Social Issues

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Protesters against the transfer of St. Isaac's Cathedral to the Russian Orthodox Church gather at the Marsovo field in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. Over 2,000 people rallied in St. Petersburg on Saturday to protest plans by the city authorities to give a landmark cathedral to the Russian Orthodox Church amid an increasingly passionate debate over the relationship between the church and state. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

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Protesters against the transfer of St. Isaac's Cathedral to the Russian Orthodox Church gather at the Marsovo field in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. Over 2,000 people rallied in St. Petersburg on Saturday to protest plans by the city authorities to give a landmark cathedral to the Russian Orthodox Church amid an increasingly passionate debate over the relationship between the church and state. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

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Protesters against the transfer of St. Isaac's Cathedral to the Russian Orthodox Church hold letters reading 'The museum!' standing inside the St. Isaac's Cathedral in St.Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017. Over 2,000 people rallied in St. Petersburg on Saturday to protest plans by the city authorities to give a landmark cathedral to the Russian Orthodox Church amid an increasingly passionate debate over the relationship between the church and state. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

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Amy Chalmers, program assistant at Ohio State University's Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum, discusses the exhibit "Windows on Death Row: Art from Inside and Outside the Prison Walls" on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, at the museum in Columbus, Ohio. The exhibit, touring internationally, combines political cartoons about capital punishment with art by death row inmates from Arkansas, California, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas, some who have since been executed. Scheduled to be on view at the museum from Nov. 5, 2016, through March 12, 2017, the exhibit opened in Los Angeles on Oct. 22, 2015, before visiting Chapel Hill, N.C., Switzerland and Norway. (AP Photo/Andrew Welsh-Huggins)

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An intravenous drug user exchanges syringes at Franklin County Health Department in Franklin County, Ky. Since state lawmakers decided in March 2015 to allow needle exchanges in Kentucky, 21 have been established. (Michael Clevenger/The Courier-Journal via AP)

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Shm'algyack language teacher Terri Burr listens to students pronounce some of the language's unique sounds Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in the Ketchikan Indian Community building in Ketchikan, Alaska. Through past U.S. government policy to assimilate Native language and culture to Western ideals, and now, the impeding rush of modern-day society, the Tsimshian language of Sm'algyax and others of Alaska Natives have widely been forgotten. (Taylor Balkom/Ketchikan Daily News via AP)

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Shm'algyack language teacher Terri Burr teaches Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in the Ketchikan Indian Community building in Ketchikan, Alaska. Through past U.S. government policy to assimilate Native language and culture to Western ideals, and now, the impeding rush of modern-day society, the Tsimshian language of Sm'algyax and others of Alaska Natives have widely been forgotten. (Taylor Balkom/Ketchikan Daily News via AP)

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John Reese, the last fluent Shm'algyack speaker in Ketchikan, speaks to a language class Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2017, in the Ketchikan Indian Community building in Ketchikan, Alaska. Through past U.S. government policy to assimilate Native language and culture to Western ideals, and now, the impeding rush of modern-day society, the Tsimshian language of Sm'algyax and others of Alaska Natives have widely been forgotten. (Taylor Balkom/Ketchikan Daily News via AP)

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Newly arrived refugee Dania Khatib, 5, tours a classroom with her mother Mahasen Boshnaq, center rear, and father Ahmed Khatib, right, at the Northwest Primary School Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, in Rutland, Vt. The Khatib family arrived in Rutland this month. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

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Syrian refugees Dania Khatib, 5, with her mother Mahasen Boshnaq, rear, holding her brother Mohammed, 1, sits in the home of their sponsoring family Friday, Jan. 27, 2017, in Rutland, Vt. The Khatib family arrived in Rutland this month. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

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Syrian refugee Ahmad Alabood answers a question during an interview in Kansas City, Mo., Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Alabood, whose family was the first to be resettled in the U.S. as part of the U.S. "surge" refugee program, says President Donald Trump should help topple Syria’s regime rather than press to close off U.S. borders to more refugees. Alabood’s assessment Friday through a translator came hours before Trump signed an executive action imposing "new vetting measures" that he says are aimed at keeping "radical Islamic terrorists" out of the U.S. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

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Syrian refugee Ahmad Alabood, right, and interpreter Fariz Turkmani, left, talk during an interview at Della Lamb Community Services in Kansas City, Mo., Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Alabood told The Associated Press through the interpreter that he, his wife and five children have been treated warmly since they arrived in Missouri last year. Alabood says he's concerned that efforts to restrict the flow of refugees into the U.S. could wrongly cast those displaced in an unfavorable light among some Americans, fanning anti-Muslim sentiment. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

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Syrian refugee Ahmad Alabood helps carry donated goods into Della Lamb Community Services in Kansas City, Mo., Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Alabood told The Associated Press through an interpreter that he, his wife and five children have been treated warmly since they arrived in Missouri last year. Alabood says he's concerned that efforts to restrict the flow of refugees into the U.S. could wrongly cast those displaced in an unfavorable light among some Americans, fanning anti-Muslim sentiment. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

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Syrian refugee Ahmad Alabood, right, and interpreter Fariz Turkmani, left, talk during an interview at Della Lamb Community Services in Kansas City, Mo., Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Alabood told The Associated Press through the interpreter that he, his wife and five children have been treated warmly since they arrived in Missouri last year. Alabood, whose family was the first to be resettled in the U.S. as part of the U.S. "surge" refugee program, says President Donald Trump should help topple Syria’s regime rather than press to close off U.S. borders to more refugees. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

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Syrian refugee Ahmad Alabood answers a question during an interview in Kansas City, Mo., Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Alabood told The Associated Press through an interpreter that he, his wife and five children have been treated warmly since they arrived in Missouri last year. Alabood whose family was the first to be resettled in the U.S. as part of the U.S. "surge" refugee program says President Donald Trump should help topple Syria’s regime rather than press to close off U.S. borders to more refugees. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

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This undated photo provided by the Washington County Sheriff's office shows Reynaldo Rios. Rios was released Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017, from the Oregon State Hospital after serving nearly 32 years in custody for a brutal home invasion and sexual assault of a 6 year-old girl in 1984. Washington County officials have notified the public that Rios will reside in Aloha, Ore. (Washington County Sheriff's Office via AP)

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Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., speaks to a crowd during a rally in Portland, Ore., Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Several hundred supporters gathered with Oregon congressional leaders in protest against Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos. (AP Photo/Don Ryan) ** FILE **

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Congressman Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., speaks to a crowd during a rally in Portland, Ore., Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Several hundred supporters gathered with Oregon congressional leaders in protest against Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

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Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., speaks to a crowd during a rally in Portland, Ore., Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Several hundred people gathered with Oregon congressional leaders in protest against Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)

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People listen to speakers during a rally in Portland, Ore., Friday, Jan. 27, 2017. Several hundred people gathered with Oregon congressional leaders in protest against Education Secretary nominee Betsy DeVos. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)