Social Issues

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President Barack Obama speaks in Emancipation Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, during a commemoration ceremony for the 150th anniversary of the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which abolished slavery in the U.S. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., center, joined by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., right, and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after the Senate voted overwhelmingly to end debate on the makeover of the widely criticized No Child Left Behind Act, setting up a final vote Wednesday, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015. Murray was a chief architect of the bill along with Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich contends voting district are drawn intentionally to pack white voters into one area to outnumber Hispanic voters. (Associated Press)

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Tim Constantine reports on a mystery arising from the Oklahoma City bombing case, reaction to news that ISIS could be using the refugee program, and the Eagles of Death Metal take the stage in Paris.

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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas stops to answer a question from member of the media following a news conference with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, about the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the U.S., during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) ** FILE **

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Coca-Cola has apologized and pulled their new Christmas-themed "Open Your Heart" ad after it was deemed racist toward indigenous Mexicans. (Coca-Cola)

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A teacher at Concord High School in Indiana has been placed on administrative leave after students posted "whites only" and "blacks only" signs near school bathrooms and drinking fountains as part of a social studies assignment on segregation. (ABC57)

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Illustration on creating a bill to remove Federal overreglation by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

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White House press secretary Josh Earnest said that despite Republican fears, those Syrian refugees hoping to enter the United States to escape the Islamic State are to be thoroughly vetted for any terrorist affiliations.

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House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael T. McCaul says President Obama's plan to allow 10,000 Syrian refugees into the U.S. may allow Islamic State operatives to sneak into the country among those seeking freedom. (Associated Press photographs)

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Tim Constantine reports on President Obama's address on fighting ISIS, talk of a shift in strategy, and the death of Scott Weiland.

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National Edition News cover for December 4, 2015 - Syed Farook, Tashfeen Malik erased digital footprints day before San Bernardino attacks: In this image taken from video, armored vehicles surround an SUV following a shootout in San Bernardino, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015. The scene followed a military-style attack that killed multiple people and wounded others at a California center that serves people with developmental disabilities, authorities said. (KTTV via AP)

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Illustration on Russia in the Middle East by M. Ryder/Tribune Content Agency

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Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton was asked during a campaign event on Thursday whether the women who have accused her husband of sexual assault should be taken seriously. (ABC News)

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Syrian refugees wait near the border railway station of Idomeni, northern Greece, in order to be allowed by the Macedonian police to cross the border from Greece to Macedonia, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. Greece has been overwhelmed this year by record numbers of migrants who have been arriving on a number of Greek islands. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios, File)

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Stranded migrants sit next a covered body of a man believed to be from Morocco, at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the northern Greek village of Idomeni, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. The man was electrocuted after touching high-power overhead railway cables when he climbed on top of a train carriage. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

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Stranded migrants shouts slogans next a covered body of a man believed to be from Morocco, at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the northern Greek village of Idomeni, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015. The man was electrocuted after touching high-power overhead railway cables when he climbed on top of a train carriage. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos)

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National Edition News cover for December 3, 2015 - Deadly mass shooting shows signs of terrorism: Authorities search an area near where police stopped a suspected vehicle in San Bernardino, Calif., Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015, following a shooting that killed multiple people at a social services center for the disabled. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)