SOCIAL ISSUES

The emergence and importance of social issues in the 2012 election.

Here is a look at why the GOP candidates should continue their ongoing discussion of social issues.

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum was involved in a heated exchange with an audience in New Hampshire Thursday, when he discussed his opposition to same-sex marriage. Just how much focus should the candidates put on social issues in 2012?

Ron Paul is fourth behind Mitt Romney, Herman Cain and Rick Perry. So where does he stand on social issues -- in particular abortion and same-sex marriage?

With his politics considered divisive by his own base, it is interesting to look at Gingrich’s positions on social issues, in particular gay marriage and abortion, which are currently highly divisive even among conservative Republicans.

It is surprising that there is no Social Issues category at AC. Here are some reasons why such a category should exist.

Inner Voices is a group of students at UIUC that putting on performances about real social issues affecting the community.

After some reflection, I realized why people use movies to talk about so many different social issues.

A discussion of the social and political views of Harold and Maude.

One has to wonder if the GOP whistle-stop tour through sex and religion was part of the plan or a last-ditch attempt to find something other than the improving economy to talk about.

Claire McCaskill and others criticize Republicans for bringing abortion and other issues into the budget debate. But isn't that just one way compromise happens?

A social entrepreneur identifies and helps solve wide-ranging social issues. Some of the most famous social entrepreneurs today tackle issues such as poverty and crime in non-traditional ways.

The reality with nonprofits is that they more often than not lack the revenue streams required to expand and solidify operations, so they can adequately address the social issues they are designed to solve.

I now address the need for a Disability Issues category at AC. The topic is broad enough to warrant its own category, but I would be satisfied to see it as a subheading under Social Issues.

This research into Buddhist social media sites and offerings has revealed lots of interest and widespread results in searches on Google and Yahoo Groups.

Social entrepreneur resources to support, educate, and sustain young people in their efforts.

The social worker who is seen as a bridge between the government and the afflicted has a great task in any society.

Connect with old friends and make new friends on African American Social Sites. This article highlights just five of many of these sites which give ground for discussion of the black community, news and social issues.

Exploitation films are perceived as as having little or no moral, social or intellectual merit. However, exploitation films such as The Toxic Avenger use the generic characteristics of exploitation films to make social commentary and raise awareness of social issues.

One of the most pressing social issues of the 21st century, both in the United States and abroad, will be human population growth and its effect on global climate change.

Sydney Pollack's film The Way We Were uses similar elements of social justice as films by Sidney Lumet. This justice can also be seen as particularly Jewish.

The paper touches on the effects of big business and American stereotypes found in Ruth Ozeki's novel, "My Year of Meats."

Celebrity news has become so much of a popularity in America until real issues have become less talked about.

Four page paper reviewing Christopher Diller's "Sentimental Types and Social Reform in "Uncle Tom's Cabin"