Social Issues

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

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Reason April 2005 Julian Sanchez	When Wars Collide War on drugs vs. war on terror: As democracy attempts to take root in Afghanistan, the poppy crop is doing so with greater alacrity. What role will the U.S. play?
CRM April 1, 2005 Paul Stockford	Is Inbound Calling the Next Legislative Target? Lawmakers are taking aim at companies that use offshore call centers.
Adventure April 2005 Mary Anne Potts	Weird Science Edward Norton hosts a program that investigates the connections between environmental changes across the planet that are all linked to human actions.
Geotimes April 2005 Michael Glantz	What Makes Good Climates Go Bad? Climates are constantly changing in both linear and nonlinear ways and over the course of life on Earth, organisms have either adjusted to those changes or perished.
Real Travel Adventures April 2005 Andreas Kristinus	I Care for myclimate Sustainable Travel International presents myclimate and describes how myclimate programs aim to protect the environment.
BusinessWeek April 11, 2005 Pete Engardio	It Takes A Global Village A review of the book "The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time" by Jeffrey D. Sachs, which comments on ending global poverty.
BusinessWeek April 11, 2005 Adam Aston	Sniffing Out Danger in the Mail USPS has already installed anthrax sniffers in 104 sorting sites and it's on track to outfit all 282 centers by yearend, completing a $525 million effort. When all the machines are in place, USPS plans to scan the mail for other threats.
IEEE Spectrum April 2005 Erico Guizzo	The Atomic Fortress That Time Forgot The world's first plutonium-making reactor is an Atomic Age landmark--and it faces an uncertain future. The U.S. Department of Energy has been laboring for years to clean up the radioactive and chemical contamination there.
ifeminists March 30, 2005 Wendy McElroy	Mother Sues Cops For Failing to Protect Kids As long as restraining orders are "standard" and "perfunctory" they lose all value as indications of possible violence. Perhaps the police would take them seriously if they were issued only after a genuine threat of violence had been established.
ifeminists March 30, 2005 Carey Roberts	The Rise of Big Sister-ism Deadbeat Dad myths have become so ingrained in American thinking that basic Constitutional protections are being casually tossed aside.
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