Social Issues

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

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Registered Rep. September 1, 2005 John Churchill	Misleading Fax The SEC recently charged a pair of fax scammers whose worst offense might be their poor impersonation of a stockbroker. What does it say about the industry that enough investors believed this was real, driving the stock price up?
Geotimes September 2005 Nisbet & Nisbet	Evolution & Intelligent Design: Understanding Public Opinion Tensions in American society over religious and scientific accounts of human origins are centuries old, and the divide between the two contending worldviews continues today as part of an escalating political conflict over science education.
Geotimes September 2005 Naomi Lubick	Seabird Guano Changes the Arctic Seabirds in the Arctic act as "funnels," concentrating toxic chemical compounds collected from elsewhere and carried in their excretions into "hot spots" in terrestrial Arctic ecosystems, on land and in freshwater lakes.
CIO September 1, 2005 Michael Kanell	The House That CIOs Built Many executives want to do some good while they are doing well. And some companies insist on them doing it.
ifeminists August 31, 2005 Carey Roberts	Marriage Movement at the Crossroads There is one voice that is conspicuously absent in the campaign to save fatherhood -- the Marriage Movement, which, sadly and inexplicably, has largely turned its back on men.
InternetNews August 30, 2005 Roy Mark	L.A. Cracks Internet Warez Ring In the first criminal Internet file-sharing case brought in California, a 34-year-old former Los Angeles resident pleaded guilty to single felony count of grand theft.
IDB America August 2005 Roger Hamilton	A Tale of Two Invasions All over Latin America, many parks are protected in name only. Local people will respect an archeological park only if they benefit from it.
This Old House Ashley Womble	Stealing a Home One Piece at a Time Criminals and others who should know better are dismantling architecturally distinct buildings.
Parameters Autumn 2005 Andrew S. Natsios	The Nine Principles of Reconstruction and Development In a time of increasing collaboration between the two organizations, it is important that the military gain a better understanding of how the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and development agencies generally approach their work, and how the two communities can beneficially build on this cooperation.
Parameters Autumn 2005 Thomas E. Ayres	"Six Floors" of Detainee Operations in the Post-9/11 World In the aftermath of 9/11, some have called for a ruthless, `gloves-off' response that would sweep aside legal and political obstacles. Yet the American public's response to the Abu Ghraib abuses provides strong evidence that such an approach is still inconsistent with America's values.
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