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Social Issues

'Fighting Sioux' supporters in last-ditch signature drive

Supporters of a campaign to restore the University of North Dakota's retired Fighting Sioux nickname are making a final push to get enough petition signatures to force a statewide vote.

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Police: 11 arrested at Occupy DC site

Police: 11 arrested at Occupy DC site

Authorities say 11 people have been arrested in Washington's McPherson Square since Park Police began clearing away tents from one of the nation's last remaining Occupy sites.

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Some former Komen supporters can't forgive, forget

Some former Komen supporters can't forgive, forget

At week's end, many longtime Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity supporters were conflicted. Some, depending on where they stood on the hot-button issue of abortion, called it more of a betrayal. Komen announced plans to cut funding to Planned Parenthood, then abandoned those plans amid a public furor.

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Police converge on Occupy site in Washington, DC

Police converge on Occupy site in Washington, DC

Dozens of U.S. Park Police officers in riot gear and on horseback converged before dawn Saturday on one of the nation's last remaining Occupy sites. Police said they're at the park to enforce a National Park Service ban on camping.

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Father Greg Boyle and the Homeboy Industries

Father Greg Boyle and the Homeboy Industries

As a Jesuit priest in a gang-ridden neighborhood in Los Angeles, Father Gregory Boyle has seen the connection between dim employment prospects and the lure of gang life. The jobs program he created offers youth a different path. He joins Kerri in studio.

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Washington Senate steps closer to same-sex marriage

The Washington state Senate has passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage, bringing the state a step closer to becoming the seventh to allow lesbian and gay couples to wed. But the threat of a ballot challenge looms.

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