Social Issues

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

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ifeminists October 11, 2006 Terri Lynn Tersak	VAWA Fails to Protect Women Who Need Protection the Most Persons who file false or trivial claims of domestic violence are accorded equal standing by the abuse shelters and courts as the most seriously battered women. In a system rife with fraudulent claims, is clear that many of the programs are profiting handsomely.
PC Magazine October 11, 2006 Courtney McCarty	Save the World with Your Screensaver Anybody would like to cure cancer or AIDS or solve the world's most complex problems. With the help of your computer, you can contribute to efforts to solve these enduring puzzles.
Popular Mechanics October 3, 2006 Scottberg & Berendsohn	PM's Plan For Weathering The Worst It's always a good idea to be prepared for the unexpected. But the best way to avoid trouble is to find it before it finds you.
Scientific American October 10, 2005 JR Minkel	Uninformed Consent Medical donors remain unaware they do not own their cells. To patient advocates, policy implications of the latest court rulings are more important than their legal correctness.
Investment Advisor October 2006 Marlene Y. Satter	The Times Are A-Changing Climate change is a tsunami sweeping through the insurance industry.
Reason November 2006 Greg Beato	All Power to the Couch Potatoes The remote control turns 50: Today, it's more popular than ever to talk about our relationship to the content we consume in oppositional terms.
ifeminists October 4, 2006 Carey Roberts	The Feminization of Poverty? There You Go Again, Hillary! When widespread divorce and social discord ensue, feminists then blame the whole mess on patriarchal society, leaving behind no marks or fingerprints.
ifeminists October 4, 2006 Leving & Sacks	Are Single Mothers the 'New American Family?' Those who view the traditional family as disadvantageous to women are firing back, defending women who choose single motherhood and depicting fathers as superfluous.
ifeminists October 4, 2006 Tony Zizza	Time To Boycott National Depression Screening Day In the U.S., whenever National Depression Screening Day rears its ugly head in the mainstream media every first week in October, we have the opportunity to review some serious doublethink that does not change much with each passing year.
Geotimes October 2006 Megan Sever	Giving Carbon a Deep-Sea Burial While many people are calling for an immediate reduction in carbon dioxide emissions, others are looking toward ways to dispose of the excess carbon dioxide. Burying the gas in sediments below the ocean could be a potential solution
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