Social Policy - Page 33

December 20, 2015

Obama defends Black Lives Matter movement

Defending the Black Lives Matter movement, President Obama said Thursday the protests are giving voice to a problem happening only in African-American communities, adding, "We, as a society, particularly given our history, have to take this seriously."

December 20, 2015

Obama says religious freedom no reason to deny gay couples right to marry

Freedom of religion isn't reason enough to deny any American their constitutional rights, President Barack Obama said Sunday as he addressed members of the LGBT community, one of his major sources of political and financial support.

December 20, 2015

Obese to wear waist sensors for federal study

The National Science Foundation (NSF) is spending $1.7 million to monitor how and what obese families eat, tracking their eating via sensors they wear on their waists.

December 20, 2015

Exclusive: DEA chief says heroin ‘back with a vengeance,’ drugs a national security threat

Foremost on DEA chief Chuck Rosenberg’s agenda – the issue that every one of his 21 special agents in charge, fanned out across the country, cite as the number one problem in their respective jurisdictions – is the surge in heroin use in the United States over the past few years.

December 20, 2015

About half of immigrant households on welfare, report says

Roughly half of immigrant households in the United States receive at least one form of welfare, with that number rising to 73 percent for immigrant households from Central America and Mexico, a new report released Wednesday said.

December 20, 2015

Obama expresses frustration over gun control debate in interview

President Obama said he had been "most frustrated and most stymied" by the failure to pass gun control legislation during his administration in an interview broadcast Thursday. 

December 20, 2015

Obama announces plan for high-speed Internet in low-income homes

Calling the Internet a 21st century necessity, President Barack Obama on Wednesday unveiled a program to bring faster Internet connections to more low-income households, particularly to help students living in public and assisted housing stay ahead in school.

December 20, 2015

Obama backs ban on 'conversion' therapy for gay, transgender youth

President Barack Obama is calling for an end to psychiatric therapy treatments aimed at changing the sexual orientation or gender identity of gay, lesbian and transgender youth.

December 10, 2015

Poverty, environment, even traffic fatalities: UN’s sweeping sustainable development goals aim to fix everything -- on paper

End global hunger and all forms of malnutrition and poverty by 2030, along with all urban slums around the world.  Halve the number of deaths from road traffic accidents globally (an estimated 1.24 million in 2010, according to the World Health Organization) by the same date—and “reduce levels of violence and halve related death rates everywhere” by then too. Make sure that the income of the bottom 40 percent of the population in all countries grows faster than the national average. Achieve “global resource efficiency,” and try to separate economic growth from “environmental degradation and resource use” everywhere over the next decade and a half.

November 20, 2015

Rejecting Syrian refugees goes against American ideals

Fears for America’s safety are understandable. But in this case we really are speaking of the people fleeing the people we are fighting.