Tag: Social issues
Israeli soccer referee comes out as transgender woman
RAMAT GAN, Israel — An Israeli soccer referee has come out as transgender and is living — and enforcing the rules of the game...
Florida school superintendent says he will be vindicated
<p>FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Florida school superintendent charged with lying to a grand jury investigating circumstances surrounding the 2018 massacre on one of...
US lifts barriers to prescribing addiction treatment drug
The Biden administration is easing decades-old requirements that made it difficult for doctors to treat opioid addiction using medication.
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UN experts say South Sudan divisions widen, new war possible
<p>UNITED NATIONS — U.N. experts are warning that political, military and ethnic divisions in South Sudan are widening, leading to multiple violent incidents between...
Powerful Iowa companies got state testing help, records show
<p>IOWA CITY, Iowa — When Gov. Kim Reynolds’ administration <a href="https://apnews.com/article/public-health-iowa-kim-reynolds-des-moines-coronavirus-pandemic-639cc1c485701ce6eef074a34577d8e2">arranged coronavirus testing</a> at the office of the governor’s biggest campaign donors, it was...
No big backlash for states passing anti-transgender laws
Five states have passed laws or implemented executive orders this year limiting the ability of transgender youths to play sports or receive certain medical...
Report: Pandemic gives rise to antisemitic ‘Zoom bombing’
<p>Antisemites adopted a new tactic for spewing their hate when the COVID-19 pandemic closed synagogues and Jewish schools and community centers: hijacking video conferences.</p>
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Educator threw beer at filmers of wife’s transphobic rant
<p>The vice principal of a New Jersey school apologized Tuesday for tossing beer at a table of outdoor restaurant patrons who had been filming...
More than 400 businesses back LGBTQ rights act
More than 400 companies __ including Tesla, Pfizer, Delta Air Lines and Amazon __ have signed on to support civil rights legislation for LGBTQ...
What’s behind the growth slump? Takeaways from census data
<p>The first batch of once-every-decade data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows a United States that is growing less quickly and but still seeing...