Social Issues

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

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IDB America December 2004 Por Charo Quesada	Staying on the Trapeze A program in Bogota rehabilitates former gang members by offering them vocational training and creative outlets.
IDB America December 2004 Daniel Drosdoff	It Takes More Than a Village A remote Maroon community in Suriname becomes a laboratory for sustainable development.
IDB America December 2004 Roger Hamilton	Finally, Some Respect How a tiny Ecuadorean archipelago came to receive perhaps more attention than it can handle.
IDB America December 2004 Roger Hamilton	All to Earn a Living A glimpse into the dreams and realities of a Galapagos fisherman.
IDB America December 2004	Trust the People, Test the Program A Mexican economist talks about why Mexico's Oportunidades anti-poverty program has succeeded where others have failed.
ifeminists December 15, 2004 Wendy McElroy	Agency Culpable in Child Support Scam Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has asked the state's Human Services Department for a full report in how it not only became unwitting partners in a gross child-support fraud, but also how it resisted efforts to correct it.
ifeminists December 15, 2004 Carey Roberts	Long Live the Matriarchy! Until the essential role of fathers is recognized and antiquated laws are changed, millions of American children will be deprived of the steady hand of a loving father.
Science News December 11, 2004 Janet Raloff	Shark Finning Faces Broader Sanctions The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)--an intergovernmental fishery organization that concerns itself with large fish in the open seas--unanimously agreed to ban shark finning in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
Geotimes December 2004 Frank T. Manheim	U.S. Offshore Oil Industry: New perspectives on an old conflict A stalemate between environmentalists and industry has inhibited current U.S. offshore oil and gas leasing. Now, Norway -- a country with a very different environmental and offshore drilling history -- could shed light on how to move forward.
ifeminists December 8, 2004 Carey Roberts	Kofi's Resignation Won't Cure the AIDS Epidemic If we are going to beat AIDS, we need to use an approach that is based on hard science, not trendy ideology. And that's where the UNAIDS report goes wrong. All those impressive-looking AIDS statistics coming out of the UNAIDS are suspect, especially the ones that apply to men.
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