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Cure for homophobia? It's personal
The other day, I stumbled across a conversation about homosexuality on a local Christian radio station. There were three people talking, and after the predictable hemming and hawing about loving the sinner and hating the sin (though in this case, the...
Tags: Parties and Movements, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics, Radio Industry, Social Issues
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The bias against working women
In proclaiming March as Women's History Month, President Obama stated that "too many women feel the weight of discrimination on their shoulders." Liberals often make this claim, citing the fact that women earn only 77 cents for every dollar earned by men,...
Tags: Feminism, Earnings, Minority Groups, Career and Workplace, Retirement
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Ayanbadejo, Vikings' Kluwe file marriage equality brief with Supreme Court
Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo and Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe, two of the NFL's most outspoken advocates of gay marriage, have taken their fight to the highest court. The two filed an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court of the...
Tags: National Hockey League, Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Same-Sex Marriage, National Football League, Brendon Ayanbadejo
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Closed shop protests raid
The manager of a convenience store that was shut down last month after a raid by police and health inspectors found stolen and expired merchandise on the shelves claims he is a victim of discrimination. Kamal Mashni has not reopened since he was...
Tags: Theft, Social Issues
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Lawmaker threatens tax status of Boy Scouts for excluding gays
A Southland lawmaker has proposed taking away the tax-exempt status of the Boy Scouts of America if it continues to exclude gay, bisexual and transgender people from its ranks. State Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) has introduced legislation that...
Tags: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Boy Scouts of America, Clubs and Associations, Social Issues
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Overcoming a racist past in Baltimore
February is Black History Month. Baltimore is celebrating it by commemorating the march of African-Americans toward full membership in the American family. Although I am a white man born and raised in the strictly segregated Baltimore of nearly eight...
Tags: Racism, Minority Groups, Credit and Debt, Black History, African-American History Month
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Some patients won't see nurses of different race
DETROIT (AP) — It's been called one of medicine's "open secrets" — allowing patients to refuse treatment by a doctor or nurse of another race. In the latest example, a white man with a swastika tattoo insisted that black nurses not be...
Tags: General Practitioners, Civil Rights, Internal Medicine, Detroit Free Press, Politics
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'Price is Right' discrimination verdict tossed; new trial ordered
This post has been updated. See below for details. Former "The Price is Right" model Brandi Cochran has lost out on a nearly $8.5-million judgment in a discrimination lawsuit after a Los Angeles Superior Court judge overturned a jury's findings and...Tags: Ang Lee, Justice and Rights, Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice
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Venturing beyond the Bard to Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice'
With her latest production, Annapolis Shakespeare Company founder and artistic director Sally Boyett-D'Angelo is expanding the young company's horizons, both artistically and physically. At a recent rehearsal of Jon Jory's adaptation of Jane Austen's...
Tags: Jane Austen, White Marsh, New York City, Annapolis, Celebrities
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Lynchburg students learn skills to make schools safer
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefSome Lynchburg students are learning how to make their schools safer. More than 60 teens are taking part in a Diversity Dialogue Day at Lynchburg College. It's a hands-on workshop that teaches lessons about discrimination and respect. Students are...Tags: Students, Education, Teaching and Learning, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia)
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Woodstock Institute finds gender bias in joint home loan, refinancing approvals
Co-borrowers may want to rethink whose name goes first on a mortgage application. Early findings from a study under way at the Woodstock Institute found that in the six-county Chicago area, joint applications for home purchases and refinancings were much...
Tags: Feminism, Loans, Chicago Tribune Columnists, Government, Consumers
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Voting Rights Act still important
Since 2010, Republicans in more than a dozen states, including Texas, have enacted laws either making voting harder, especially for minorities, or locking in GOP election gains with gerrymandered congressional and legislative redistricting. That makes...Tags: John G. Roberts, Jr., Tom Coburn, Parties and Movements, Politics, Laws
Mar 22, 2013
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Feb 22, 2013
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Mar 14, 2013
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Mar 12, 2013
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Feb 22, 2013
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