Social Issues

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

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ifeminists February 1, 2006 Matthew Reed	How to Fight Back Against Pat-Downs by Airport Security Screeners You must use 911 and *677 to call the police first and get them on your side... The second the security screener goes over your breasts or genital area with their hands after wanding you... If the local police don't arrest the screeners... etc.
InternetNews February 1, 2006 Susan Kuchinskas	Microsoft Spells Out Government Relations Microsoft laid out a policy for dealing with government orders relating to user-generated content published on MSN Spaces.
Geotimes February 2006	Turning Trash Into Energy Global investment is growing in a variety of projects that take trash and convert it into usable energy: Turkey to oil... Poop power... From bread basket to fuel pump... Flying high on plant waste... Trash to light up New York...
InternetNews January 31, 2006 Roy Mark	Internet Heavies Mum on China's Censorship Internet powerhouses Microsoft, Google, Yahoo and Cisco have all declined offers to testify at Wednesday's Congressional Human Rights Caucus briefing on China's Internet censorship policies.
InternetNews January 27, 2006 Susan Kuchinskas	Search's China Syndrome The Congressional Human Rights Caucus turns its eye to self-censorship in China by search giants such as Google.
ifeminists January 25, 2006 Wendy McElroy	Kidnapping Plot Robs Father's Rights Group of Credibility Unless revealed as a set-up, the alleged Leo Blair kidnapping plot discredits Fathers 4 Justice and validates the worst predictions of its enemies. Indeed, the very spectre of violence may have erased much of the progress achieved by earlier non-violent activism.
Reason February 2006 Matt Welch	The War on Sedition English-speaking American allies crack down on speech in the name of fighting Islamic terrorism.
Entrepreneur February 2006 Kristin Ohlson	Burst of Energy Forward-thinking entrepreneurs are making leaps and bounds in the field of renewable clean energy. How can you get involved?
InternetNews January 20, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	FBI: PC Crime is Common, Costly With computer security issues mounting, the typical response is to just add more security. But does it matter?
Scientific American January 16, 2006 Rebecca Renner	Clean and Green Stain repellent fluorosurfactant coatings generate chemicals that have become pervasive in the environment. Chemists, however, are now changing the structure of fluorosurfactants so that they do the job but are safer and do not accumulate in the environment.
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