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Starbucks’ is promoting its philanthropy via a Facebook event plugging World Aids Day. The company is giving five cents to the Global Aids Fund for every hand-made drink it sells today in the United States and Canada.
It’s a noble effort to bring awareness to a disease (and its starting virus, HIV) that affects everyone, despite [...]

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Change.gov features a lengthy entry on President-elect Barack Obama’s agenda on civil rights. The agenda points to intended progress for the LGBT community, though I’m not sure every initiative hits the mark.
The hate crime and workplace discrimination initiatives seem strong. Repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” would eliminate an extremely ignorant policy, which was an [...]

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