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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family in Toronto, June 25, 2017.

Why we have LGBTQ Pride and not 'Straight Pride'

There is a level of social and systemic privilege not afforded to many members of the LGBTQ community in North America.

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Trevor Noah thinks Kim Kardashian would make a better president than Donald Trump
Kardashian visited the White House to request that a grandma be released from prison. But Noah says she should take over! Watch in Best of Late Night.

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In this Jan. 31, 2018 file photo, Public Works Sub-Director Ramon Mendez, wearing a hard hat at left, works with locals who are municipal workers, from right, Eliezer Nazario, Tomas Martinez and Angel Diaz as they install a new post to return electri

News media fail: 'Roseanne' flap eclipses shocking study on Puerto Rico hurricane deaths
Cable news spent over 8.5 hours on Roseanne Barr's tweet. She shouldn't matter more than news that over 4,600 Puerto Ricans may have died in Hurricane Maria.

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2009 • Private tuition, fees, room, and board per year: $35,070 (inflation adjusted: $39,860) • Public tuition, fees, room, and board per year: $15,240 (inflation adjusted: $17,320) • Per cap

Is college worth it? Just ask first-generation students embarking on the American Dream
California is the world's fifth largest economy and social mobility is key. Among research universities, ours is No. 1 in first-generation students.

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President Trump announces the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, June 1, 2017, Washington, D.C.

We're keeping our Paris climate change commitments and our economies are booming: Governors
A year after Donald Trump's retreat from Paris, we're still fighting climate change and our states are booming. But we need the feds back in the game.

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David Goodall opted for assisted suicide earlier this month.

Assisted suicide is not about autonomy. It's a tragedy that we shouldn't allow.
Assisted suicide is gaining popularity and that's tragic. This is not about autonomy. It's about our complicit agreement that a life is worthless.

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Deteriorated U.S. and Puerto Rico flags near Yabucoa on May 16, 2018.

As new hurricane season starts, remember the 4,645 Puerto Rico deaths
Most died not when Hurricane Maria hit but after the failures of the Trump administration and the island's leaders: Our view

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ALUMINUM ALLOY COILS AT ARCONIC'S DAVENPORT, IOWA, FACILITY.

Donald Trump's steel, aluminum tariffs lift low and moderate income families
Striking a strong blow on behalf of working men and women, Donald Trump's policies are bringing jobs to destitute towns like Ashland, Ky.

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An inmate stands at his cell door at the maximum security facility at the Arizona State Prison in Florence.

Data show mass incarceration, overall, is decreasing. But the public, leaders wouldn't know it
Unlike vital information related to employment trends, criminal justice stats take years to be released, leaving too many in the dark.