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Justice Dept.: Strike Down DOMA

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Advocate - By Trudy Ring - Jul. 04 (News Report) - The Department of Justice Friday gave pro–marriage equality activists a pleasant surprise by arguing strongly against the Defense of Marriage Act in a brief filed in federal court that acknowledges the history of discrimination against gays and lesbians.

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The military children left behind: Decrepit schools, broken promises

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

iWatch News - By Kristen Lombardi - Jun. 27 (Special Report) - The nation’s reliance on a limited pool of volunteers to safeguard U.S. interests and wage two wars has had ripple effects on the home front. Altogether, parents of 220,000 children — including 116,000 of school-age — are currently doing the work the nation expects of them and that sends them far from home.

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Obama Addresses New York Marriage Equality Bill At LGBT Fundraiser: Issue Best Left To States

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Think Progress - By Igor Volsky - Jun. 24 (News) - President Obama spoke at an LGBT fundraiser this evening in New York City, just as the New York Senate prepares to take up marriage equality legislation. Obama addressed the measure directly, reiterating his position that marriage is best left to the states.

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Do Red State Republicans Want More Divorces, STDs and Abortions? Their Policies Suggest "Yes"

Fri, 06 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By Amanda Marcotte - May. 06 (News Analysis) - Republicans lost the first battle in their newly invigorated war on contraception and other health services for sexually active people, such as STD testing and treatment, when the Democrats called their bluff in the federal budget standoff. Planned Parenthood avoided the ax, but that doesn’t mean that Republicans are prepared to give up on doing everything in their power to separate women, especially low-income women, from access to contraception services. In lieu of cutting family planning subsidies on the federal level, Republicans have devised a plan to cut them on the state level, where they face fewer meddling pro-choice Democrats.

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10 Facts About America's Gays

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Advocate - By Advocate.com Editors - Apr. 08 (Research) - As the Williams Institute celebrates a decade of gathering data to inform the nation about the LGBT population, the organization shares 10 facts that were uncovered about gay people, from our diversity to our impact on the federal deficit.

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For The First Time, Majority Of Americans Support Gay Marriage

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Talking Points Memo - By Jon Terbush - Mar. 19 (Poll) - In another sign of Americans' rapidly changing attitudes toward gay rights, a new ABC News/Washington Post survey released today finds that, for the first time in a decade of polling, a majority of Americans now support same sex marriage.

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GOP Campaign Against Birth Control Officially Too Crazy for Scaife

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

theittlist.com - By Lindsay Beyerstein - Mar. 03 (News Report) - We all have our limits. The GOP’s crusade against Planned Parenthood is officially too crazy for right-wing philanthropist and media baron Richard Mellon Scaife. In a recent op/ed column, Scaife broke with House Republicans over their resolution to de-fund Planned Parenthood and the entire Title X family planning program, Scot Kersgaard reports in the Minnesota Independent.

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Egypt has a population crisis as well as a democracy crisis

Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Grist - By Lisa Hymas. - Feb. 06 (Special Report) - Hosni Mubarak is a dictator who has to go—that’s obviously the animating force behind the protests in Egypt. And more power to the protesters! But Egypt’s problems run much deeper than its autocratic regime, and one of its biggest problems is unsustainable population growth. Here’s a 2009 Al Jazeera report on population pressures in Egypt: The country’s populace has soared from 44 million when Mubarak took power in 1981 to more than 80 million today, making Egypt by far the most populous country in the Middle East and the Arab world. And Egyptians are densely concentrated, living in a narrow band along the Nile, as the rest of the country is dry and largely uninhabitable. If Egypt’s current growth rate continues, its population could hit 160 million by 2050 . The Mubarak regime has promoted birth control and smaller families , and helped to slow the birthrate. In 1981, the average woman had more than five children ; now that figure ...

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Supreme Court nears decision on D.C. gay marriage case

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Blade - By Lou Chibbaro Jr. - Jan. 11 (News Report) - The U.S. Supreme Court could decide as soon as Tuesday whether or not to hear a case seeking to force the District of Columbia to allow voters to decide whether to repeal the city’s same-sex marriage law.

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DoH to promote ‘natural,’ ‘artificial’ methods of family planning

Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Inquirer.net - By DJ Yap - Sep. 30 (News Report) - The Department of Health (DoH) Wednesday said it would actively promote both “natural” and “artificial” methods of family planning, following President Benigno Aquino III’s remarks that he supported the use of contraceptives. “Both will be actively promoted,” Health Secretary Enrique Ona said at a press conference at the DoH central office.

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Top 5 Social Security Myths

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

MoveOn - Aug. 09 (News) - Rumors of Social Security's demise are greatly exaggerated. But some powerful people keep spreading lies about the program to scare people into accepting benefit cuts. Can you check out this list of Social Security myths and share it with your friends, family and coworkers?

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China's Bubble: No house? No bride.

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

GlobalPost - By Jean Yung - Mar. 05 (Special Report) - In what may be the hottest real estate market on the planet, one fact of life seems extra cruel. In Shanghai, young women expect their boyfriends to buy a home before proposing.

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US teen pregnancy rate up for first time since 1990: study

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Raw Story - Jan. 28 (News Report) - The US teen pregnancy rate rose in 2006 for the first time in 16 years, an report showed Tuesday, as experts speculated that the increase was due to abstinence-only sex education in schools.

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Caught On Tape: Legislator Brags About Kinky Sex With Energy Lobbyists

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - Sep. 08 (News) - DUVALL RESIGNS OVER SEX BLAB FLAP Michael Duvall has resigned from the California State Assembly after a local TV news station reported his remarks about sexual escapades with two lobbyists. Duvall was unaware that a live mic was picking up his hanky-spanky talk.

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Tobacco good investment for health insurers | Business Breaking News

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Melbourne Herald Sun - Jun. 05 (News Report) - Major US, Canadian and British life and health insurance companies have billions of dollars invested in tobacco companies, a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine said

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India: A million Romeos, a million Juliets

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800

GlobalPost - By Jason Overdorf - Feb. 14 (Special Report) - In India, the fundamentalist thugs who terrorize young couples every Valentine's Day aren't the only forces aligned against romance. With the traditional institution of the arranged marriage under pressure — threatening to break down the boundaries of caste and creed — teachers, neighbors, the police and even sometimes the courts conspire to make sure young people follow their parents' wishes.

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Out of options, single mom turns to food stamps

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

St. Petersburg Times - By Lane DeGregory - Jan. 11 (Special Report) - She sat alone in the stuffy waiting room, her thin hands folded in her lap. "I shouldn't be here," she said, mostly to herself. "I shouldn't have to be here." Lizvette Perez surveyed the dingy interior of the state office building. She saw a young mother with two toddlers dangling off her arms, a broken-looking man dragging a sleeping bag, a man in a starched shirt carrying a leather briefcase.

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Child Care Providers Fear Economic Undertow

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Women's eNews - By Kris Berggren - Nov. 16 (News Report) - Child care providers in Minnesota and Illinois have been changing far more than diapers over the past five years. They've also been forming diverse coalitions to make their services more affordable to lower-income clients, many of whom have been getting squeezed by state budget cutbacks. They have had many successes, such as free preschool for 3- and 4-year-olds and raising the income levels for subsidies.

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Mookey's Story: A Transgender Journey

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800

New America Media - By Daffodil Altan, Carolyn Goossen, Min Lee - Nov. 10 (Special Report) - A new generation of transgender youth is finding more societal acceptance and support than ever before. But hardships remain, particularly for young people from immigrant backgrounds. Carolyn Goossen, a content producer at New America Media and Daffodil Altan spent time with Mookey, a 24-year-old Chinese-American college student just beginning hormone treatment.

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Obama Arrives In Hawaii

Fri, 24 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - Oct. 24 (News Report) - It was an unusual departure from the tug-of-war of the presidential campaign, with 11 days remaining in the race. But it was a trip that advisers said he told them was not negotiable. He missed his mother's death here in 1995, a mistake he said he did not intend to repeat with his grandmother, who has been a stalwart in his life.

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The Comeback Dad

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700

New America Media - By Cliff Parker - Oct. 15 (Special Report) - An undocumented, single father lives under constant threat of deportation in Rio Grande Valley, Texas. This video gives a glimpse into one family's struggle to stay together even while split by the border.

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Florida Passes Anti-Bully Law

Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700

365Gay.com - May. 01 (News Report) - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (R) is expected to sign legislation that would require school districts to prohibit bullying and harassment. The Senate passed the bill unanimously on Wednesday. It already had passed the House. Crist has said he would likely sign the bill. ''I'm against bullying, too,'' he said. The legislation mandates that school districts throughout the state must put in place specific policies to deal with bullying that includes methods of investigating and punishments. It also bans cyber bullying. The districts would have to comply by December 1 or risk losing state funds.

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Marriage and the Market

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800

Cato Unbound - By Betsey Stevenson, Justin Wolfers - Jan. 21 (Special Report) - So what drives modern marriage? We believe that the answer lies in a shift from the family as a forum for shared production, to shared consumption. In case the language of economic lacks romance, let's be clearer: modern marriage is about love and companionship. Most things in life are simply better shared with another person: this ranges from the simple pleasures such as enjoying a movie or a hobby together, to shared social ties such as attending the same church, and finally, to the joint project of bringing up children. Returning to the language of economics, the key today is consumption complementarities-activities that are not only enjoyable, but are more enjoyable when shared with a spouse. We call this new model of sharing our lives "hedonic marriage".

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Surviving the Suicide of a Child

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 04:13:15 -0800

Associated Content - By Denise Grier - Dec. 18 (Other) - He lost his way. My fisherman boy, my blues guitarist, my beautiful son was blinded by the city lights. He traveled the world, saw the castles of Germany, stood in the vineyards of Italy. He knew romantic love and fathered children. His love for his children was deeper than the ocean. But like so many others in these times of push and shove living, these gifts he took for granted. He needed to be more, to see more-to do more. Unfortunately he was to learn that all the time he was searching, the home he was looking for was inside his heart. By the time he discovered this, the damage had been done. He became a victim of his own disillusionment, filled with sadness and regret. He struggled to rise above his pain. This struggle is reflected in his poetry, and in the lonesome songs he played on his guitar.

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Out of Jail, Mothers Struggle to Reclaim Children

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 22:46:39 -0700

Women's eNews - By Angeli Rasbury - Sep. 17 (News Report) - After her release from prison Sherry Swanson, a heroin addict, shows up at the halfway house, reports to her parole officer and reaches out to her brother and sister-in-law who have been caring for her young daughter. Their concerns over Swanson's ability to be a responsible mother threaten her fragile relationship with her daughter. Her sobriety is challenged by the fraught situation and she has a hard time coping and figuring out how to be a good mother. She stumbles and is on her way to making a huge mistake when she manages to realize she has to take personal responsibility for her life.

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