives me a great opportunity to encourage more funding for recovery services including affordable housing," Smith said. "There are still many people suffering from the economy ... America | Las Américas | Português | Español | usca.Stigmabase.org | eGAYlity

LGBT student organizations on Catholic campuses As a bit of background, the note below was sent to me by Ryan Fecteau, the student at The Catholic University of America who helped to organize the unofficial LGBT student and ally group, CUAllies. Catholic University is the only official university of ...

Do Black Minds Matter, Too?  - Years ago, I met an 11 year old Black male student who lived in the heart of Watts, a neighborhood in Los Angeles known as one of America's poorest communities.  He asked me if he could apply for a student leadership program I developed for promising students in urban schools.  I told him sure—but he'd have to interview like all the other participants.  I asked him to bring an object that represented him as an individual and to prepare to present it.

Here's what MAGA really means - In a recent email to me, a friend opined: “The idea that Make America Great Again is referring to a time in our past of civil inequality is just another false ..

Harm reduction not the solution to addictions A recent article, that things had stayed fairly quiet over the newest " harm reduction " plans, caused me to think I should say something. But of course being a reasonable person I did not; then front and centre the front page was The Bait. Ireland | United Kingdom | America | Las Américas | Stigmabase

Carl DeMaio addresses his LGBT support Among questions about pension reform, small businesses and city infrastructure, were those regarding DeMaio's support for the LGBT community. Comedian Shawn Pelofsky introduced DeMaio by saying, “What is important to me, in the gay community, ... Ireland | United Kingdom | America | Las Américas | Stigmabase | Egaylity

America has higher inequality than any other big rich country as measured by the Gini coefficient. To me, this is an abject failure of policy and politics ... View article...

Meeting a homeless “Millionaire” | Photographers | Analysis ... : "I'd heard of Rubina Ali in my earlier visits to the Gharib Nagar shanty colony outside Mumbai's suburban Bandra station but had never had the opportunity to meet her. It took a raging fire through the colony to finally bring me ... العالم العربي (AR) | ASIA AFRICA | AMERICA

Hagel's Homophobic History : A few years ago I was out having dinner with my orthodox, gay, Jewish brother when a religious man walked over to me and asked if I was Rabbi Shmuley Boteach. From his aggressive posture I knew in my gut that I should not respond in the affirmative but ... America | Las Américas | Português | Español | usca.Stigmabase.org | eGAYlity

MeToo taught this black, male author that America encourages abuse and harm - Did you actively think about workplace gender inequality prior to the Me Too movement? And what's the most important lesson you've learned from Me ...

This Year's Best Film About AIDS Activism Is Coming to America - Some people are suddenly thinking of me, at nearly 60, as one of the last LGBTQ leaders of that time, although this recognition has come a bit ...

The mental illness myth: People like me aren't the cause of America's mass shooting epidemic  - And I am living with panic disorder and depression—both, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders —are considered ...