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Footnote in new trade deal causes confusion over LGBTQ protections

Footnote in new trade deal causes confusion over LGBTQ protections

NBC News — The final version of a new trade deal signed by the U.S., Canada and Mexico on Nov. 30 includes language that says the three countries "shall implement policies that protect workers against discrimination" including on the basis of "sexual orientation" and "gender identity."
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Meet the 'radical gay doctor' behind NYC's falling HIV rate

Meet the 'radical gay doctor' behind NYC's falling HIV rate

NBC News — A profile of Demetre Daskalakis, the chief HIV/AIDS official at the NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene.
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Andrea Jenkins, first black trans woman elected to office, reflects on her first year

Andrea Jenkins, first black trans woman elected to office, reflects on her first year

NBC News — My first on-camera interview.
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'Report them to me': Tanzanian official asks residents to help hunt gays

'Report them to me': Tanzanian official asks residents to help hunt gays

NBC News — Paul Makonda, governor of Tanzania's largest city, Dar es Salaam, vowed this week to begin mass arrests of "homosexuals in our city," starting on Monday.
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Rep. Jared Polis, millionaire tech entrepreneur, eyes Colorado governorship

Rep. Jared Polis, millionaire tech entrepreneur, eyes Colorado governorship

NBC News — In a new NBC Out special series, “The 0.1 Percent,” NBC News profiles a handful of the hundreds of out Americans who are on the ballot this November.
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Meet the gay former liberal encouraging others to #WalkAway from Democrats

Meet the gay former liberal encouraging others to #WalkAway from Democrats

NBC News — A profile of the gay ex-liberal social media star who's encouraging Democrats to "walk away" from their party.
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Transgender candidate for governor wins Vermont primary

Transgender candidate for governor wins Vermont primary

NBC News — My report from Vermont on the day Christine Hallquist won the Democratic nomination for governor.
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#BreakThePatent: How HIV activists are going after Gilead's PrEP patent

#BreakThePatent: How HIV activists are going after Gilead's PrEP patent

NBC News — A profile of a LGBTQ activist effort to end Gilead Science's patent for Truvada as PrEP.
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Police at Pride? Gay cops, LGBTQ activists struggle to see eye-to-eye

Police at Pride? Gay cops, LGBTQ activists struggle to see eye-to-eye

NBC News — A story about divisions within the LGBTQ community over who should be allowed to march in pride.
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Advocates say insurers are driving away sick customers

Advocates say insurers are driving away sick customers

Marketplace — LISTEN — The Department of Health and Human Services is currently in the initial review period for health care plans to be sold on exchanges for the 2016 open enrollment period. They're making sure plans comply with the complex regulations in the Affordable Care Act, or ACA.
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Washington's plan for getting the geese off the grass

Washington's plan for getting the geese off the grass

Marketplace — LISTEN — The National Mall in Washington, D. C., has a fowl problem: Canada geese, and lots of them. These large migratory waterfowl are increasingly non-migratory thanks to relocation and hunting efforts. The roughly 3 pounds of droppings each can produce in one day can cause fish kills in ponds, and could even clog the newly-renovated reflecting pool.
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The National Park Service's $11.5 billion repair bill

The National Park Service's $11.5 billion repair bill

Marketplace — LISTEN — Washington, D.C.'s famed cherry blossoms are beginning to bloom, and with them they will bring 1.5 million tourists to the narrow path around the Tidal Basin, beside the Jefferson Memorial. But the National Park Service, which administers the Jefferson Memorial and Tidal Basin as part of its National Mall and Memorial Parks (NMMP) zone, has $11.5 billion on its backlog of deferred maintenance costs.
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There's more than money in the Army's handgun contract

There's more than money in the Army's handgun contract

Marketplace — LISTEN — Today, the official handgun of the U.S. Army is the Beretta M9. But it may not be that way for long. The Pentagon is searching for a new handgun for its soldiers. The request for proposals envisions a modular handgun system.
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The return of the debt limit

The return of the debt limit

Marketplace — LISTEN — This Sunday the United States' statutory debt limit will once again go into effect, essentially reinstating the debt ceiling at the level of the U.S. debt on Sunday, probably around $18 trillion. The reason the debt limit is returning to haunt our fiscal dreams is because Congress kicked the can down the road when it passed a suspension of the debt limit in February, 2014.
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The Pill Truvada Can Prevent HIV/AIDS, and for Some, That's a Problem

The Pill Truvada Can Prevent HIV/AIDS, and for Some, That's a Problem

Newsweek — This summer, HBO brought a film adaptation of Larry Kramer's celebrated play The Normal Heart to living rooms across America. The film told the tale of Ned Weeks, a gay man living in New York in the 1980s. To a young gay man today, Weeks might as well have been on Mars-or in hell.
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Global Recession Hits Puerto Rico Hard

Global Recession Hits Puerto Rico Hard

NPR — LISTEN — The island is paying nearly 10 percent interest on its bonds to attract reluctant investors. And some credit-rating analysts are saying Puerto Rico's bonds may soon get a downgrade. But optimists say they can help solve the island's problems from the bottom up.
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Sleepy no more

Sleepy no more

The Economist — UNTIL recently Duqm was a dusty fishing village and little else. Home to Bedouin tribes, it lies some 450km (280 miles) south of Muscat, Oman's capital, in the poor and empty Wustah governorate. But the earthmoving bulldozers are now working flat out.
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Syrian Refugees, Without Shelter, Huddle in Lebanon's Schools

Syrian Refugees, Without Shelter, Huddle in Lebanon's Schools

tfitzsimons.com — Lebanon's Syrian refugees found shelter in schools emptied for the summer holidays. But as the new school year approaches, eviction looms on the horizon.
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A portrait of Obama's Guantanamo

A portrait of Obama's Guantanamo

tfitzsimons.com — A photo essay of Guantanamo Bay Naval Station during the trial of Omar Khadr in August 2010.
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The Lebanese government collapsed; why you should care.

The Lebanese government collapsed; why you should care.

Slate — How the collapse of the Lebanese cabinet, headed by Saad Hariri, was precipitated by Hezbollah.
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Wells Fargo is not your amigo

Wells Fargo is not your amigo

Salon — After allegations of racially based predatory lending tarnished its image, Wells Fargo is making renewed efforts to increase its customer base among Latinos, the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population. The San Franciso-based banking giant, which has long touted its support for the Hispanic community, is now embarked on a new "educational campaign" that it says will help Latino customers enter into the financial mainstream. As part of its push for "under banked" customers, Wells Fargo has partnered with a firm called SABEResPODER ("Knowledge is Power"). In April, the two companies announced a three-month "educational campaign" to provide Spanish-language tutorials on how to access the banking system.
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Arab Tech Startups Try To Seize The Moment : NPR

Arab Tech Startups Try To Seize The Moment : NPR

NPR — The same growing Arab online awareness that made the Internet part of the pro-democracy movements has also created a mini-revolution for Arab technological business.
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Medieval No More: Mead Enjoys A Renaissance : NPR

Medieval No More: Mead Enjoys A Renaissance : NPR

NPR — Mead, the honey wine of yesteryear and the preferred drinks of , Geoffrey Chaucer and Vikings hasn't been popular since, well, Beowulf, Geoffrey Chaucer and Vikings. Long relegated to Renaissance fairs and fantasy books, the drink was stuck in the Dark Ages. But mead is gradually making its way back into the mainstream. Over the past decade, the number of meaderies - places that ferment honey for production, like Brothers Drake in Columbus, Ohio - has boomed. "When I first conceived of the idea of having a business, there were about 30 meaderies nationwide," says Woody Drake, one of Brothers Drake's resident mead masters.
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An exclusive look at the artwork of Guantanamo Bay prisoners.

An exclusive look at the artwork of Guantanamo Bay prisoners.

Slate — How a poorly-planned dress code violation led me to a showcase of the artwork of Cuba's most famous prisoners: Guantanamo Bay detainees.
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