Stigmabase | North America

On Paper, America Promises To Help The Poor Heat Their Homes. In Practice, Not So Much.  - On Paper, America Promises To Help The Poor Heat Their Homes. ... But the under-enrollment problem is far more acute in most anti- poverty systems ...

U.S. refugee program to help more Central Americans fleeing violence  - Nearly 100,000 Central American children and almost as many families have streamed across the southwest border, mostly around McAllen, since ...

Fighting Poverty With Real American Values  -  They delivered a powerful message — that the most important anti- poverty programs in America are the ideas and values that created the American  ...

How a ' Poverty Preference' Could Equal More Smart Low-Income Students at Elite Colleges  - They are also more likely to attend high- poverty high schools where ... of the nation's population, he said, it “undermines the American Dream.”.

LGBTQ Young Professionals to hold masquerade  - The LGBTQ Young Professionals Network of Maryland, a membership organization where 21- to 35-year-old LGBTQ folks and their allies can build ...

The State of the Union is... gay  - There's been a lot of LGBTQ change in the last 8 years, thanks in large part to the Obama administration. Now, of course, the House GOP wants to take ...

Five GOP candidates to join pastor who thinks AIDS is God's way of punishing gays  - As Right Wing Watch reports, both have claimed their rights are being decimated by the LGBTQ movement — even while doing everything in their ...

Over $30000 raised for Pride hockey tape to support LGBTQ youth  - We see Pride Tape as a badge of support for LGBTQ youth,” said Wells, who is also the faculty director of the University of Alberta's Institute for Sexual ...

Nearly half of homeless youth are LGBTQ , first-ever city census finds  - In releasing the results, the city also announced $45,000 in grants from Verizon to two nonprofit organizations that serve LGBTQ youth, along with five ...

Unveiling a safe haven for LGBTQ youth  - Toronto researcher Alex Abramovich was interviewing a homeless transgender teen about her experiences when the penny dropped about his own ...

Amazing "Coming Out Cards" Are Exactly What You'll Want To Send Your LGBTQ Friends  - When a friend or family member comes out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, asexual, or any other sexuality or gender, it can be hard to find the ...

Alberta students to define their own gender: 5 big changes in new school guidelines  - Schools should erase old divides that force students into male and female roles, according to new guidelines released Wednesday by the Alberta ...

Are Dogs an Anxious Child's Best Friend?  - It's easier to study adults, but we are missing some important effects in young children. I have been a pediatrician and child health researcher for more ...

University of California scientists say video games 'could spark rise in teen smokers'  - The overexposure to tobacco use in video games could inspire teenagers to take up smoking, according to the Truth Initiative, a public health  ...

Boost outreach, support for anxiety illness  - OCD is a potentially serious mental disorder , as shown by its high ranking in the leading causes of disability globally by the World Health Organisation ...

Treating and preventing mental illness through your smartphone  - With the prevalence of mental illness and shortage of mental health providers, clinicians are increasingly interested in how mobile applications and ...

Study: Teens need more independence in doctor's office  - The study cited the parent's top reason for not involving their teens in discussing health problems: The parents said their own teens aren't comfortable ...

Teen Wolf's Charlie Carver comes out as gay in touching Instagram posts  - Charlie, 27, says that while he came out to his family as a teen it has taken him this long to feel comfortable to reveal his sexual orientation as a ...

Steps to keep your child healthy  - The simplest and most effective way to improve your child's chances for staying healthy is to make sure he frequently washes his hands. Remind him ...

East Los High' Isn't Just A Soapy Teen Drama — It's Also A Science Experiment  - On any given episode of East Los High, the highly addictive teen soap on Hulu ... It's an audacious undertaking, says Suruchi Sood, a public health  ...