Home Search
EQUALITY - search results
If you're not happy with the results, please do another search
Chipotle Offers New Benefits to Hourly Workers, Including Tuition Payments
A popular American natural fast food restaurant is extending its worker benefits to part-time employees by giving them sick pay, paid vacation time, and...
Saudi Girls Get Gym Classes for the First Time (And Other Advances)
Public schools in Saudi Arabia will for the first time offer programs of physical exercise and sports for their girls. Even though the country’s...
South Carolina Teens Fight Racist Vandalism With Positive Message
After racist graffiti showed up outside a Rock Hill high school, three art students showed the town their true colors Monday afternoon painting a...
Emma Watson New UN Women Goodwill Ambassador
UN Women, the United Nations organization dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women, announced yesterday it has tapped British actress Emma Watson...
Honoring the Legendary Author Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
Maya Angelou's literary voice, "revered for its poetic command," is being honored around the world today after she died peacefully in her North Carolina...
5 Tycoons Who Want to Close the Wealth Gap in the U.S.
As the middle class struggles to make gains and President Barack Obama strives to shine a spotlight on the issue of income inequality, an...
Homeless Couple Given Tiny Home On Christmas Eve
For many couples, living together in a 96-square-foot house would be a challenge. But for Chris Derrick and Betty Ybarra, it’s a Christmas miracle....
’42’ Immortalizes Jackie Robinson as Real-life Super Hero While Avoiding Melodrama (Watch)
“42” is an old-fashioned inspirational and ultimately uplifting drama about perseverance in the face of turbulent opposition. And the greatest credit to writer-director Brian...
Google Gives $23 Million To 7 Charities for High Tech Innovations
Asserting that nonprofits now lag behind industry in technological innovation due to lack of funding, Google unveiled its remedy yesterday. It announced $23 million...
Botswana High Court Makes History: Allows Women to Inherit Family Home
The Botswana High Court overturned a customary law which prevented women from inheriting the family home, calling it “an unacceptable system of male domination."
65...
First Black Woman in US Coast Guard Honored at 97: She Overcame Racial Violence to Live Exemplary Life
After being the target of terrible racial violence as a young black girl in Oklahoma, Dr. Olivia Hooker went on to fight prejudice throughout...
Time’s Person of the Year: “The Protester”
After an online poll and months of reporting on the most influencial news throughout the year, TIME magazine today named "The Protester" as its...
Latin American Poverty Levels Fall to Lowest in Two Decades
Poverty rates in Latin America have dropped to their lowest levels in 20 years, according to a new United Nations report which points to...
American Millionaires Rewrite Their Own Image
A group called Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength came to Washington this week to ask the debt reduction "Super Committee" to raise taxes on...
Royal Daughters Win Equal Right to Ascend to British Throne
In a majestic moment for gender equality, female members of the British royal family were on Friday granted the same rights as males to...
Artists Raise $104,000 With Sketchbook That Traveled Round the World
A blank sketchbook was sent to 71 exceptional artists around the world who each illustrated a page. After four and a half years of...
Israeli Man Funds Tennis for Arab Youth, Promotes Co-existence
An Israeli tennis enthusiast noticed in the 1990s that very few Arabs living in Israel had any chance to play his beloved sport.
He dreamed...
All of Canada Touched by Politician’s Last Words, Facing Death With Optimism
Canadians of every political stripe continue to show their love and admiration for a national leader, Jack Layton, days after his death.
Layton, the leader...
Why There’s Never Been a Better Time to be Alive: The Rational Optimist
A British scientist and author of the book, The Rational Optimist, makes the case that mankind's progress has been vigorous, widely spread, and not...
Mississippi Lawmakers Honor Widow of Civil Rights Hero
The Mississippi Legislature honored the widow of slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers for her bravery, championing civil rights and race relations even while...