A year later, the president of the United States, Jimmy Carter,honored the social scientist with America's highest award for civilians.

VOA: special.2011.07.03

In addition to a hot breakfast, homeless men and women can get many social services at Miriam's Kitchen.

VOA: special.2009.01.28

And with budget cuts on everyone's agenda, the question now is where will they come from and will they endanger the German social safety net.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

(Speaking in French) Aounit hopes the government call will prompt what he describes as a larger "de-ghettoization" of France's social system, which must also include equal access to jobs.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

It's just that we have to open our eyes and see." Abe attributes the increase in child poverty to the country's changing demographics, struggling economy and high social security premiums.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

Prime Minister Abhisit, in accepting a list of demands from the women trade unionists, said the government was examining policies supportive of women in the workplace, as well as reforms to Thailand's social security system.

VOA: standard.2009.03.09

Despite the fact that many have been living in Lebanon for generations, they are still refugees, and as such are forced to live in squalid camps, are denied access to the state's social security, health-care or education systems, and can only work in menial jobs.

VOA: standard.2010.06.29

But it is also a museum filled with art and sculpture that tell about America's social and political history.

VOA: special.2010.01.27

One of Nintendo's aims with the Wii was to make video gaming more social and more popular with wider audiences.

VOA: special.2011.02.23

Doctors,nurses,social workers and others work with patients and their families to raise the quality of a patient's last days.

VOA: special.2010.05.04

The group's music is influenced by the Israeli and Palestinian conflict as well as social issues that affect people's freedoms.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

Early in his career, he continued President Kennedy's desire for social change by helping to pass the Civil Rights Act of Nineteen Sixty-four.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

Its members went home. Yet the economic and social pressures which created Coxey's army did not ease.

VOA: special.2010.06.24

Social critics like to say that in children's activities these days, everyone gets an award just for trying, so no one will feel rejected.

VOA: special.2009.03.12