Social Issues

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In this file photo taken Feb. 5, 2015, Arkansas State Sen. Bart Hester, R-Cave Springs, presents a bill to the a Senate at the Arkansas state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., to prevent local governments from passing their own anti-discrimination laws. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File)

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Hillary Rodham Clinton has been under intense pressure from her Democratic Party's left wing to embrace a plan to expand Social Security benefits and pay for it with increased taxes on wealthy Americans. (Associated Press)

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A migrant is helped disembark in the Sicilian harbor of Pozzallo, Italy, early Monday, April 20, 2015. About 100 migrants, including 28 children, were rescued on Sunday by a merchant vessel in the Sicilian Strait while they were trying to cross. Another smuggler's boat crammed with hundreds of people overturned off Libya's coast on Saturday as rescuers approached, causing what could be the Mediterranean's deadliest known migrant tragedy and intensifying pressure on the European Union Sunday to finally meet demands for decisive action. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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European rescue crews are responding regularly as boats filled with refugees from Africa and the Middle East attempt a perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea. As many as 700 drowned trying to reach shore over the weekend. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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Two animal welfare activists were arrested and two circus performers were injured after a fight broke out at the Ramos Bros. Circus in San Bernardino Friday night, police said. (Live Leak)

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Michelle Manhart, shown here in 2007, was demoted from her sargeant position in the U.S. Air Force after posing in Playboy that year. (Associated Press/Eric Gay)

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A physical demands study concluded that of the 29 women who tried to complete the intense Infantry Officer Course, none graduated. (Associated Press)

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Transgender bathroom illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

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Illustration on the green economic oppression of American working people by the rich by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Pope Francis waves to faithful from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's square during the Regina Coeli midday prayer, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 19, 2015. Referring to a boat crowded with migrants capsized in the sea north of Libya, Francis said:"There are fears there could be hundreds of dead", then he bowed his head in silent prayer as did many of the tens of thousands in the crowd. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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This image provided by the Department of Health and Human Services shows a portion of the HealthCare.gov website. (AP Photo/HHS)

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This image provided by the Department of Health and Human Services shows a portion of the HealthCare.gov Website. Republican or Democrat, the next president will have the chance to remake the nation’s health care overhaul without fighting Congress. The law signed by President Barack Obama includes a waiver that, starting in 2017, would let states take federal dollars now invested in the overhaul and use them to redesign their own health care systems. (AP Photo/HHS)

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In this April 16, 2015 photo, Amelia Blanton, 25, meets with her new dog, Jan, during a ceremony at the Missouri prison in Bonne Terre marking the 3,000th dog adoption through the Missouri Department of Corrections training program. Banton said when she and her husband decided to get a dog, she knew she wanted one from the prison's Puppies for Parole program. Jan was officially the program's 3,000th adopted dog. (AP Photo/Jim Salter)

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A Houston coalition failed on Friday to submit enough signatures to place a repeal measure for a transgender-rights ordinance on the ballot. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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In this April 16, 2015, photo, President Barack signs the bill H.R. 2 Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. On Iran, Medicare, education and trade, Republicans and Democrats have come together to make deals, and that’s something rarely seen lately. "It’s great," Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas said after the Senate followed the House’s lead this past week in overwhelmingly passing a bill overhauling the Medicare payment system for doctors. "There’s just a huge pent-up demand to actually get something done, on both sides." (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Afghan security forces members inspect the site of a suicide attack near a new Kabul Bank in Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April, 18, 2015. A security official says that at least 22 people have been killed after a suicide bomber attacked a bank branch in eastern Afghanistan. (AP Photo)

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William "Bud" Walker, a Fairfax County police officer who worked as both the spokesman of the agency and a school resource officer, has resigned following his arrest on child pornography charges. (Fairfax County Police Department)

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Stevenson College in Santa Cruz, California, is apologizing for cultural insensitivity after a space alien-themed event paired with Mexican food was deemed racist. (Twitter/@carolyngolz)

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FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2012 file photo a "Vote Early" sign is held up by supporters at a rally for President Barack Obama in Youngstown, Ohio. Civil-rights groups have settled their legal dispute with Ohio’s elections chief over laws that trimmed early voting opportunities in the political battleground state. The agreement between Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted and the Ohio Chapter of the NAACP and other plaintiffs maintains elimination of the so-called "golden week" in which individuals could have both registered and voted, but adds voting opportunities on multiple Sundays and evenings ahead of the general election. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)