Social Issues

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Illustration on the divergent interests of women in the coming election by Donna Grethen/Tribune Content Agency

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Rajiv Shah (center), serving as administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, inspected a newly built treatment center in Monrovia, Liberia, during the devastating 2014 outbreak. A task force organized by the Center for Strategic and International Studies recommended preserving USAID as an independent agency coordinating all U.S. foreign assistance and not folding it into the State Department. (Associated Press/File)

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Six Flags America's 2014 "Fright Fest" in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, features such Halloween-themed scenery as live shows, haunted houses, mazes, scare zones and thrill rides that offer a range of chills each night for guests within the PG-13 demographic. (Photographs by Jacquie Kubin/Special to The Washington Times)

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FILE - In this July 20, 2014, file photo, Florida State's Jameis Winston answers a question during a news conference at the Atlantic Coast Conference Football kickoff in Greensboro, N.C. Florida State University released a document Friday morning, Oct. 10, 2014, defending itself in the handling of the sexual assault investigation of quarterback Jameis Winston, detailing its own timeline of events. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)

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Visitors line up to enter the Supreme Court in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, as the justices begin the second week of the new term. The landscape has changed very quickly for gay marriage in the U.S. Last week, the Supreme Court declined to hear appeals from several states seeking to retain their bans on same-sex marriage. The Oct. 6 move effectively legalized gay marriage in about 30 states and triggered a flurry of rulings and confusion in lower courts across the nation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Illustration on Christian churches role in caring for refugees by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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Outside the Planned Parenthood offices on 16th Street Northwest, representatives of pro-life groups, including Lila Rose, founder of Live Action [in pink skirt and black jacket], protest taxpayer support for the giant reproductive health services organization. (Photo by The Washington Times) ** FILE **

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This undated file image shows the website for updated HealthCare,gov, a federal government website managed by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Service. HealthCare.gov, the online portal for health insurance under President Barack Obama’s health care law, has been revamped as its second enrollment season approaches. And other major provisions of the Affordable Care Act are taking effect for the first time. A look at website and program changes for consumers and taxpayers: Old: 76 screens to muddle through in insurance application. New: 16 screens _ for the basic application that most new customers will use. But about a third of those new customers are expected to have more complicated cases, and how they’ll fare remains to be seen. (AP Photo/file)

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“This is probably one of the sharper contrasts that you will find between David [Perdue] and myself. I think David embraces what I believe is the attitude of gridlock in Washington that has not enabled us to get this done.” — Michelle Nunn, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Georgia, said on the immigration stance of her opponent, Republican David Perdue. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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Independent U.S. Senate candidate Greg Orman is giving Sen. Pat Roberts, Kansas Republican, a run for his money, but tea party activists say Mr. Orman is "independent" in name only and the Mr. Roberts is the conservative choice. (Associated Press)

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Vice President Joe Biden gestures as he speaks to supporters during a Florida for Crist campaign stop at Century Village in Boca Raton, Fla., Monday, Oct. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)

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This undated file photo provided by Jennifer Cramblett shows her daughter, Payton. Cramblett and her partner, Amanda Zinkon, are suing Midwest Sperm Bank after she became pregnant with sperm donated by a black man instead of a white man, as they had intended. Cramblett was pregnant with Payton when the mistake was discovered. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Jennifer Cramblett/ File)

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A series of new ads released Monday blames GOP budget cuts for thousands of Ebola deaths worldwide. (YouTube/The Agenda Project)

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A hazmat worker looks up while finishing up cleaning outside an apartment building of a hospital worker, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014, in Dallas. The Texas health care worker, who was in full protective gear when they provided hospital care for Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, who later died, has tested positive for the virus and is in stable condition, health officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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National Edition News cover for October 13, 2014 - Ebola infection from U.S. victim may not be the last: A hazmat worker packs up a barrel while cleaning outside an apartment building of a hospital worker, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2014, in Dallas. The Texas health care worker, who was in full protective gear when they provided hospital care for Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, who later died, has tested positive for the virus and is in stable condition, health officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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The Obama administration trying to help each of the state's health exchanges that struggled last year get on sure footing. 'We are working on a state-by-state basis to provide the support, and the support is different in each of these states," Sylvia Matthews Burwell, Health and Human Services secretary, said last week. (Associated Press)

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Lin Davis, of Juneau, Alaska, shown wearing an orange rain coat, holds signs supporting gay marriage during a news conference Friday, Oct. 10, 2014, outside the federal courthouse in Anchorage, Alaska. A federal judge on Friday heard arguments from five gay couples seeking to overturn the state's ban on gay marriage. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

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Attorney General Eric Holder (above, in 2009) exemplified President Obama's racial vision in calling the U.S. a "nation of cowards" for evading racial guilt, says Colin Flaherty. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)

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Protesters chant, "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" as they march in the streets of Clayton, Mo. on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014 near the St. Louis County Courthouse during a protest against the Aug. 9, 2014 police shooting of unarmed black 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. Protesters want prosecutors to file criminal charges against the white police officer who fatally shot Brown. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)