Social Issues

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

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Reason September 2006 Cathy Young	Too Diverse to Be 'Diversity' Academic discourse surely needs fewer taboos, not more: Instead of closing off all debate on homosexuality, reopen more debate on other contentious issues.
Reason September 2006 David Weigel	Fear of a Brown Planet For all of the substance in the immigration debate -- border walls, ID cards, English as the official U.S. language -- it wouldn't have monopolized the national stage last spring without white-hot racial tensions bubbling under the surface.
ifeminists August 2, 2006 Tony Zizza	Wrong Verdict in Yates Case The verdict that came down in the new Andrea Yates murder trial of "not guilty by reason of insanity" is absolutely insane. She needs to spend the rest of her life in prison for drowning not one child, or two, or three, or four, but five children.
CRM August 1, 2006 Jessica Sebor	Seeing Red Over Broken Wings The marketing of energy drinks to four-year-olds cues questions of social responsibility. If consumers let irresponsible marketing slide, the question still remains: Does that make selling possibly dangerous products right?
Geotimes August 2006 Jennifer Yauck	Tree Rings Reveal Overestimate in Western Water When a severe drought hit the Colorado River Basin area between 2000 and 2004, people began to question whether current practices for managing the river would be adequate for managing future water demands. One recent study suggests an answer: probably not.
Geotimes August 2006 Steven Quane	It's Not Hairspray: America's Need for Science Education We are facing real and immediate energy and environmental challenges that require genuine and progressive leadership to solve. Greater public understanding of science and sound scientific processes have the potential to transform our society.
IEEE Spectrum August 2006 Paul McFedries	Changing Climate, Changing Language That humans are having a negative effect on the world's climate is almost universally regarded as a fact in scientific circles, but global warming stubbornly remains in the realm of fantasy in some political and business circles.
IEEE Spectrum August 2006 William Sweet	Climate Emergency If you're still not convinced that global warming is the most urgent and important problem facing the world today, see Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth directed by Davis Guggenheim, or if you just can't stand the man, read his book.
IEEE Spectrum August 2006 William Sweet	Yangtze's Power Is Unleashed The last cofferdam -- a temporary structure standing between the waters of the Yangtze River and the main wall of the Three Gorges Dam -- was recently blown up. Three Gorges has likely been the most controversial damn project ever.
Chemistry World July 31, 2006 Katharine Sanderson	Bury Radioactive Waste, UK Government Told Radioactive waste should be stored deep underground at sites where local communities have had the opportunity to participate in, and even withdraw from, the planning process.
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