Social Issues
Latest Stories
trump-medicaid_nominee_20589.jpg
In this Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 photo, Michael Boone poses for a portrait in his Gary Ind., home. Seema Verma, the businesswoman selected by President Donald Trump to oversee Medicaid, the health insurance program for 74 million low-income Americans, has said the program is structurally flawed by policies that burden states and foster dependency in the poor. Verma's solutions to the flaws she sees in Medicaid can be seen most dramatically in Indiana where enrollees pay fees and a missed payment means a six-month lockout from the program. Boone says the coverage he gained from the Indiana Medicaid expansion has been "a godsend." (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
japan_asian_winter_games_18405.jpg
In this Feb. 6, 2017 photo, the Ainu people, a Japan's indigenous ethnic group of people, perform a ritual to pray for the success of the 2017 Asian Winter Games, in Sapporo, northern Japan. With the Winter Olympics just a year away, the Asian Winter Games will be the ideal stage for the continent’s leading winter athletes to fine tune for Pyeongchang 2018. The eighth Asian Winter Games will open in Sapporo on Sunday, Feb. 19 and run through Feb. 26, with more than 2,000 athletes from 31 countries competing in five sports, 11 disciplines and 64 events. (Masanori Takei/Kyodo News via AP)
2_152017_ap-163138591125748201.jpg
The National Hispanic Survey, conducted in June 2013, provides additional evidence for use by anti-voter fraud conservatives and bolsters analysis by Old Dominion professors who say as many as 2 million non-citizen Hispanics were illegally registered to vote. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
2_152017_immigration-raids-califor-58201.jpg
Foreign nationals were arrested this month during a targeted enforcement operation aimed at immigration fugitives, re-entrants and criminal aliens, which some see as a harsh crackdown under President Trump. (Associated Press)
2_152017_b3-code-trump-stomp8201.jpg
CIA Bullies Trump Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times
2_152017_immigration-18201.jpg
Throughout the nation's capital, businesses, schools and restaurants are shuttering their doors Thursday for a "Day Without Immigrants" protest against President Trump's policies. Some will open with limited staff. (Associated Press)
illinois_budget_85314.jpg
FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2017, file photo, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner delivers his State of the State address in the Illinois House chamber in Springfield, Ill. Gov. Rauner is gearing up to deliver his third budget address on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, during a joint session of the Legislature. The prospects that it will be adopted into law are as slim as they were for the first two. They were shelved. (Ted Schurter/The State Journal-Register via AP File)
illinois_budget_66643.jpg
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner acknowledges Republican lawmakers as he approaches the dais to deliver his budget address to a joint session of the General Assembly at the Capitol Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Springfield, Ill. (Rich Saal/The State Journal-Register via AP)
illinois_budget_27425.jpg
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner delivers his budget address to a joint session of the General Assembly at the Capitol Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Springfield, Ill. (Rich Saal/The State Journal-Register via AP)
ex_convict_turned_lawyer_23368.jpg
In this Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, photo, Jarrett Adams stands outside the Dane County Courthouse in Madison, Wis. Adam, who spent seven years in prison for a Wisconsin rape before he was cleared, is now an attorney with the Innocence Project in New York and is trying to clear another man of the same crime. Adams made his first appearance in a Dane County courtroom as an attorney during a hearing in that sexual assault case Tuesday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)
ex_convict_turns_lawyer_21581.jpg
In this Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, photo, Jarrett Adams stands outside the Dane County Courthouse in Madison, Wis. Adam, who spent seven years in prison for a Wisconsin rape before he was cleared, is now an attorney with the Innocence Project in New York and is trying to clear another man of the same crime. Adams made his first appearance in a Dane County courtroom as an attorney during a hearing in that sexual assault case Tuesday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)
immigration_colorado_deportation_45962.jpg
Six-year-old Zuri Vizguerra, front, sits on the edge of the stage as her mother, Jeannette, a Mexican woman seeking to avoid deportation from the United States, speaks during a news conference in the church in which Vizguerra and her children have taken refuge, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Denver. U.S. immigration authorities have denied her request to remain in the country. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
immigration_colorado_deportation_40024.jpg
Jeanette Vizguerra, a Mexican woman seeking to avoid deportation from the United States, hugs her 12-year-old daughter, Luna, during a news conference in a church in which the she and her children have taken refuge Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Denver. U.S. immigration authorities have denied her request to remain in the country. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
immigration_colorado_deportation_98070.jpg
Supporters hold up a placards during a rally for Jeanette Vizguerra, a Mexican woman seeking to avoid deportation from the United States, outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Centennial, Colo. U.S. immigration authorities have denied Vizguerra request to remain in the country. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
immigration_colorado_deportation_91165.jpg
Roberto Vizguerra, center, and his sister, Luna, right, sit next to their mother, Jeanette, left, a Mexican woman seeking to avoid deportation from the United States, during a news conference in a church in which the Vizguerra and her children have taken refuge Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Denver. U.S. immigration authorities have her request to remain in the country. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
immigration_colorado_deportation_06847.jpg
A supporter holds up a placard during a rally in support of Jeanette Vizguerra, a Mexican woman seeking to avoid deportation from the United States, outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Centennial, Colo. U.S. immigration authorities have denied the woman's request to remain in the country. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
immigration_colorado_deportation_58372.jpg
Supporters hold up a placard during a rally in for Jeanette Vizguerra, a Mexican woman seeking to avoid deportation from the United States, outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Centennial, Colo. U.S. immigration authorities have denied Vizguerra request to remain in the country. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
idaho_governor_refugees_clergy_73357.jpg
Clergy and other faith leaders stand in Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's office in Boise, Idaho, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. Nearly 30 faith representatives delivered a letter to Otter urging the Republican to welcome all refugees and not just give preference to persecuted Christians. (AP Photo/Kimberlee Kruesi)
idaho_governor_refugees_clergy_16308.jpg
Clergy speaks to Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's spokesman Jon Hanian, right, in Boise, Idaho, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017. Nearly 30 faith representatives delivered a letter to Otter urging the Republican to welcome all refugees and not just give preference to persecuted Christians. (AP Photo/Kimberlee Kruesi)
naturalization_ceremony_47803.jpg
Vietnamese immigrant Tai Phu waits in line to pick up his U.S. citizenship certificate at a naturalization ceremony at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017, in Los Angeles. About 3,000 people took the oath in the morning and more than 3,500 others were expected during an afternoon ceremony, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
