Social Issues

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

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Outside October 2004 Bruce Barcott	The Killing Bones When cops learned that a notorious Oregon antiquities collector had graduated from grave robbing to ordering up a contract murder, their macabre sting operation exposed the dark side of digging up the past.
Reason October 2004 Lisa Snell	No Way Out The No Child Left Behind Act provides only the illusion of school choice.
Reason October 2004 Hanson & Walcoff	Age of Propaganda The U.S. government attacks teenage drinking with junk science: Research designed to promote the current drinking age gets federal funding, a stamp of approval, and widespread dissemination, regardless of its scientific merit.
Reason October 2004 Michael Erard	Open Secrets How the U.S. government lost the drug war in cyberspace.
Reason October 2004 Jesse Walker	David Simon Says The creator of HBO's The Wire talks about the decline of American journalism, the failure of the drug war, and a new kind of TV.
Reason October 2004 Tim Cavanaugh	Love for Sale The ease with which Berkeley's legal prostitution initiative came to a vote shows how progressive and feminist opposition to the sex trade may be evolving.
Reason October 2004 Jacob Sullum	Teletubbies Overweight American children may watch food ads, but that is not what is making them fat. Watching too much TV and not exercising is the problem.
Reason October 2004 Jacob Sullum	Injecting Tyranny Drug warriors may soon take their fight to our bloodstreams. Companies in the U.S. and the U.K. are developing "vaccines" to discourage drug use by preventing people from enjoying it.
Reason October 2004 Adrian Moore	Hydrogen Hot Air In most cases fueling cars with hydrogen would make little net difference in emissions of greenhouse gases, and in some cases would even increase them.
AskMen.com Eddie Chandler	12 Steps To Helping A Friend With An Addiction If you suspect that a family member, friend or co-worker has an addiction problem, there are ways to help them without risking your own well-being. Ignoring an addiction or helping the addict keep it under wraps, contributes to the problem.
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