Social Issues

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

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Reason March 2005 Julian Sanchez	No Passport to Privacy Travelers get chipped: In October the Government awarded contracts to produce a new generation of smart passports embedded with biometric RFID chips capable of transmitting data to readers dozens of feet away.
HBS Working Knowledge February 28, 2005 Cynthia Churchwell	Funding R&D for Neglected Diseases Research on vaccines for diseases that primarily affect low-income countries remains minimal---the risks are too high for developers. The book Strong Medicine: Creating Incentives for Pharmaceutical Research on Neglected Diseases suggests a solution.
IDB America February 2005 Milagros Belgrano Rawson	A Hospital That Understands Women How a group of clinicians in Buenos Aires pioneered a program for treating victims of sexual crimes.
IDB America February 2005 Sandra Milena Guinguer Pineda	Protecting the Environment with a Touch of Coraje How a pilot program to recycle used motor oil led to unexpected changes in a Colombian city.
IDB America February 2005	IDB Supports Community Investments in Panama Canal Watershed The $35 million project will promote gradual development in the 5,528-square-kilometer watershed, based on the sustainable use of its natural resources and with a high degree of participation of the local communities and agencies involved in various sectors.
Smithsonian March 2005 Joseph A. Harriss	Ireland Unleashed A booming economy has fueled prosperity, transforming a society long burdened by oppression and poverty.
ifeminists February 23, 2005 Carey Roberts	The Pink Pussy-Cat Bares Her Fangs Sensing that Middle America is turning a cold shoulder on their socialist agenda, the rad-fems have now unleashed a last-ditch campaign of intimidation, accusations, and threats.
ifeminists February 23, 2005 Tony Zizza	New Divorce Bill Ripe For Abuse and Bias The fact of the matter is domestic violence and child abuse do not run nearly as rampant as we're led to be believe, but now with the newly amended divorce bill in Georgia, you can be sure false allegations of abuse will be flying all over the place even faster.
ifeminists February 23, 2005 Ray Blumhorst	For Battered Men their Batterings Never End The pervasiveness of gender feminist ideology in indoctrination sessions (classrooms) on college campuses is only the tip of the iceberg of the influence that gender feminist dogma, such as that concerning domestic violence, exerts over societal institutions.
BusinessWeek February 28, 2005 Laura Cohn	What Price Pollution? In Europe, the Kyoto Protocol is spurring a brisk market in emission credits. Under the program, banks and exchanges are preparing to service some 12,000 industrial installations across the EU.
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