Social Issues

The U.S. Justice Department is filing a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Arizona's new law targeting illegal immigrants, setting the stage for a clash between the federal government and state over the nation's toughest immigration crackdown.
What's Your Big Idea?
Eleven participants in the 2010 Aspen Ideas Festival present their "big idea" to the assembled crowd.
When a 16-year-old La'Shay Ester walked into school nurse Kathleen Hook's office, pregnant and homeless, she had no idea the kind of help that was sitting at the other side of the desk.
Three life decisions that couples have to make
Personal finance expert Ruth Hayden join Midmorning to talk about the three financial life scenarios that couples need to face: 1. How they will work together on money as a couple 2. What happens if their relationship ends 3. What happens when the first one of them dies.
Newsmaker: President Obama pushes for immigration reform
President Obama is giving a major address on immigration reform this morning. Despite significant political obstacles, the Obama administration is hoping for a comprehensive immigration bill before the November elections.
Conventional wisdom has long held that humans are by nature materialistic and self-interested. But scholar and writer Jeremy Rifkin argues in his new book that science is forcing us to rethink this notion, and that the growth of human empathy could help solve the problems that confront the world.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld the state's constitutional ban on gay marriage and civil unions in a unanimous ruling Wednesday sure to disappoint gay rights activists.