Social Issues

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

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Outside February 2004 David Masiel	Crude Reality As the brutal battle over proposed drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge grinds on, a former oil worker returns to the North Slope in search of the truth about the pro-exploration argument. His conclusion? (Brace yourself.) The unthinkable is the right thing to do.
ifeminists February 3, 2004 Wendy McElroy	Did a False Condition Lead to False Abuse Charges? Diagnosing a mother as having MSBP is a tool often used by the state to remove children from the care of the parent, terminate parental rights or in the case of a child's death, charge the parent with murder. Now, due to a raging scandal in Britain, that diagnosis is being discredited.
Fast Company February 2004 Bill Breen	The Cannabis Conundrum As the founder of a British pharmaceutical company puts it, if it weren't called marijuana there would be an entire biotech business built around this plant. And that's just what's starting to happen (but not for the U.S. drug industry or the American patients these medicines might help).
Reason February 2004 Ronald Bailey	Sweatshops Forever: Oppression rasies wages Want to improve the lives of poor workers in developing countries? Then rush out and buy a pair of Nikes or Levi Strauss jeans, says a new report by the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Reason February 2004 Julian Sanchez	No-Confidence Votes Far from displaying the openness that is the hallmark of a trustworthy election system, one of the leading e-voting companies, Diebold, is using copyright law against its critics.
Reason February 2004 Brandon Turner	Only Rock 'n' Roll? Radio killed the Soviet star: Hungarian ambassador Andras Simonyi, who in November spoke at Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, believes at least some credit for the fall of communism is due to the influence of bloc-rocking beats.
Reason February 2004 Jesse Walker	Junkman Jailed Is outsider art a crime? Alan Davis, 47, says he's a political prisoner. The Florida artist spent more than a decade refusing the Seminole County authorities' demands that he clean up his yard, which until November was cluttered with all manner of found objects that he used as media.
Reason February 2004 Julian Sanchez	Patriot vs. PATRIOT Act For decades Village Voice columnist Nat Hentoff has been one of America's most trenchant defenders of civil liberties. An interview.
BusinessWeek February 9, 2004 Charles Haddad	Fake Drugs, Real Disaster As operators get more canny, the FDA is cracking down on counterfeit medicine.
Reason February 2004 Neil Steinberg	A Week of Eating Dangerously Searching for detente between man and beast in the animal rights debate
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