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Social Issues

In memories of St. Paul's Rondo, a young woman finds home

In memories of St. Paul's Rondo, a young woman finds home

In this latest installment of our Young Reporters series, Daina Stanley explains how she was able to find a spiritual home in the Rondo neighborhood through the stories and memories of her family.
by Daina Stanley

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WNBA televises its pride with LGBT campaign

WNBA televises its pride with LGBT campaign

Sunday's nationally televised WNBA game between the Tulsa Shock and Chicago Sky was more than just two teams playing basketball. It was billed as the league's first national Pride Game and it is part of a bigger initiative by the WNBA to embrace the LGBT community. For the first time in its 18 years of existence, the league addressed the issue of equality and tolerance during a televised game.
by Rose Scott

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Was this student dangerous?

Julie Schumacher's essay about her confrontation with a University of Minnesota creative writing student obsessed with violent imagery garnered more than 500 comments on a New York Times blog last week.

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Fat shaming: A new cry of pain

Fat shaming: A new cry of pain

On Tuesday, The Chronicle of Higher Education published a column by Rachel Fox titled "Too Fat to Be a Scientist?" Weeks ago, Fox earned her B.A. in biology from Wesleyan University. She has decided to leave science for reasons directly related to fat-shaming.
by Barbara J. King

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Uncertainty for gay couples married in Wisconsin

Uncertainty for gay couples married in Wisconsin

U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb on June 6 ordered county clerks to stop enforcing the state's gay marriage ban but she put that ruling on hold Friday while an appeal from Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen is pending.
by The Associated Press

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Voting underway in Afghan runoff election

Voting underway in Afghan runoff election

The winner of Saturday's presidential election -- which marks the first transfer of power by ballot in Afghanistan's history -- as the Arab News puts it, "will inherit an unfinished war and an economy in the doldrums."
by L. Carol Ritchie

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