Social Issues

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

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BusinessWeek January 23, 2006 Elizabeth Woyke	How NYU Chose Colombia over Coke It took students two years to get the school to ban Coca-Cola sales from campus until the beverage giant's human-rights policy is investigated.
ifeminists January 11, 2006 Carey Roberts	Women Who Make Things Worse For Other Women Throughout her 200-page expose Women Who Make the World Worse, Kate O'Beirne shows how feminists have used deception, manipulation, intimidation, and old-fashioned propaganda to victimize men and women alike.
Bio-IT World Dec 2005/Jan 2006 Salvatore Salamone	Gates, Clinton Address Global Health Summit The conference brought together leaders in business, government, medicine, public philanthropic groups, and the arts to address and develop solutions to the world's heath crises.
BusinessWeek January 16, 2006 Arlene Weintraub	What's Ethical And What Isn't? The debate over using human cells in animals for medical research.
Scientific American December 26, 2005	Echoes from the Past Many scientists are encouraging officials in tsunami-prone areas to consider such factors as destroyed protective natural barriers like coral reefs and sand dunes when designing new building codes and evacuation routes.
DailyCandy January 4, 2006	Don't Bother, They're Here Clowns Without Borders is a nonprofit group that puts on shows in all corners of the world where children live in crisis.
ifeminists January 4, 2006 Carey Roberts	Comic Relief from the World Health Organization Here's the most recent laugh-getter from the WHO: A violence against women study cherry-picked its participants and relied on flawed methods in order to reach a pre-determined conclusion -- but this time the joke's on us -- the U.S. taxpayer.
ifeminists January 4, 2006 Angelucci & Sacks	California Domestic Violence Lawsuit Will Help Secure Services for All Abuse Victims American domestic violence policies based on the woman good/man bad model keep men and children trapped in violent situations in a number of ways. What's needed are domestic violence policies tailored to the needs of all victims of abuse, regardless of gender.
ifeminists January 4, 2006 Nicole Perry	An Open Letter to PBS The author asserts PBS stepped over the edge by airing the film "Breaking the Silence" thereby taking on the political hot potato of Domestic Violence in this country without verifying facts and calls for a retraction.
Reason January 2006	Who's Afraid of Human Enhancement? Scientists, ethicists, American public policy makers and reporters debate the promise, perils, and ethics of human biotechnology.
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