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Magazine for adult adoptees raises issues of alienation, racism and loss

Magazine for adult adoptees raises issues of alienation, racism and loss

When many people think of adoption, they tend to focus on the adoptive parents and the baby they bring home. But less attention is paid to what becomes of those babies. Starting Monday, a new online magazine called Gazillion Voices aims to provide a voice for adult adoptees around the country.
by Laura Yuen

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Victims of bullying more likely to be arrested as adults

Almost 14 percent of people who said they were bullied repeatedly in childhood and their teens had been in prison, compared to 6 percent of people who weren't bullied, according to a study.

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AP Interactive: SNAP benefits by state

More than 47 million people in the United States are drawing benefits under the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), once known as food stamps.

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Asian-Americans take high road in response to racist music video

Asian-Americans take high road in response to racist music video

There’s a new music video out that’s extremely insulting to Asian/Pacific-Islander women. Filled with sexually explicit lyrics, the video poses a dilemma for artists who want to decry it. That’s because of the Catch-22 of the Internet; by looking at something, you ultimately are supporting it. On social media, any attention is good attention. The…
by Marianne Combs

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Photos: Gay ND couple celebrate wedding vows in Moorhead

Photos: Gay ND couple celebrate wedding vows in Moorhead

Justin Metz and Richie DePaolis, who currently live in West Fargo, N.D., were among the first 18 same-sex couples who repeated vows in a Moorhead, Minn. courthouse in the early morning hours of Aug. 1, 2013. Photographer Ann Arbor Miller spent the evening with the couple and sent this photo essay.

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Photos: Midnight same-sex marriage ceremonies at Mpls City Hall

Photos: Midnight same-sex marriage ceremonies at Mpls City Hall

At Minneapolis City Hall early Thursday morning, the first day same-sex marriage was legal, Mayor R.T. Rybak officiated more than three dozen same-sex weddings.
by Jennifer Simonson

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18 same-sex couples wed in Moorhead

18 same-sex couples wed in Moorhead

Dozens of well-wishers with signs and noisemakers greeted couples leaving the Clay County Courthouse in Moorhead after a midnight ceremony. It became legal for same-sex couples to marry in Minnesota today.
by Dan Gunderson

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