Social Issues

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

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Geotimes December 2005 Megan Sever	Halting Exploding Lakes It sounds like a bad horror movie: exploding killer lakes. But such lakes are a reality in Cameroon, Africa. Scientists there are developing a solution, however, to stop the natural hazard.
Geotimes December 2005 Kathryn Hansen	Road Salt Contaminates Water When faced with a winter storm, cities deploy trucks to cover city streets with salt. The nation's favorite deicer, however, pollutes freshwater, and new research suggests the effects of road salt may be more widespread than previously thought.
Geotimes December 2005 Donald C. Swanson	Don't Try to Fool Mother Nature Protecting and maintaining a city on a delta is confronting the dynamics of sediment and water responding to gravity, a basic force in the universe. Gravity-driven phenomena dominate the delta environment and are major guns in Mother Nature's arsenal.
Geotimes December 2005 Linda Rowan	Now We Must Conserve Earth scientists must continue to make a concise, constructive and compelling case for conservative and consistent increases in science research and education funding in the U.S., to help mitigate natural hazards and sustain natural resources.
Foundation News & Commentary Nov/Dec 2005 Argoff & Rousso	Hardest Hit and Least Protected People with disabilities and older adults suffered the brunt of the Gulf and Atlantic Coast hurricanes. This is what grantmakers can do to help them.
Foundation News & Commentary Nov/Dec 2005 Allan R. Clyde	A Conversation with Ben Johnson An interview with the Greater New Orleans Foundation President and CEO on the status of the foundation, race and class issues, and the opportunities facing philanthropy in the rebuilding of this community.
Real Travel Adventures December 2005 Hank Lowenstein	Blazing Trails in the Pantanal While these wetlands are largely pristine and intact, over past decades, a number of factors have contributed to its economic decline and increased conflicts between humans and wildlife.
IEEE Spectrum December 2005 Bleier & Freund	Earthquake Alarm Impending earthquakes have been sending us warning signals -- and people are finally starting to listen.
IEEE Spectrum December 2005 Paul McFedries	Watchwords Are we becoming the surveillance society? Is there hope for privacy?
ifeminists November 30, 2005 Wendy McElroy	Will Universal Preschool Give All Kids a Head Start? This is the great danger: the presumption that government can raise children better than parents. If universal preschool is voluntary, then it may merely create another massive and ultra-expensive bureaucracy that accomplishes little.
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