opioids - State Attorneys General Reach A $26 Billion National Opioid Settlement

Brian Mann

NPR

penny vs. opioid

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civil rights - HRC & NEA Sponsor Jazz and Friends National Day of School and Community Readings

Elliott Kozuch
HRC

Mount Horeb, WI

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civil rights - Activists Call For Protections, Policy Changes At First National Trans Visibility March In D.C.

Dominique Maria Bonessi
WAMU

Washington DC  (1963) 

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civil rights - HRC & NEA Sponsor Jazz and Friends National Day of School and Community Readings

Elliott Kozuch
HRC

Jazz Jennings

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civil rights - WSW: Director Of National Transgender Rights Group Says "The Law Is On Our Side"

Gordon Evans
WMUK

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Lambda Legal, Joined By Several National Civil Rights Organizations, Delivers First Resistance “Pre-buttal” To Trump’s State of the Union Address

Shin Inouye
The Leadership Conference

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DONALD TRUMP’S IGNORANCE IS BECOMING A NATIONAL CRISIS

Abigail Tracy
Vanity Fair

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Bathroom Case Puts Transgender Student on National Stage

Sheryl Gay Stolberg
The New York Times

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CDC Statement on National Transgender HIV Testing Day

Jonathan H. Mermin and Eugene McCray
The Body

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SHOTS FIRED: NATIONAL REPUBLICAN PARTY COMES OUT AGAINST TRANSGENDER RESTROOMS

Daniel Villareal
Unicorn Booty

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Government Proposes National Policy for Transgenders (India)

Press
NDTV

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Ain't I a Woman?: National HIV/AIDS Strategy Fails Sex Workers, Transgender Women Burdened by the Criminal Justice System

Megan McLemore
Human Rights Watch

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Indiana Hires PR Firm To Rebuild Image After 'Religious Freedom' Fiasco

Amanda Terkel 
Huffington Post

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On Late Show, Sen. Franken calls for national LGBT non-discrimination act

Andy Birkey

The Colu.mn

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HRC Joins National LGBT Organizations in Letter of Support for Family of Michael Brown

Charlie Joughin
http://www.hrc.org

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National LGBT group targets Miss.

Dustin Barnes
http://www.clarionledger.com

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PFLAG National To Honor NFL's Ayanbadejo and Kluwe, Author John Irving with Straight for Equality Awards at Fifth Annual Gala - http://books.broadwayworld.com

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Chicago House receives national transgender care grant - http://chicagophoenix.com

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National news in brief: November 18 (www.washingtonblade.com)

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Xerox garners recognition from two national groups (www.democratandchronicle.com)

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