Social Issues

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

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IDB America March 2005 Charo Quesada	A New Gateway for Development On the shores of the Uruguay River, a specialized port anticipates the growth of a renewable and sustainable forest industry.
IDB America March 2005 Paul Contance	A School You Can Breathe in Why students in a rural community in southern Haiti are finding it easier to concentrate on their studies.
IDB America March 2005 Paul Constance	Water at the End of the Road How a simple infrastructure project changed life for one of Haiti's most remote townships.
IDB America March 2005 Shirley Emerick	Beyond Shelter In Recife, Brazil, a low-income housing program creates a virtuous cycle of social change and community involvement.
IDB America March 2005 Charo Quesada	The Legacy of Beijing Ten years after the Fourth World Conference on Women, modest advances are outweighed by persistent deficiencies in global gender equality.
ifeminists April 6, 2005 Carey Roberts	Gender: Good Riddance, Farewell Scientists back the idea that anatomical and functional gender differences exist.
Reason April 2005 Steven Vincent	Ancient Treasures for Sale Do antique dealers preserve the past or steal it? Such is the allure of ancient treasures that, since the 1970s, this relationship has spawned global treaties, inflamed Third World nationalism, created a secretive Washington bureaucracy, and triggered federal prosecutions.
Reason April 2005 Jacob Sullum	Fizzling Lawsuits Of 33 government-sponsored gun lawsuits in America filed since 1998, all but three have been dismissed.
Reason April 2005 Brian Doherty	Shocked to Death A report cites 84 deaths of taser-shocked suspects since 1999 in the U.S. and Canada. Manufacturer Taser International claims the suspects would have died whether shocked or not. The company's stock has fallen almost 10% since the report.
Reason April 2005 Charles Paul Freund	Madrassas Molesters A minister in Pakistan's religious affairs department says there were 500 complaints last year of child sex abuse by clerics in madrassas, Muslim religious schools. Is the culture common to Islamic nations morally dysfunctional?
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