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Challenge To Marijuana Classification Pending In Courts

Pacific Standard Time — Sunday, August 05, 2012

Challenge To Marijuana Classification Pending In Courts: Which, similar to their tactics in same sex marriage, may be exactly what they are looking for. When Attorney General Eric Holder first took over at the Department of Justice he said that medical marijuana prosecutions would fall low on the list of DOJ ...

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DeSantis Doesn't Believe 'LGBTQ Individuals Should Be Welcome in the State,' Community ...

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 16, 2024

After Visit Florida erased the LGBTQ travel section, community members and businesses are fighting back against the state's move. View article...

Resources are out there for LGBTQ+ travelers looking to stay safe

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 16, 2024

Do LGBTQ+ tourists have a green book-like system for staying safe while traveling in these politically precarious times? View article...

Will AI Solve The World's Inequality Problem – Or Make It Worse?

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 16, 2024

Explore the dual impact of AI on societal inequality : will it widen the wealth gap ... We know that globally, inequality is rising as the gap between ... View article...

Boston : In Cambridge, inequality is rampant. But now, pre-k is free

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 16, 2024

Several hundred families — rich, poor, and in between — will get for free education that can otherwise cost more than $30000 per child this year. View article...

Obi links insecurity in Africa to poverty, unemployment, inequality, corruption

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 30, 2024

... inequality among the variables fueling insecurity and conflicts in Africa. “I joined global leaders, former presidents, prime ministers, serving ... View article...

Historic racism still negatively affects the way paintings of black people are perceived

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, September 26, 2024

In some instances, the racist attitudes behind such paintings have been explicitly expressed by artists or painting owners, making them well- ... View article...

What does it mean to be poor? The Australian government isn't sure

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 30, 2024

Australia is terrible at measuring poverty. In fact, the country can’t even agree on what poverty is. Is it just about how much you get paid? What if you own your own home? What if you have access to almost everything you need, but you just don’t have a lot of cash? View article...

Seven Children: Inequality and Britain's Next Generation by Danny Dorling review

Pacific Standard Time — Monday, September 30, 2024

Inspired by the documentary Seven Up! and based on real data, this important book exposes the extent of inequality in the UK and what it means for ... View article...

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Harris campaign ramps up LGBTQ engagement as Election Day nears

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, October 03, 2024

And LGBTQ voters, who comprise a larger share of the electorate than ever before, are expected to play a major role in November. The Washington Blade ... View article...

ABC Defends Findings of Racism, Saying It's Important That ABC Reflects Nation Back to Itself

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, October 03, 2024

The ABC has responded to a review which identified widespread racism at the organisation, saying it is the job of the national broadcaster to ... View article...

10-02 — About LGBTDiversity

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, October 02, 2024

Your pride, your power: The essential LGBTQ voter guide for 2024 • N.B. election: Conservative candidate compares LGBTQ policy to residential schools • Los Angeles' LGBTQ history comes alive at Circa: Queer Histories Festival • Atheists Applaud Colorado's Implementation of Patients' Right to Know Act • Your pride, your power: The essential LGBTQ voter guide for 2024 Navigate the complex landscape of LGBTQ politics with Reckon's roadmap to what's really at stake for queer and trans Americans in this election. View article... N.B. election: Conservative candidate compares LGBTQ policy to residential schools N.B. election: Conservative candidate compares LGBTQ policy to residential schools. N.B. Tory candidate faces calls to withdraw. Hina Alam ... View article... Los Angeles' LGBTQ history comes alive at Circa: Queer Histories Festival There isn't anything that we do in LGBT communities that didn't

October 2024 — Latest about Inequality

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, October 03, 2024

• Systemic gender inequality cause of poverty among women • • COVID response could inform GPs' approach to long-term conditions and inequality • • How far apart are the incomes of the rich and poor in different countries? • • Actually, the U.S. labor market remains very strong • Systemic gender inequality cause of poverty among women The founder of Aspire Women Forum, a non-governmental organization, Dr. Zainab Marwa, has described systemic gender inequality as one of the major ... View article... COVID response could inform GPs' approach to long-term conditions and inequality Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic response can help general practice tackle rising long-term conditions and health inequalities , a leading public ... View article... How far apart are the incomes of the rich and poor in different countries? The ratio between these two numbers gives us a measure of inequality known as the “P90/P10 ratio”. In Nor

U.S. 'Welcome Corps' helps resettle LGBTQ refugees fleeing anti-gay crackdowns

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, October 03, 2024

In April, Uganda's constitutional court on Wednesday upheld an anti-gay law that allows the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality .” “There ... View article...

10-02 — About Racial

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, October 02, 2024

B.C. father and daughter accuse Canadian Tire, security company of racism, profiling • ABC's racism report is a watershed moment for the media industry • Australian national broadcaster finds 'systemic' racism in workplace • Racism in Brazilian Football Report Points to Increase in Cases in 2023 • B.C. father and daughter accuse Canadian Tire, security company of racism, profiling ... company of racial profiling and racism after they say he was singled out at a store in Coquitlam and an employee responded with a racist comment. View article... ABC's racism report is a watershed moment for the media industry From 120 current and former ABC staff instances of overt and covert racism were found including racial slurs, derogatory and offensive comments, ... View article... Australian national broadcaster finds 'systemic' racism in workplace Staff members interviewed described overt racism , including racia

Tackling inequalities together at the centre of new strategy

Pacific Standard Time — Wednesday, October 02, 2024

Working together to tackle some of the inequalities faced by people in Kirklees will be the focus our new Inclusion and Diversity Strategy. View article...

Only Systemic Changes Will Address Systemic Racism Within Police Forces

Pacific Standard Time — Thursday, October 03, 2024

Human Rights Watch welcomes the renewal of the EMLER's mandate last session because the fight against systemic racism within law enforcement has just ... View article...

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