Social Issues

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

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Reason May 2004 Anders Sandberg	Anime Dreams The strange but familiar world of a Japanese TV cartoon and the social issues the writer raises.
HBS Working Knowledge May 3, 2004 Jim Heskett	How Much is Enough? Recent estimates suggest that U.S. business organizations have attained the greatest disparity between the highest and lowest paid members of any in the world---and not by just a little.
CIO May 1, 2004 David Guzman	Against All Odds A CIO who crossed the digital divide (the societal classification of the gap between digital haves and have-nots) suggests how we can help others make the same voyage.
CIO May 1, 2004 John Blau	Text Message to Dusseldorf 5-0: He Went That Way German police enlist mobile phone users to transmit tips.
Managed Care April 2004 Michael S. Victoroff	There's No Such Thing As 'Futile Care Theory' Discussing differing viewpoints brings a rich complexity to a rational exchange about whether it's ever right to deny life-saving treatment against someone's will.
Outside May 2004 Natasha Singer	See the Last Clouded Leopard. See the Last Clouded Leopard Die. See the Last Clouded Leopoard Skin in the Black Market. See a Pattern Here? Steve Galster and his comrades at WildAid are taking drastic action: going undercover, busting the traffickers, and poaching the poachers. It's high time wildlife conservation started fighting mean and dirty.
Information Today May 2004 Shirley Duglin Kennedy	Computers in Libraries 2004 The unintended social consequences of technology was a pervasive theme at a recent Computers in Libraries 2004 conference.
The Motley Fool April 30, 2004	Investments Up in Smoke Smoking isn't just bad for your health, it costs you a lot of money too. How much could you save if you quit?
ifeminists April 29, 2004 Wendy McElroy	Facts or Propaganda? Deconstructing Advocacy The child welfare system and family court reforms debate provides an insightful lesson for people who form their opinions on issues by seeking and evaluating the information disseminated by different advocacy organizations and groups.
HBS Working Knowledge April 26, 2004 Manda Salls	The Next Ten Years of Social Enterprise Harvard Business School hears suggestions on how to direct the efforts of its Social Enterprise Initiative over the next ten years.
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