Social Issues

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Democratic congressional candidate Jared Polis (center) discusses the issues with attendees at Denver's recent gay pride festival. Mr. Polis is running in Colorado's 2nd District. (Valerie Richardson/The Washington Times)

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**FILE** Abortion protesters in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2008, call on politicians to reject donations from Planned Parenthood and other such groups. (The Washington Times)

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**FILE** Jannily Conejo, 2 months, is fed by her mother at the teen pregnancy program offered at the Upper Cordoza Clinic. (The Washington Times)

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Associated Press The American Medical Association has advised college campuses since 2006 to warn women about the hazards of spring break after surveying 644 young women to find that three-fourths of them "use drinking as an excuse for outrageous behavior."

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Simao Souindoula studies a scale model of a slave ship in Colonial Williamsburg with Priscilla Hauger, director of exhibitions. He visited several historical sites in Virginia to network for his museum in Angola, the National Museum of Slavery, as he seeks to deepen U.S. ties with his country beyond trade. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society programs included Medicare and Medicaid. **FILE**

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** FILE ** The battered women at the shelter rely on one another for companionship, having been rejected by their families. A common punishment in Pakistan, should they return home, is being burned with acid. An official at Human Rights Watch stressed that more burn units are critical.

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Born Isabella Baumfree into a life of slavery, Sojourner Truth fled to freedom in 1826. She went on to become an active advocate for the rights of blacks and women.

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California state Sen. Tom McClintock (left) and former U.S. Rep. Doug Ose debate at radio station KFBK in Sacramento as they run for the GOP nomination for California's 4th Congressional District. Mr. Ose is holding notes that he claims show Mr. McClintock is soft on illegal immigration. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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**FILE** Colombian refugees wait for aid in the tiny border town of Puerto Nuevo, Ecuador, after fleeing their country to escape a drug-fueled civil war. (Kelly Hearn/The Washington Times)

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** FILE ** Sen. Jim Webb was the chief author of the 21st Century GI Bill of Rights. (The Washington Times)

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A researcher says there is a "generation gap" between old and young blacks, whose perspectives on race relations in the United States are often at odds, colored by the "popular media."

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Agence France-Presse/Getty Images STEAMROLLED: New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer was joined by wife Silda at a press conference yesterday. He apologized to his family and the public but did not mention the high-priced prostitution ring that he is accused of using.

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E. Donald Hughes is one of the last members of the first African-American labor union, the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. His mother, Inell Hughes, was married to a porter.

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** FILE ** The North Portico of the White House was decorated with a giant AIDS ribbon to commemorate World AIDS Day, Dec. 1, 2007, which is designed to raise global awareness about the pandemic.