Stigmabase | North America

Athletes Jason Collins & Hudson Taylor Want LGBTQ Sports Fans To Feel Safer  - A majority of Americans don't believe that a LGBTQ person is safe at a sports event. The former NBA player and the founder of Athlete Ally talk about ...

Americans want more diversity in ads  - meaning single-parent households, co-habitating (non-married) parents, LGBTQ parents, mixed-race parents and households with a stay-at-home ...

McDonald's LGBT Stance Has Always Been Hard To Swallow  - McDonald's, makers of fine cardboard and “meat”-putty, has long had a strained relationship with the LGBTQ community which makes their recent ...

More space, inclusiveness for LGBTQ community needed  - While an LGBTQ -specific resource center has not been established on campus, in February 2015 Temple opened the Burrow, a safe space for ...

Albertans left to wonder what opposition would do about LGBTQ guidelines  - Despite the looming deadline for the proposed LGBTQ guidelines for school boards, and despite the pushback against them, it's unlikely the issue will ...

Ask a Queer Chick: Can I call myself 'queer' if I've never been with another woman?  - You don't have to become more politically active just because you're out—there are plenty of LGBTQ folks who are more focused on our lives, ...

Pro- LGBTQ Users Hijack Homophobic Russian Hashtag  - LGBT protesters hassled by Russian police A policeman tries to take away a rainbow flag from participants during an LGBTQ community rally in ...

What do you think of this 'sexy' Bernie Sanders coloring book?  - Illustrated by Nicole Daddona, the new coloring book Buff Bernie: A Coloring Book for Berniacs features doodles of the democratic socialist in muscle ...

Why Would You Bet Against Warren Buffett?  - He's right that future generations of the wealthy will be wealthier, but he isn't seeing what is happening to Middle America . Education is deteriorating ...

How to fight poverty in California: Add housing stock  - New Census Bureau measures that include cost of living show the state to be America's poverty capital, with nearly one in four residents barely able or ...

50%, of US children live in poverty : Report  - Nearly half of children in the US live dangerously close to the poverty line and more kids today are likely to live in families ...

Switzerland needs more female reporters  - North America was the star gainer up 8% to 36% over the 5 years from 2005 ... Gender inequalities in portrayal and representation of women and men, ...

The costs of inequality : For women, progress until they get near power  - Sixth in a series on what Harvard scholars are doing to identify and understand inequality , in seeking solutions to one of America's most vexing ...

America's most successful cities, states and firms are leaving the rest behind  - Between 2010 and 2014 America's population grew by 3.1%; its cities, ... This bears directly on the inequality which matter most: wage inequality .

Parents can protect their emotional health by staying real  - Parents can protect their emotional health by not hiding their negative feelings in front of their children , a new study suggests. Credit: morguefile.

The Stress of Raising a Child with Mental Health Challenges  - Babble is partnering with PACER Center to help parents better understand and navigate the needs of children with mental health and behavior issues.