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Transgender people experience high rates of discrimination in housing and shelter services.
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Dozens of Muslim-majority countries are asking the UN's International Criminal Court to investigate and prosecute a…
Despite the headlines, the biggest concerns of students on college campuses are not politics, discrimination or free expression.
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Drones could help United Nations peacekeepers save civilians' lives – but there are obstacles.
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Marginalized groups said that they had experienced discrimination at the workplace, at the doctor and with the police.
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President Trump refuses to provide information to lawmakers in the impeachment inquiry. But courts have been reluctant to…
Ukrainians may grudgingly accept compromise plan to resolve separatist conflict, but in so doing they could hand Russia…