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AP makes 'illegals' illegal
This week the AP Stylebook, the standardized style guide for newspapers and other publications across the United States, announced that no longer, under their rules, will it be acceptable to use the term "illegal immigrant." AP Executive Editor Kathleen...Tags: Immigration, The Washington Post, Politics, Illegal Immigrants, Gays and Lesbians
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The 17th Annual Jewish Film Festival Makes Its Way Around Area Cinemas
17th Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Fest April 4-15, hjff.org. Two documentaries are the highlights at the 17th Annual Mandell JCC Hartford Jewish Film Festival, which will be bringing 21 films related to Jewish culture and history to theaters...
Tags: Elections, AIDS, Kirsten Gillibrand, Israel, Movies
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In Theory: Should Boy Scouts end ban on gays?
The Boy Scouts of America has sent its members a survey as part of its ongoing debate over whether to repeal or continue its ban on gay members. Instead of asking for a simple yes or no, the questionnaire goes into depth on several topics, for example...Tags: Human Rights, American Civil Liberties Union, United Way , Philosophy, Belief and Faith
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Another plea for tolerance
Change of SubjectIt’s impossible for anyone who hasn’t spent their whole life in a state of benighted prejudice to know the pain and hardship that people like myself endure every day in our efforts to ensure that gays and lesbians remain oppressed...... -
School-closings controversy needs some reality checks
Let's not pretend that when you close schools on the South and West sides, the children affected aren't black. Let's not pretend that's not racist. ... Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis, speaking at a protest rally Wednesday As long as we'...
Tags: Karen Lewis, Chicago Public Schools, U.S. Supreme Court, Students, Schools
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Md. rental housing discrimination likely to die in committee
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comThe Maryland Senate voted by the narrowest of margins this week to send a bill that aimed to address rental housing discrimination back to committee, effectively ending its chances of passing this year. Sen. Christopher B. Shank, R-Washington, who...Tags: Poverty, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Christopher B. Shank, Jamin B. Raskin, Public Housing
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As times change, will tolerance for tradition be tolerated?
With the issue of same-sex marriage argued before the Supreme Court and raging elsewhere in America, a question: Is it possible to be a traditional Christian or Muslim or Orthodox Jew — and hold to one's faith on what constitutes marriage —...
Tags: Christian Orthodoxy, Christianity, Minority Groups, Belief and Faith, AIDS
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Weight Discrimination: Obesity Presents More Than Just Health Problems
If you're obese (and chances of that are pretty good in America right now), your odds of being found guilty in a jury trial are higher than if you're skinny. If you're an obese woman, things in court can be even uglier. And you do not want to be labeled...
Tags: Human Rights, American Civil Liberties Union, Defendants, Prosecution, Medical Research
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Cost of Burbank police litigation hits $7.1 million
The cost incurred by the city as it continues to defend itself against a slew of lawsuits filed by former and current police officers has hit $7.1 million and counting, officials announced recently. And most of the cases — which center on claims...
Tags: Racism, Minority Groups, Google Inc., Local Elections, Theft
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The Gillam Law Firm, PC
Carol Gilliam is an acclaimed trial lawyer who specializes in employment law. She started her career at prestigious firms including Irell and Manella, and then became Assistant United States Attorney, Criminal Division, specializing in civil rights,...
Tags: Legal Service, Business Enterprises, Employment, Labor Legislation, Sex Crimes
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Daum: 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: Rob Portman, Minority Groups, Hillary Clinton, Gays and Lesbians, Parties and Movements
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Bill would offer more protection to pregnant workers
When Peggy Young became pregnant with her third child, she said a supervisor told her she was a liability and not to come back to work as a UPS package delivery driver in Landover until she had the baby. "I was very upset because I wanted to work; I...
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Montgomery County (Maryland), Maryland Chamber of Commerce, Judges, E.J. Pipkin
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Mar 31, 2013
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Mar 28, 2013
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Mar 27, 2013
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Feb 27, 2013
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Feb 26, 2013
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Mar 25, 2013
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Mar 21, 2013
|Column| Los Angeles Times
Mar 22, 2013
|Story| Baltimore Sun
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