Social Issues
Latest Stories
Marlins Nationals Baseball.JPEG-05697.jpg
Washington Nationals' Ryan Zimmerman plays catch before a baseball game against the Miami Marlins at Nationals Park Monday, May 26, 2014, in Washington. Zimmerman is on the disabled list with an injured right thumb. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Marlins Nationals Baseball.JPEG-0a23e.jpg
Washington Nationals left fielder Bryce Harper catches a ball without using his injured left hand before a baseball game at Nationals Park Monday, May 26, 2014, in Washington. Harper has been on the disabled list with an injured left hand. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
a9a0104b92854714550f6a7067005157.jpg
Riot police try to keep demonstrators away from the bus carrying some members of Brazil's national soccer team departing for the Granja Comary training center, where the team will stay during the World Cup, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, May 26, 2014. Demonstrators are protesting against the money being spent by the local government on the World Cup. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
5027c5a792754714550f6a706700e8bf.jpg
FILE - This May 13, 2014 file photo shows California Gov. Jerry Brown responds to a question about his revised 2014-15 state budget that he unveiled at the Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif. From California to Rhode Island, states are confronting a new concern that their health care costs will rise as a result of the federal health care law. That’s likely to revive the debate about how decisions by the federal government can saddle states with unanticipated costs. (AP Photo, File)
ead4b5bd92744714550f6a7067006c42.jpg
FILE - This Jan. 23, 2013 file photo shows California State Assemblyman Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, center, at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. From California to Rhode Island, many states are finding that their health care costs for low-income residents will rise as an unintended consequence of the new federal health care law. That's because people previously eligible for Medicaid _ even before President Barack Obama expanded the safety-net program _ are signing up in unexpectedly high numbers. For states red or blue, the problem is that they have to use more of their own money to cover this particular group.(AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
d4a894c3924d4614550f6a7067003339.jpg
Protesters place stickers and hit the bus carrying some members of Brazil's national soccer team as it departs the airport hotel for the Granja Comary training center, where the team will train and stay during the World Cup, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, May 26, 2014. Demonstrators protested against the money being spent by the local government on the World Cup. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
08a818ef92524614550f6a7067004655.jpg
Protesters demonstrate near the bus carrying some members of Brazil's national soccer team departing for the Granja Comary training center, where Brazil's team will train and stay during the World Cup, outside an airport hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, May 26, 2014. Demonstrators protested against the money being spent by the local government on the World Cup. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
d1c0996492604714550f6a706700cd4b.jpg
People demonstrate near the bus carrying some members of Brazil's national soccer team departing for the Granja Comary training center, where Brazil's team will train and stay during the World Cup, outside an airport hotel in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, May 26, 2014. Demonstrators protested against the money being spent by the local government on the World Cup. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)