Social Issues
Latest Stories
6bd560fd56b37b074c0f6a706700aa32.jpg
Olesya Zhukovska lies on her hospital bed in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014. “I am dying,” Olesya Zhukovska, a 21-year-old volunteer medic wrote on Twitter, minutes after she got hit in the neck by a sniper bullet as deadly clashes broke out in the center of the Ukrainian capital between protesters and police. But miraculously, Zhukovska survived, becoming a symbol of the three month-long protest against President Viktor Yanukvoych’s government. (AP Photo/Maria Danilova)
a271a7b9566b7a074c0f6a706700c5b4.jpg
FILE - In this July 19, 2013, file photo, state-appointed emergency manager Kevyn Orr, right, and Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, address reporters during a news conference in Detroit after Orr asked a federal judge for bankruptcy protection. Orr chose bankruptcy over diverting money from police, fire and other services to make debt payments. The move conserves cash so the city can operate, but it will hurt Detroit's image for years. It will also leave creditors with much less than they are owed and places in jeopardy the pension benefits of thousands of city retirees. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
c1b7904f53146a074c0f6a7067001ae8.jpg
A law enforcement bus transports 25 gay rights protesters to jail on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 in Boise, Idaho, after they were arrested at the Capitol on charges of misdemeanor trespassing. The protesters, who blocked public access to the Idaho Senate for hours, were among 32 people arrested over the course of the day as they demanded a hearing for a measure to add discrimination protections for gays and lesbians to the Idaho Human Rights Act. (AP Photos/John Miller)
32149d6053156a074c0f6a706700d675.jpg
Gay rights protesters demonstrate on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 in Boise, Idaho, before they were arrested at the Capitol in Boise, Idaho, on charges of misdemeanor trespassing. In all, 32 people who blocked public access to the Idaho Senate for hours, were arrested over the course of the day as they demanded a hearing for a measure to add discrimination protections for gays and lesbians to the Idaho Human Rights Act. (AP Photos/John Miller)
ab4c235952aa68074c0f6a7067001367.jpg
Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs, speaks against continued funding for the "Private Option" state Medicaid plan in the House chamber at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. A compromise plan for Medicaid expansion in Arkansas remained stalled in the state House. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
393b44bc52aa68074c0f6a7067003cd2.jpg
Rep. John Burris, R-Harrison, speaks for passage of continued funding of the state's "Private Option" Medicaid plan in the House chamber at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. A compromise plan for Medicaid expansion in Arkansas remained stalled in the state House. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
6989dfca32e664074c0f6a706700ee20.jpg
This image provided by the Clark County Detention Center shows Kirk Bills, who has been accused of trying to burn a pet shop where 27 puppies were rescued last month. Bills has been returned in custody to Las Vegas to face arson and other charges, authorities said Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Clark County Detention Center)
