Social Issues
Latest Stories
b0c959c3530e23084d0f6a7067009105.jpg
FILE - This June 29, 2011 file photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, shows Clayton Lockett. On Friday, Feb. 28 2014, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole board denied Lockett's request to commute his death sentence to life in prison. Lockett is one of two Oklahoma death row inmates scheduled to be executed next month who have sued state corrections officials to obtain details about the lethal drugs that will be used to execute them, including their source. (AP Photo/Oklahoma Department of Corrections, File)
a8e4dc8f536124084d0f6a7067009575.jpg
File - In the Feb. 12, 2014 file photo, Victor Holmes, left, and partner Mark Phariss, right, arrive at the U.S. Federal Courthouse, in San Antonio, where a federal judge is expected to hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging Texas' ban on same-sex marriage. Republican attorneys general across the U.S. are fighting court rebukes of same-sex marriage bans in their states. But Texas' Greg Abbott is doing so against extraordinary personal ties: Phariss, one of the gay men challenging the law here is an old friend. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
4c457424536124084d0f6a7067006cb1.jpg
File - In the Feb. 12, 2014 file photo, Victor Holmes, left, and partner Mark Phariss, right, arrive at the U.S. Federal Courthouse, in San Antonio, where a federal judge is expected to hear arguments in a lawsuit challenging Texas' ban on same-sex marriage. Republican attorneys general across the U.S. are fighting court rebukes of same-sex marriage bans in their states. But Texas' Greg Abbott is doing so against extraordinary personal ties: Phariss, one of the gay men challenging the law here is an old friend. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
ac86479052d622084d0f6a70670008f8.jpg
People react during the funeral of anti-Yanukovych protester Bailuk Alexander, 40, killed in a recent clash with riot police in Kiev's Independence Square, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014. Official reports say 82 people were killed in severe clashes between opposition activists and riot police. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
4298b6a052fd23084d0f6a706700a6d8.jpg
FILE - In this Oct. 6, 2010, file photo, Scott Cobb, right, joins about 15 members of The Campaign to End the Death Penalty at a protest before a hearing about the Cameron Todd Willingham case outside the Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center in Austin, Texas. The Innocence Project said Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, that newly discovered documents undermine the credibility of a key witness against Willingham who was controversially executed on Feb. 17, 2004. (AP Photo/Statesman.com, Jay Janner, File) MAGS OUT; INTERNET AND TV MUST CREDIT PHOTOGRAPHER AND STATESMAN.COM
9d53c854533124084d0f6a7067001ce7.jpg
State Economist Laura Kalambokidis explains part of the state's budget forecast, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014 in St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota's projected budget surplus swelled to $1.233 billion, giving lawmakers more leeway to pursue tax cuts and increased spending this session. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
4e23bffd533b24084d0f6a7067002a17.jpg
State Economist Laura Kalambokidis explains part of the state's budget forecast, Friday, Feb. 28, 2014, in St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota's projected budget surplus swelled to $1.233 billion, giving lawmakers more leeway to pursue tax cuts and increased spending this session. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
