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Tumultuous decades for a housing-aid activist
Vincent Quayle knows the corrosive effect of foreclosures well, sitting as he does at the helm of a nonprofit group that helps homeowners in trouble.
But he says the current foreclosure crisis is nothing compared to the damage wrought by the...Tags: Hamilton, Politics, Minority Groups, Federal Housing Administration, Rentals
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Liberia's Leymah Gbowee: The power of the powerless
Friday morning, Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee — along with her country's president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and Yemeni activist Tawakul Karman — was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. A decade ago, this moment would have seemed unthinkable....Tags: World News, Politics, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Government, Liberia
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Aspiring abortion doctors drawn to embattled field
Times Staff WriterDenver — FOURTH-year medical student Megan Lederer recently helped deliver a premature baby at barely six months gestation. The newborn was tiny, unimaginably fragile, but she survived. Caught up in the moment, Lederer didn't think about the...Tags: Local Government, Denver, Retirement, Education, Family Planning
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Caffie Greene dies at 91; activist was a leader in creation of King/Drew hospital
Caffie Greene, a longtime community activist who played a key role in the effort to bring a major hospital to South Los Angeles after the 1965 Watts riots, died Tuesday at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood. She was 91 and had a number of ailments,...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Lynwood, Christianity, Politics, Baptist
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Homeless find support in Occupy Baltimore camp
Marcus Clary beams when he shows off his new home by the Inner Harbor.
The place isn't much, just an orange tent under a blue tarp that fits four, but it's the best digs by far he's had in three weeks. Before, he was at a homeless shelter.
"At the...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Entertainment Events, Bipolar Disorder, Charity, Social Issues
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Protesters demand construction jobs for black workers
There was a protest march in the Beverly neighborhood to demand that a greater share of the neighborhood's construction jobs go to African-Americans. The rally's organizer, retired businessman Ed Gardner, says there is a high rate of violence among...
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Police again arrest Occupy Chicago protesters in Grant Park
Tribune reporterChicago police arrested about 130 Occupy Chicago protesters starting about 1 a.m. today after the group returned to Grant Park for the second weekend Saturday night and tried to maintain a camp in the park after its official closing time. Police...Tags: University of Chicago, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, Arts, Occupy Wall Street
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John Harris Burt dies at 91; former rector at Pasadena's All Saints Episcopal Church
![John Harris Burt, a retired bishop who advanced a <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-allsaints1-1305%2C0%2C1554400.story">tradition of social activism at Pasadena’s All Saints Episcopal Church</a> with his bold support of the civil rights movement when he was rector in the 1960s, died Oct. 20 at his home on Lake Superior outside Marquette, Mich. He was 91.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-10/50169776-29205710.jpg "John Harris Burt, a retired bishop who advanced a <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-allsaints1-1305%2C0%2C1554400.story\">tradition of social activism at Pasadena’s All Saints Episcopal Church</a> with his bold support of the civil rights movement when he was rector in the 1960s, died Oct. 20 at his home on Lake Superior outside Marquette, Mich. He was 91.")
John Harris Burt, a retired bishop who advanced a tradition of social activism at Pasadena’s All Saints Episcopal Church with his bold support of the civil rights movement when he was rector in the 1960s, died Oct. 20 at his home on Lake Superior...Tags: Civil Rights, Christianity, Minority Groups, New York, Sammy Davis Jr.
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Libyans Storm Islamist Militia Base In Benghazi
ReutersBENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Pro-government demonstrators stormed the headquarters of the Islamist Ansar al-Sharia group in Benghazi on Friday and evicted fighters from the site in a sweep of militia bases in the Libyan city, Reuters witnesses said....Tags: Benghazi, Politics, Islam, Injuries and Wounds, Christopher Stevens
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Thousands of Occupy Seattle protesters march to Pike Place Market
Q13 FOX News OnlineThousands of protesters took to the streets downtown Saturday afternoon as part of the continuing Occupy Seattle movement. At three p.m. the protesters marched peacefully from Westlake Park to Pike Place Market, and then back to Westlake for a concert and...Tags: Bank of America Corp., Unrest, Conflicts and War, Occupy Wall Street
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Cop takes down jaywalking Occupy Orlando protester
A jaywalking Occupy Orlando protester was taken down by an Orlando police officer after he ignored the cop's orders and fled Monday night, police said. Louis Levite, 47, was charged with resisting arrest without violence and was given a jaywalking...Tags: Protest, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Television, Entertainment, Police Arrests
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Occupy Orlando, police clash over use of downtown park
Occupy Orlando demonstrator Tina Houser said she can't figure out the Orlando police.
"You never know what the cops are going to do," said Houser, 21.
For the first few nights of the two-week-old protest at downtown's Sen. Beth Johnson Park, Houser...Tags: Politics, Lake Eola, Buddy Dyer, Protest, Police Arrests
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