Social Issues

June 14, 2012 3:45 PM

Report: Middle-income family spends $235,000 to raise baby

A government report released Thursday found that a middle-income family with a child born last year will spend about $235,000 in child-related expenses from birth through age 17.

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June 13, 2012 1:09 PM

CEO on Scouts' governing board opposes ban on gays

A high-profile member of the Boy Scouts of America's governing board says he doesn't support the Scouts' policy of excluding gays and will work from within to seek a change.

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June 13, 2012 5:00 AM

Happy marriages can flourish where they once were discouraged, or even banned

Child of a mixed-race family knows that the course of true love is not always smooth.

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June 13, 2012 4:00 AM

Georgia denies KKK application to adopt highway

A Ku Klux Klan group in Georgia lost its bid to join the state's highway cleanup program, but a legal challenge to the decision may be looming.

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June 12, 2012 5:00 AM

After Wisconsin, a movement to get money out of politics

Groups across the country are working to undo the effect of the Supreme Court's ruling in the Citizens United case.

by U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison

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June 11, 2012 5:32 PM

KKK group aims to adopt highway for litter control

A Ku Klux Klan group is trying to join Georgia's "Adopt-A-Highway" program to clean up litter on a mile-long stretch of road, creating a quandary for state officials.

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June 9, 2012 5:00 AM

The Week in Commentary

A summary of the week's commentaries and some of the responses they generated.

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June 9, 2012 12:00 AM

Nationwide rallies target birth control measure

Demonstrators gathered on Capitol Hill Friday afternoon decried the Obama administration's policy to require private health insurance plans to cover contraception as a violation of religious freedom.

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June 8, 2012 9:00 AM

Investigation shows complexity of caring for the state's most violent and mentally ill adults

A state licensing investigation has found a patient at the Minnesota Security Hospital in St. Peter suffered maltreatment when he was left naked in his room for about an hour after he violently threatened to rape and kill employees.

by Madeleine Baran