Social Issues

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

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Smithsonian December 2006 Eliza Griswold	Waging Peace in the Philippines With innovative tactics, U.S. forces make headway in the "war on terror" in the Philippines.
Smithsonian December 2006 Owen Edwards	Beard's Eye View When elephants began dying, Peter Beard suspected that poachers were not entirely to blame.
Chemistry World November 28, 2006 Fiona Case	Cold War Clean-up US developers say they are close to a breakthrough in efforts to clean up post-cold-war missiles. The new approach, which is renewable and would cut costs by more than half, would be a significant improvement on what is currently available, they claim.
Chemistry World November 24, 2006	Washing Machine Triggers Nanoparticle Regulation Wrangles over a washing machine have pressured America's EPA to regulate commercial products containing silver nanoparticles as a pesticide. But it is not yet clear how the policy will be enforced.
BusinessWeek November 27, 2006 Adam Aston	Wild Fixes For A Warming Planet Scientists are envisioning giant but risky engineering projects to undo climate change.
InternetNews November 21, 2006 Roy Mark	California Upholds Online Free Speech The state's Supreme Court says neither ISPs nor individual users are liable for republishing comments from third parties. The ruling is a major victory for online free speech advocates.
National Defense December 2006 Chandra Burnside	Veteran Owned Small Businesses Deserve Equal Benefits Current law regarding service-disabled, veteran-owned small businesses ultimately does not create the same benefits for them as those extended to other marginalized entrepreneurs.
Fast Company December 1, 2006 Garcia et al.	Class of '07: The The Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Award Winners From AIDS medicine to eyeglasses, here are our picks for the most socially-conscious companies.
Fast Company December 1, 2006 Mark N. Vamos	Letter From the Editor Business can be a profound force for positive change, especially in an era when so much of government seems impotent, overwhelmed, or flummoxed.
BusinessWeek November 27, 2006 Jeffrey Gangemi	Giving Goes Green Small companies are donating a portion of their sales to environmental groups through 1% For the Planet.
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