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Michigan Film Fest Fetes Women, Minorities

Movies by women and minorities are the focus of this year's Traverse City Film Festival, July 26-31, held in northern Michigan's popular summer playground. More than 200 fi...

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Gender

The President Announces America’s First National Monument Dedicated To LGBT Rights.

Today, President Barack Obama announced he’s designating the Stonewall National Monument in New York City as the newest addition to America’s National Park Syst...

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Human Rights

UN Human Rights Council: Using Sport And The Olympic Ideal To Promote Human Rights For All, Including Persons With Disabilities

For more than a decade, Human Rights Watch has documented human rights abuses linked to mega-sporting events, or MSEs, such as the Olympics, football’s World Cup, For...

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Festivals

Film Festival To Highlight Animal-Human-Nature Co-Relation

A unique two-month-long film festival focusing on the relationship among animals, humans and nature begins here next month with over 150 films from more than 40 countries l...

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Environment

Global Air Pollution Crisis 'Must Not Be Left To Private Sector'

The global air pollution crisis killing more than 6 million people a year must be tackled by governments as a matter of urgency and not just left to the private sector, a r...

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Alternative Entertainment

Great Outdoors: How Performance Broke Out Of The Theatre Come Rain Or Shine

In getting to parts that other arts don’t reach, outdoor shows attract audiences that genuinely represent the wider population, as a new study finds The weather may s...

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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope - Of Human Bondage

In India, where a large section of the population is vegetarian, the hullabaloo over a women refusing to eat meat would seem excessive, but in, South Korean writer Han Kang...

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Festivals

Accenture Renews Sponsorship Of Gaze International LGBT Film Festival

Accenture has renewed its sponsorship of the Gaze International LGBT Film Festival in a three-year commitment. The financial services brand’s sponsorship of the festi...

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Where Private School Is Not A Privilege

In the United States, private school is generally a privilege of the rich. But in poorer nations, particularly in Africa and South Asia, families of all social classes send...

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Gender

New York Makes History, With Tampons And Pads

New York City made history today with passage of the nation’s first legislative package to ensure access to menstrual products in public schools, shelters and correct...

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