Social Issues

Magazine articles on social issues such as crime, the environment, abortion, wealth distribution, drugs, etc.

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Geotimes December 2003 Wellmer & Kosinowski	Sustainable Development and the Use of Nonrenewable Resources Given enough time and with enough ingenuity, people can find long-term solutions for responsibly developing Earth's resources.
IDB America November 2003 Paul Constance	Water for the future How the Ecuadorian capital secured water for low-income neighborhoods while preserving a priceless natural area
IDB America November 2003 Roger Hamilton	Nature cross-examined Lawyers are becoming increasingly important players in battles to protect Latin America's environment.
IDB America November 2003 Paul Constance	A clean source, forever How an NGO and a water company turned a potentially disastrous project into a model of environmental management.
IDB America November 2003 Paul Constance	A fair price In Guayaquil, Ecuador, a privatized water service bets that poor consumers will like metered water.
ifeminists December 2, 2003 Wendy McElroy	Media Fails Public in Jackson Case Should the public pass judgment on Michael Jackson's recent arrest for child molestation? Or should he be "innocent until proven guilty"?
Reason December 2003 Jesse Walker	A Bolshie Born Every Minute A small group of con men has been bilking at least half a dozen Leninist sects based in Britain and the United States, pretending under different names to be each organization's comrades in Kiev.
Fast Company December 2003 Jennifer Reingold	Make the Buck, Then Pass It We attend the opening arguments in the cases of Frank Quattrone and Dennis Kozlowski, and learn that, hey, these kingpins were merely powerless cogs (just like us).
Reason December 2003 Jacob Sullum	Rant: Drug Rush Limbaugh to listeners: I belong in jail! But Rush Limbaugh may not be arrested, let alone spend time behind bars, for illegally buying narcotic painkillers.
Reason December 2003 Ronald Bailey	The Smaller the Better The limitless promise of nanotechnology -- and the growing peril of a moratorium.
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