Social Issues

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

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Salon.com September 18, 2000 David Lazarus	In the shadow of Auschwitz After World War II, 800 years of history came to a standstill in the Polish city of Oswiecim. Fifty years later, residents are growing restless.
Salon.com September 18, 2000 Anthony York	Declaring war on the war on drugs Republican Rep. Tom Campbell takes on Sen. Dianne Feinstein by attacking U.S. drug policy. Sure, it's California -- but does he have a chance?
Salon.com September 18, 2000 Jim Fisher	Poison PCs Lead, mercury, chromium -- that's what computers are made of. So why aren't electronics makers keeping them out of landfills?
Salon.com September 18, 2000 Katharine Mieszkowski	Blowing up "The Anarchist Cookbook" The author of the famous do-it-yourself bomb book renounces his creation -- on Amazon.
Salon.com September 15, 2000 Michele Nicolosi	Forced prenatal care Rebecca Corneau may be a religious extremist whose gross negligence allowed her last baby to die. But experts still contend she has the right to do whatever she pleases with her fetus.
Salon.com September 15, 2000 Bruce Shapiro	Guilty until proven useful Drug war money from the U.S. has helped prompt a retrial in Peru for jailed American Lori Berenson.
Salon.com September 14, 2000 Rachel Roth	Adding insult to injury New York charges battered mothers with neglect.
Salon.com September 14, 2000 Ashley Fantz	Doubt on death row Despite a partisan tie vote, Tennessee convict Philip Workman faces execution, while the country faces new facts about the death penalty.
Salon.com September 14, 2000 Jake Tapper	Daddy's girl Karenna Gore Schiff may be personable (if a little programmed), but she stays on message -- except when it comes to the death penalty.
Sports Illustrated September 13, 2000 Frank Deford	A culture of 'sus' So overwhelming is the perception that drugs sustain most Olympic athletes, that it really doesn't matter how much the well is poisoned. Almost every record and every winner is sus. Sus, a shortened version of the word "suspicious," is, so far as I know, only used in Olympic circles.
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