Social Issues

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

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ifeminists February 15, 2006 Wendy McElroy	Sexual Harassment Policies Need Reform At best, the American Association of University Women reports are interesting sociological surveys of how students view their environment. Realistically, they are biased and self-administered reports from students, who are often children. They should never be a basis for law or policy.
InternetNews February 15, 2006 Roy Mark	Lawmakers Hammer Tech's China Policy Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and Cisco endure a long day before House panel on human rights.
ifeminists February 8, 2006 George Rolph	"The Trouble With Boys" It is time to once more place our faith, our resources and our trust in the family as our source of expertise and lay down all those paperback books we buy that give us so many confusing and disparate "strategies" for raising our kids.
HBS Working Knowledge February 13, 2006 Manda Salls	The Hidden Market for Babies Harvard professor Debora L. Spar discusses the research behind her book, The Baby Business: How Money, Science and Politics Drive the Commerce of Conception.
InternetNews February 13, 2006 Roy Mark	Yahoo's 'Openness and Reform' China Defense Prepping for a likely hostile House hearing Wednesday, Yahoo defends its cooperation with Beijing.
InternetNews February 9, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Yahoo Accused of Releasing China User Data Press Freedom group Reporters Without Borders claims Yahoo provided China authorities with details of a man who used the Internet service to post comments critical of the repressive nation's policies.
Chemistry World February 9, 2006 Katharine Sanderson	Calls for UK Investment in Carbon Capture The UK government must invest immediately in carbon capture and storage technologies to meet carbon emissions targets, a parliamentary committee has urged.
AFP eWire February 6, 2006	Americans Use the Internet to Build Social Networks and Receive Assistance A new report shows that people not only socialize online, but they also incorporate the Internet into their quest for information and advice as they seek help and make decisions.
Reason February 2006 Jesse James DeConto	America's Criminal Immigration Policy How U.S. law punishes hard work and fractures families.
Reason February 2006 Katherine Mangu-Ward	The Age of Corporate Environmentalism Environmental activists across the nation bought their own ties and started dealing with corporations as almost-equal partners in planet saving. Businesses in turn learned that it's pretty easy being green.
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