Social Issues

The federal health-reform train began rolling across America this summer, dropping off benefits at every stop along the way, offering coverage to children…

Proposition C, which is on Missouri's Aug. 3 primary ballot, asks voters whether Missouri should be able to opt out of federal health-care reform,…

Based on projections from local elections officials, Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan is estimating that less than a quarter -- 24 percent -- of…

Missourians for Health Care Freedom, the chief campaign group for Proposition C, launched a statewide radio ad campaign today that will continue until the…

In 1789, the people of the United States of America proclaimed:We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish…

On Aug. 3, all eyes in the nation will turn toward Missouri, as voters in the Show-Me State become the first anywhere to cast a ballot concerning the…

Ken Schmitt didn't set out to be an immigration lawyer.He got involved, however, when he started his own practice and knew people who were graduating from…

Actor Billy Bob Thornton has always fancied himself a musician. He played in Creedence Clearwater Revival and ZZ Top cover bands back in his native…

Actress Cyd Charisse died yesterday in Los Angeles. She's perhaps best remembered as Gene Kelly's sultry dance partner in "Singing in the Rain":…

To take account of race or to not take account of race, that is the question -- or at least it is in transracial adoption. The rates of transracial…