Social Policy - Page 30

December 20, 2015

Obama encouraging family-friendly work policies

President Barack Obama says many American women can't even get a day off to give birth.

December 20, 2015

Obama administration to announce more benefits for same-sex couples

The White House is set to announce the extension of more benefits to same-sex married couples Friday, including plans to give workers across America leave from work to care for same-sex spouses.

December 20, 2015

Obama to sign order extending LGBT protections

President Barack Obama plans to sign an executive order banning federal contractors from discriminating against employees on the basis of their sexual orientation, a White House official said Monday.

December 20, 2015

Obama pushes global warming agenda in commencement speech

President Obama forged ahead Saturday with his second-term agenda, asking college graduates to join his fight to curb global warming and to welcome young illegal immigrants into the county, in a commencement speech at the University of California, Irvine.

December 20, 2015

New proposed rules would limit marketing of unhealthy foods in schools

New rules that will be proposed Tuesday by the White House and the Agriculture Department would limit marketing of unhealthy foods in schools. 

December 20, 2015

Firm tapped for FCC media study has background in social ‘welfare,’ health – not media

To conduct what critics are calling an intrusive examination of newsrooms across America, the Federal Communications Commission tapped a Beltway firm whose philosophy aligned neatly with the study's goals -- which were to promote "diversity" in the newsroom, presumably in terms of who is hired and what is covered.

December 20, 2015

Feds allow banks to do business with marijuana shops, industry still nervous

The Obama administration took the unprecedented step Friday of clearing the way for banks to do limited business with marijuana sellers, releasing guidelines for how financial institutions can work with pot shops in states where it's legal.

December 20, 2015

Group pushing higher minimum wage got grant after misleading Labor Dept.

The Restaurant Opportunity Center received $275,000 in Labor Department grants in 2009 despite not officially certified as a 501(c)3 charitable nonprofit until 2010. 

December 20, 2015

‘Not even a smidgen of corruption’: Obama downplays IRS, other scandals

President Obama, in an interview with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, tried to put behind him the scandals that have hung over his second term, suggesting his administration did not mislead the public on the Benghazi attack and going so far as to say the IRS targeting scandal had “not even a smidgen of corruption.”

December 20, 2015

Path emerges toward compromise on immigration, but major obstacles remain

President Obama indicated Friday that he’s open to a plan that would provide legal status for illegal immigrants, like the one House GOP leaders just proposed, signaling a potential election-year compromise for Democrats and Republicans.