Tag: Social issues
Elite UK schools in spotlight over claims of misogyny, rape
<p>LONDON — The London police department says it is investigating multiple alleged offenses described on a website that a young woman set up to...
For many motel dwellers, eviction ban provides no relief
ATLANTA — For more than five years, home for Armetrius Neason has been a hotel outside Atlanta. He's adorned the walls with dozens of...
Charlottesville mayor’s poem about city, racism ‘hits nerve’
<p>America’s Black politicians have a long history of calling out the nation’s racism. But few have taken to poetry and written that their city...
Indiana Republicans resolute for school voucher expansion
INDIANAPOLIS — Republican lawmakers remain resolute on their push for a big expansion of Indiana’s private school voucher program in the face of pushback...
Women, LGBT people and students protest for rights in Turkey
<p>ISTANBUL — Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Istanbul on Saturday for anti-government protests, demanding amid a heavy police presence the reversal of recent decisions...
Elite UK schools in spotlight over claims of misogyny, rape
LONDON — The London police department says it is investigating multiple alleged offenses described on a website that a young woman set up to...
US questions legality of Bolivian arrests of ex-officials
<p>LA PAZ, Bolivia — The United States said Saturday that it is concerned about increasingly ″anti-democratic behavior and the politicization of the legal system”...
Charlottesville mayor’s poem about city, racism ‘hits nerve’
America’s Black politicians have a long history of calling out the nation’s racism. But few have taken to poetry and written that their city...
Dutch players make rights statement ahead of Latvia match
<p>AMSTERDAM — The Netherlands national team wore T-shirts on Saturday emblazoned with the words “Football supports change,” in an apparent statement about human rights...
Women, LGBT people and students protest for rights in Turkey
ISTANBUL — Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Istanbul on Saturday for anti-government protests, demanding amid a heavy police presence the reversal of recent decisions...