Social Issues

NPR's Scott Simon on adoption: 'It's been a wonderful, emotional experience'
Most of us know Scott Simon as the host of NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday. But in his new book "Baby, we were meant for each other" he explores another hugely important part of his life - as an adoptive father.
President Obama addresses U.N., calls for new commitment to Middle East peace
In a speech to the United Nations General Assembly, President Barack Obama called on world leaders to set aside decades of division and unite around the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. The president was speaking before the U.N. for the second time in two days. Yesterday, he laid out a new direction for U.S. development assistance.
This video, which outlines the Catholic Church's opposition to same-sex marriage, is being sent to Catholic parishioners throughout Minnesota this week, along with a message from their bishop which calls for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage to be brought before voters.
Unnamed donor paid for Catholic DVD against same-sex marriage
An anonymous donor paid for the Catholic Church in Minnesota to produce and distribute a DVD opposing same-sex marriage, Archbishop John Nienstedt said Wednesday.
Mogadishu mayor aims to restore basics amid rubble
Mogadishu's new mayor has paid his employees, gotten some of the garbage picked up and turned the lights on. In this city of rubble and bombed-out buildings, where gunfire erupts every few minutes, that counts as progress.