Social Issues

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

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InternetNews March 29, 2005 Tim Gray	Report Finds Banks Sloppy With Your Info Report by the The Customer Respect Group says banks and insurance companies most likely to hand out personal information.
HBS Working Knowledge March 28, 2005 Cynthia D. Churchwell	Should I Pay the Bribe? In some markets there is no way of avoiding payment of bribes, except by exiting the market. So how should you handle corruption in your markets? Harvard professor Rafael Di Tella lays out the not-so-black-and-white issues.
IEEE Spectrum March 2005 Philip E. Ross	Waiting and Waiting For the Next Killer Wave A tsunami alarm for the Indian Ocean may be worth the cost, but can it retain public support over the long haul?
ifeminists March 16, 2005 Wendy McElroy	Muslim Woman's Courage Sets Example After being sentenced to a gang-rape by a village council in Pakistan, and then expected to commit suicide, Mukhtar Mai's resolve to live and to fight for change has become a beacon for women world-wide.
ifeminists March 16, 2005 Carey Roberts	Soft Totalitarians on the Loose at the UN Radical feminists are working tirelessly behind the scenes at the UN to spread their socialistic views of gender equality.
ifeminists March 16, 2005 Ray Blumhorst	VAWA - One of the Biggest Taxpayer Fleecings in the History of America Those who deal with domestic violence according to gender feminist ideology have been less than effective in dealing with the true dynamics of violent domestic relationships, and now they are going back to congress to ask for billions more in funding for the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
ifeminists March 16, 2005 Tony Zizza	Graduation Test Exemption Is An Exceptionally Asinine Idea Legislation pending in Georgia could essentially give students who repeatedly fail the high school graduation test a chance to get a diploma. So, this is what we're faced with. Either our children are responsible for their lives as students - or the State is.
ifeminists March 16, 2005 Byron Fraser	New Breakthrough : Schizophrenia Cured! -- Some Reflections on Lowen, Leary, Chopra and Liberation From Psychiatry We must realize that the Psycho-Pharmaceutical Complex and the psychiatric establishment are sick, misguided, devolved-- and desperately in need of "healing" --but conscious criminals, nevertheless.
InternetNews March 15, 2005 Roy Mark	Data Brokers Back Federal Disclosure Law Lawmakers prod ChoicePoint, LexisNexis into supporting mandatory disclosure of security breaches.
The Motley Fool March 15, 2005 Selena Maranjian	China Says: "Please Exploit Us!" Are bad working conditions better than no work at all?
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