Social Issues
Latest Stories
HOLLANDEFRANCIA_08
Supporters of Socialist Party candidate for the presidential election Francois Hollande celebrate with champagne after Hollande won the election. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
20120506-201917-pic-121484669.jpg
Outgoing French President Nicolas Sarkozy leaves after addressing supporters at his Union for a Popular Movement party headquarters after conceding defeat Sunday to Socialist Francois Hollande. (Associated Press)
20120506-200906-pic-780158610.jpg
A riot squad policeman guarding a government building in April confronts a Greek protester in Athens. Police clashed with demonstrators upset about the country's harsh austerity measures taken in an effort to offset the economic downturn. (Associated Press)
20120506-200906-pic-424477649.jpg
Thousands protest labor reform at Puerta del Sol square in Madrid during a general strike day in March. Spanish unions, angry over economic reforms, called the strike to challenge a conservative government that was not yet 100 days old. The action coincided with other troubled European workers in venting their frustration on the street. (Associated Press)
JAPAN.jpg
Participants gather at a rally protesting against the usage of nuclear energy in Tokyo Saturday, May 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
20120503-224445-pic-425680043.jpg
Sen. Mark Kirk, Illinois Republican, talks with staff at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago last month. After suffering a stroke in January, the lawmaker recovered at the rehabilitation center. He has been allowed to go home. (Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago via Associated Press)
20120503-211728-pic-744484546.jpg
Sen. Tom Coburn, Oklahoma Republican and a top taxpayer watchdog, said putting the Internet off-limits means giving up a valuable anti-fraud weapon - one that he said even federal courts have used in reviewing some disability cases. (Associated Press)
Obama Cinco de Mayo_Reps.jpg
President Barack Obama speaks at a celebration of Cinco de Mayo in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
20120503-190349-pic-988311371.jpg
A Gilbert, Ariz., police officer blocks the street outside a house where five people were found dead Wednesday. Police believe Jason Todd Ready, 39, a former Marine with ties to neo-Nazi and Minutemen groups, shot four people Wednesday and then took his own life, a spokesman said. Ready was known in Arizona for organizing a militia with the goal of finding illegal immigrants and drug smugglers. (Associated Press)
20120503-181005-pic-670256044.jpg
Giorgos Germanis is running under the banner of Greece's Golden Dawn Party, a strong opponent of immigration. Support for the party has risen from 0.23 percent in 2009 to 5 percent in 2012.
20120502-200212-pic-939336809.jpg
Jesse Morgan, carrying a sign that reads, "Radical Queers Resist," stands to the side of immigration protesters Tuesday in Atlanta. May Day rallies in the U.S. focusing on immigration have become increasingly splintered by other causes. (Associated Press)
20120502-181845-pic-545360292.jpg
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing has presented a budget to the City Council that would cut more than 2,500 of Detroit's 10,800 jobs and shave $250 million in annual expenses. The proposals have riled city workers, but they cannot legally strike. (Associated Press)
