Social Issues

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Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia sits in the dugout prior a baseball game against the Cleveland Indians at Fenway Park, Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, in Boston. The Red Sox placed Pedroia on the 10-day disabled list due to a left knee injury prior to the game. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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Illustration on IPAB and its implications for health care by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Illustration on the violence pronounced from some Muslim pulpits by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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FILE - In this May 6, 2016, file photo posters with Ashlynne Mike's photo lined the entrance to the Farmington Civic Center as the overflow crowd watched monitors streaming her memorial service in Farmington, N.M. Tom Begaye, a man charged with murder, sexual assault and other counts in the death of Mike on the largest American Indian reservation changed his pleas to guilty Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

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FILE - This undated file photo provided by San Juan County, N.M. Detention Center shows Tom Begaye of Waterflow, N.M. Begaye, a man charged with murder, sexual assault and other counts in the death of an 11-year-old girl on the largest American Indian reservation changed his pleas to guilty Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, in a case that prompted calls to expand the Amber Alert system and the death penalty to tribal communities across the U.S. (San Juan County Detention Center via AP, File)

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In this undated photo provided by Dianne Grossman, her daughter Mallory Grossman poses for a picture. The New Jersey mother is suing her late daughter's school district because she said they didn't do enough to stop cyber bullying against her daughter that led the 12-year-old to kill herself. (Courtesy of Dianne Grossman via AP)

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In this undated photo provided by Dianne Grossman, Grossman, right, poses with her daughter Mallory Grossman. The New Jersey mother is suing her late daughter's school district because she says they didn't do enough to stop cyber bullying against her daughter that led the 12-year-old to kill herself. (Courtesy of Dianne Grossman via AP)

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FILE – In this June 16, 2017, file photo, Bill Cosby's lawyer Brian McMonagle arrives for Cosby's sexual assault trial at the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa. McMonagle, the lead defense lawyer in Cosby's sex assault trial that ended with a deadlocked jury on June 17, 2017, wants off the case before a retrial, according to documents the Philadelphia attorney filed Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, seeking to withdraw as Cosby's counsel. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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This undated photo provided by the Charles County Sheriff’s Department shows Carlos Deangelo Bell. A teachers' aide and track coach described as a "predator" by a county prosecutor now faces more than 100 felony counts of child sex abuse and other offenses. Local media reported on Monday, July 31, 2017, that the counts against Bell include infecting or trying to infect three schoolboys with HIV, filming them in sex acts, giving them marijuana and other crimes from May 2015 to June 2017. (Charles County Sheriff’s Department via AP)

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Black Lives Matter protesters shouted down former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell during a children's event Monday, saying "no politician will be safe" until justice is served in the fatal police-involved shooting of an armed black man. (ABC 6)

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FILE- In this Feb. 1, 2017 file photo, an Indian farmer works in his paddy field in Roja Mayong village, east of Gauhati, India. Researchers report a link between crop-damaging temperatures and suicide rates in India, where more than 130,000 farmers end their lives every year. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath, File)

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FILE- In this Dec. 11, 2016 file photo, Indian farmer women walk carrying straw on their heads at Basi village on the outskirts of Allahabad, India. Researchers report a link between crop-damaging temperatures and suicide rates in India, where more than 130,000 farmers end their lives every year. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh, File)

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FILE- In this March 7, 2017 file photo, Indian women farmers work in their farm on the eve of International Women's Day on the outskirts of New Delhi, India. Researchers report a link between crop-damaging temperatures and suicide rates in India, where more than 130,000 farmers end their lives every year. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)

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FILE- In this May 11, 2016 file photo, Indian farmer Anant More inspects his destroyed crop of sugarcane due to drought in Marathwada region, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Researchers report a link between crop-damaging temperatures and suicide rates in India, where more than 130,000 farmers end their lives every year. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

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FILE- In this July 22, 2017 file photo, an Indian farmer uses a pair of bulls to plough a vegetable field on the outskirts of Hyderabad, India. Researchers report a link between crop-damaging temperatures and suicide rates in India, where more than 130,000 farmers end their lives every year. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A, file)

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FILE- In this Aug. 4, 2011, file photo, Lyle Jeffs, brother of polygamous religious leader Warren Jeffs, arrives carrying a box of defense materials in the sexual assault trial against Warren at the Tom Green County Courthouse in San Angelo, Texas. A pair of pawn shop workers who provided a key tip that helped authorities capture Lyle Jeffs will split a $50,000 reward from the FBI, the agency revealed Monday, July 31, 2017. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)