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In a civil rights lawsuit brought on behalf of her daughter, an African American woman accuses Los Angeles Unified and the Board of Education of causing distress to the girl by allowing a cotton picking field to be set up at her school in order to teach students about what life was like for slaves.

We don’t like to lie, but sometimes it's a matter of safety. I recently read an article that annoyed me. After reading the article, I closed my laptop with disgust, and I regret that I didn’t bookmark the page so I could share the link here.

“I’m here to tell you that we should unite our forces,” Vicktor Orban. The Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban, spoke at the CPAC Texas today in Dallas. His appearance at the event was controversial, with many calling CPAC organizers to remove him from the schedule. He recently gave a speech against creating "peoples of mixed-race."

Two persons who reportedly admitted to taking a couple of pride flags from a tiny hamlet in Southern California’s wine region are the subject of a recommendation by the county sheriff’s office to press hate crime charges.

Not all twins are born on the same date; some are born minutes or hours apart, which can cause them to have different birthdates and, on occasion, different birth years. This can create a myriad of dilemmas in their lifetimes. Here is one such dilemma.

Women can be autistic too. In some parts of the world and society, autism is still thought to occur only in men and boys. Of course, this is not the case but because of this misconception, women and girls obviously have it harder in this hypersocial society that is set up for extroverts.

"I just got a call from a Texas prison guard who wanted to tell me she’s worried - about how hot it it for the prisoners. “It’s inhumane,” she said. Bc of understaffing, they’re not getting out for showers or fresh air regularly, she said." Keri Blakinger.

The Los Angeles Unified School District recently provided teachers and schools with a “Queer All School Year” calendar that serves as a guide for fostering LGBT pride among students all year long.

An important step in the right direction for the United States. The opinion of the author is his own and has no affiliation with the topic that was included. Sources that are used in this article are the following: The Hill, CNN Politics, and for information about individuals he used Wikipedia.

(Gayatri Malhotra/Unsplash) The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has caused a number of reactions from Americans and people all over the world. Many celebrated over the news, and many others were prompt to protest.

In good news for minority developers in Detroit, a new $11 million commitment was announced this week. These funds will be used to provide capital and assistance to minority-owned development companies in Detroit.

June is Pride Month, and while we should be talking about LGBTQ+ rights any time during the year, it's crucial to recognize the importance of pride events across the United States and worldwide.

Last week I wrote an article on Bill Cummings, the Boston billionaire who has promised to give away his fortune. The article proved very popular with readers, and I even received a message from Bill himself. People love to read good news stories, and it seems that good news continues in the city of Boston.

A California man who has been preparing and selling tamales across the South Bay for five years recorded a video of someone hurling anti-Mexican remarks at him. Juan Aguilar, the seller, claimed he’d never seen before the man who came at him on the street where he sells his products.

An LAPD officer was seen in a video detaining two African American men at Leimert Park, while one woman asks him on what basis he was detaining them. In the video, the officer says he was detaining them because they were smoking in public and were “about to go,” implying that the two men were about to drive their car.

Dr. Mary Edwards WalkerBain News Service / Public Domain. “Dr. Mary’s life should stand out to remind us that when people do not think as we do, do not dress as we do, and do not live as we do, that they are more than likely to be a half century ahead of their time, and that we should have for them not ridicule but reverence.” ~ Dr. Bertha Van Hoosen (founder of the American Medical Women’s Association)

A San Francisco CEO is not happy about his employees engaging in debates about diversity and inclusion and he's now changing his company’s policies. Uncertain cryptocurrency markets have resulted in mass layoffs at crypto exchanges such as Coinbase, which cut over a quarter of its workforce this week.

“We have to be visible. We should not be ashamed of who we are.” ~ Marsha P. Johnson. The outside world saw Marsha P. Johnson as part of a subculture, within a subculture, within a subculture. However, the marginalization of her existence couldn't diminish her efforts to advocate for the LGBTQ+ community. To them, the happy-go-lucky, full-of-life drag queen was a hero that rose from anonymity to worldwide fame.

While June is celebrated as Pride Month across the United States, it may not be as festive in the city of Grand Prairie, Texas. At least according to the recent report of the country's most LGBTQ-Friendly Cities released by LawnStarter. To determine their rankings of cities, they looked at 196 of the biggest cities in the United States and assessed how they performed on nineteen different criteria, including:

(Photo by Jason Leung/Unsplash) The Oakland City Council unanimously declared racism to be a public health emergency. The city’s Department of Race and Equity will get $350,000 as a result of the decision to support two additional posts.