Social Issues

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

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Geotimes July 2006 Fred Schwab	Eating Dog and Breathing Hard: China, 2006 After visiting the country, the author concludes that the Chinese know that the indiscriminate spewing of waste into air and water and voracious burning of fossil fuels cannot continue.
Science News July 29, 2006 Janet Raloff	How Advertising Is Becoming Child's Play Food manufacturers are embracing new media to market their products directly to children. Advergaming is a concern for many food-policy analysts because it threatens to confuse the already blurry edges of what is and isn't advertising to the most naive segment of society.
Chemistry World July 28, 2006 Tom Westgate	Industrial Solvent in Cancer Probe The cancer risk posed by trichloroethylene (TCE) should be reassessed, according to a new report.
ifeminists July 26, 2006 Carey Roberts	Women Good, Men Bad? It's about time that we probe an assumption that has insidiously worked its way into our culture -- the notion that women are the guardians of goodness and grace, while all those male neanderthals are emissaries from the dark side.
ifeminists July 26, 2006 Tony Zizza	Are Affluent Teens The Latest Victims Of Mental Illness? Everything in America is viewed through the prism of alleged mental illness. Affluent teenagers are just today's advertising copy for the next psych drug and insurance billing code.
The Motley Fool July 26, 2006	Foolish Mid-Year Review: Going Green Here are articles that highlight how social consciousness has helped portfolios as well as the planet in '06. The Greening of Wal-Mart? by Brian Gorman... Dean's Organic Dilemma by Adrian Rush... Whole Foods Thinks Small by Alyce Lomax... etc.
Scientific American July 24, 2006 Gunjan Sinha	Soccer Goes Green A consortium including FIFA, the international soccer federation, and the German football association donated 1.2 million euros to make this year's play-off the first sporting event to offset its carbon dioxide emissions by investing in three renewable energy projects.
Sports Central July 24, 2006 Diane M. Grassi	Bringing New Meaning to Free Trade America's national pastime continues to rake in record high revenues, yet it continues to remain deaf to concerns about the manufacture of equipment and uniforms and unfair labor practices in the third world.
Smithsonian August 2006 Michael Tennesen	Uphill Battle As the climate warms in the cloud forests of the Andes, plants and animals must climb to higher, cooler elevations or die.
Smithsonian August 2006 Elizabeth Royte	Corn Plastic to the Rescue Wal-Mart and others are going green with "biodegradable" packaging made from corn. But is this really the answer to America's throwaway culture?
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