Filipino man wins reprieve from deportation because he is gay
A three-judge panel says the gay immigrant would be persecuted if he were sent back to the Philippines.
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A three-judge panel says the gay immigrant would be persecuted if he were sent back to the Philippines.
Read more in the Los Angeles Times.
One attendee at luncheon says comedian Edwin San Juan ‘managed to insult every ethnic group.’ Sheriff Lee Baca gives him
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. announced today that the Department of Justice, despite a Supreme Court ruling last month striking down a key part of the Voting Rights Act, will ask a federal court to force the state of Texas to obtain approval from the federal government before making any future changes in their
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Republicans in the House of Representatives showed signs of support
Dr. Anthea Butler’s post after the acquittal of George Zimmerman touched a nerve in what Wendell Berry called the hidden wound—that raw, throbbing one that never grows skin thick enough to keep it from puncturing and bleeding at the slightest touch.
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Structural violence refers to systematic ways in which social structures harm or otherwise disadvantage individuals. Structural violence is subtle, often invisible, and often has no one specific person
A study finds the odds of rising to another income level are notably low in certain cities, like Atlanta and Charlotte, and much higher in New York and Boston.
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AN DIEGO — In the latest legal wrangling over gay marriage in California,
the San Diego County clerk filed a petition Friday afternoon asking the state Supreme Court to halt same-sex weddings pending a court hearing.
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