Social Issues

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

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Reason November 2004 Michael De Alessi	Cramped Style How regulators derailed California's most environmentally progressive development.
Reason November 2004 Charles Paul Freund	Artifact: Stretching Condoms Improperly used condoms in India and Thailand have become part of a familiar economic phenomenon that's at the heart of innovation. People create products for one use; consumers often find alternatives.
Reason November 2004 Hanah Metchis	Subway Searches Most Americans are resigned to being searched every time they enter an airport. Now baggage searches are spreading to light rail, subways, and buses.
Reason November 2004 Jacob Sullum	Fluid Check A British inquiry into drug testing in the workplace finds the practice ineffective as a deterrent effect on drug use.
Wired November 2004 Joshua Davis	The Mystery of the Coca Plant That Wouldn't Die The war on Colombia's drug lords is losing ground to an herbicide-resistant supershrub. Is it a freak of nature - or a genetically modified secret weapon?
CFO October 18, 2004 Russ Banham	How Green Is My Company? Sustainability reporting in business tracks a triple bottom line: economic, environmental, and social.
Managed Care October 2004 MargaretAnn Cross	Consumer-Directed Care Bets Against Human Nature How many patients have the intelligence and skills to choose on the basis of medical quality?
BusinessWeek November 1, 2004 Peter Coy	When Home Buying by the Poor Backfires The steady push of homeownership to lower and lower income groups by government initiatives, while positive in many ways, is not an unadulterated good. For many families, a house can be a bad investment.
InternetNews October 21, 2004 Michael Singer	Computer Makers Sign Joint Code of Conduct HP, Dell, IBM and their suppliers merge supply chain standards for non-U.S. workers to promote social responsibility.
ifeminists October 20, 2004 Carey Roberts	Rise of the Feminist Propaganda State In the final phase of the propaganda campaign, everyday speech becomes sprinkled with ideologically-loaded words. Once persons internalize the terminology and logic of Fem-Speak, you could almost say they have become brainwashed.
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