Social Issues

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

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Managed Care July 2004 John A. Marcille	Health Care Again Asked To Attack a Social Problem Employers are beginning to get hip to how much the problem of obesity costs. It's a lot, and increasing. They're turning to health plans and asking: "Just what are we going to do about it?"
Outside August 2004 Bob Shacochis	Code Orange Best-selling novelist and serial muckraker Carl Hiaasen is mad as hell about what they're doing to Florida. Tagging along for a day of fantasy bonefishing and literary whup-ass, the author captures Hiaasen at his best.
ifeminists July 28, 2004 Wendy McElroy	AIDS Efforts Undermined by U.N. Politics Politics lies at the root of the U.N.'s constant bashing of American policies. In the shifting vista of AIDS politics, where even the figures are blurring, the U.S. is correct and prudent to withhold its support.
Job Journal July 25, 2004 Michael Kinsman	Career Pros: Too Few Workers Insured When a problem affects nearly 44 million Americans, it becomes everyone's problem. Industry leaders hope to fund expanded coverage.
BusinessWeek August 2, 2004 Frederik Balfour	Fresh Killing Fields Evan Wright's book "Generation Kill" and Andrew Exum's book "This Man's Army" are a must for anyone wanting to grasp the experience of the trigger-pullers in today's U.S. military.
Science News July 24, 2004 Janet Raloff	Seeing Red and Finding Fraudulent Fish Marine biology students find most red snapper sold at stores isn't the real McCoy. The findings suggest that true red-snapper stocks might have been so depleted that fleets are now surreptitiously substituting other species for this high-value reef fish.
ifeminists July 21, 2004 Wendy McElroy	No Panic Over School Child Abuse A report claiming that close to 10 percent of children in public schools -- more than 4.5 million -- endure sexual abuse or misconduct by school employees has recently touched off a media-fueled panic.
American Family Physician July 15, 2004 Joel E. Gallant	HIV Counseling, Testing, and Referral By the year 2005, the CDC seeks to achieve the following: reduce annual new HIV infections from the current estimated 40,000 cases to 20,000 cases through the use of interventions such as counseling, HIV testing, and referral
ifeminists July 14, 2004 Carey Roberts	The Marriage No-Shows When almost one-quarter of single American men in their prime courting years - that's two million potential husbands - declare a Marriage Strike, we're facing an unprecedented social crisis.
ifeminists July 14, 2004 Tony Zizza	The Problem With Senator Edward M. Kennedy Surely, the nation's mental health is in danger when someone like the Massachusetts senator and all of his kind are against ensuring our children's health and safety by supporting a simply stated anti-coercion bill.
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