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British Columbia premier makes first visit to Whitehorse

“And that seamless connection starts with Indigenous peoples who have been here for millennia — they do not know borders. They're obliged to ... View article...

Practical solutions to support a safer work environment for Indigenous women

The release of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls ... Promote awareness and understanding of Indigenous Peoples ' rights, ... View article...

Alaskan gives United Nations indigenous perspective on threats to Arctic fisheries

For the first time, a branch of the United Nations is asking indigenous peoples to share their traditional knowledge about the evolution of Arctic ... View article...

A recap of the STUSU Fredericton riding candidates debate

She said access to post-secondary education for Indigenous Peoples is a “multifaceted issue” and wants to see a more supportive environment for ... View article...

Systemic discrimination against Indigenous peoples, report finds

First Nations and Inuit people face serious and systemic discrimination at the hands of certain public service providers in Quebec, including police ... View article...

Strength, Loss, Resilience & Relationship

Many Indigenous students suffered physical, mental and sexual abuse ... The Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada has been widely embraced by ... View article...

A Shot Against Lung Cancer in Native Populations?

American Indian/Alaskan Native adults who received the bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine against tuberculosis (TB) as children had lower ... View article...

HUD says deregulation, not affordable housing, needed to solve homelessness

In 2018, 67 percent of America's homeless people were individuals. ... Native American children were the most likely to live in concentrated poverty. View article...

Kim Petras Performs, Jill Soloway, Ana Navarro & More Honored at Equality California's 20th Los ...

Among those honored by the nation's largest statewide LGBTQ civil rights organization were Transparent showrunner Jill Soloway, political ... View article...

Cancun Proves a Great LGBTQ Destination

Mexico has been a popular destination for queer travelers for years; the country has supported same-sex marriage in some areas for nearly a decade, ... View article...

VT ranked second for bias-motivated incidents against LGBTQ people: What's behind the data

LGBTQ Vermonters are subjected to one of the highest rates of bias-motivated crimes in the country — at least according to one study. Five percent of ... View article...

Memphis made home to Tennessee's first LGBTQ rainbow crosswalk

People in the Cooper-Young community were hoping to brighten up the neighborhood with the addition of a rainbow ... View article...

LGBTQ Election Town Halls With Federal Parties To Be Held In Five Cities

A conversation on LGBTQ issues and the federal election is coming soon to a city near you. A coalition of national and regional LGBTQ organizations ... View article...

Discussing importance of Medicaid in the LGBTQ community

Medicaid expansion, a topic on the minds of many across our state. Monday the North Carolina AIDS Action Network came ... View article...

Students weigh in on local case of anti-LGBTQ business controversy

UTEP students reacted to a recent case of the “anti-LGBTQ” business controversy involving Grace Gardens, an event venue on the western outskirts of ... View article...

Pope Meets Pro-LGBTQ Priest Denounced By Conservative Catholics

Pope Francis met with an American priest who ministers to LGBTQ Catholics on Monday in a private audience at the Vatican. Father James Martin, a ... View article...

Bernie Sanders unveils 'inequality tax' targeting companies where CEOs make far more than workers

Sanders' Income Inequality Tax Plan would tax "companies with exorbitant pay gaps between their executives and typical workers." "The American ... View article...

US income inequality the highest it's been since 1967, data show; Nebraska, Iowa tie for 6th best

In the midst of the longest economic expansion that the United States has ever seen, with poverty and unemployment rates at historic lows, the ... View article...

White Americans make up a disproportionate number of US homeowners, and it's most extreme in ...

It found that, in the 50 metro areas, white Americans make up an average of ... The gap found in this study speaks to an issue of racial inequality that ... View article...

It would take 1000 years for the average employee to earn what their CEO makes in just one, study ...

Income inequality grows to its highest level in 50 years ... the tax plan's real purpose is “send a message to corporate America: stop paying ... View article...

PRGX volunteers team up to fight food inequality and give back during company “Impact Day”

According to Feeding America's Hunger in America 2014 report, 1 in 7.5 people, or an estimated 755,400 people, in metro Atlanta and north Georgia ... View article...

The Forgotten History of America's Worst Racial Massacre

One hundred years ago this week, one of the worst episodes of racial violence in American history unfolded in Elaine, Ark., a small town in the ... View article...

Racial Disparities in Health Care Coverage

And in Montgomery County, the difference between the haves and have nots falls along racial lines, according to a recent study commissioned by the ... View article...

Carranza accused of 'pitting parents against each other' along racial lines

An African-American member of a volunteer schools advisory board referred to Asians as “yellow folks” during a group email exchange with more than ... View article...