Social Issues

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

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Reason February 2007 RU Sirius	Our Right to Death How medical breakthroughs challenge easy answers about suicide. Book Review: Unplugged: Reclaiming Our Right to Die in America, by William H. Colby...
Reason February 2007 Katherine Mangu-Ward	A Chilling Tale of Global Warming The UN has ventured into children's publishing with a scary story about a small boy who loses a dogsled race because of global warming.
IndustryWeek March 1, 2007 Jonathan Katz	Heavy Metal Meltdown Manufacturers are realizing cost savings by participating in an EPA waste-reduction program.
Chemistry World February 14, 2007 Victoria Gill	Prescription-free Viagra From today, men in the UK will be able to buy Viagra from their pharmacist without a doctor's prescription. But the trial run of the scheme has fanned the flames of a controversy about how US drug company Pfizer markets the impotence drug.
ifeminists February 14, 2007 Wendy McElroy	China Can No Longer Hide AIDS Crisis 80-year old Gao Yaojie, prints and circulates educational AIDS brochures at her own expense, and is a source of chronic embarrassment for the government. She is also exposing the corruption of officials who misappropriate money and resources intended for the AIDS victims.
Chemistry World February 13, 2007 Bea Perks	Leaking Landfill Site The Environment Agency of England and Wales has launched an inquiry following the detection of pollutants, including PCBs, in atmospheric and groundwater samples taken close to a toxic waste dump in south Wales.
ifeminists February 13, 2007 Don Mathis	How VAWA Separates Children From Fathers The result of the VAWA is rampant false claims of abuse. This means that children are removed from decent, loving fathers. The Violence Against Women Act must be radically altered or else it will continue to destroy the father/child bond.
ifeminists February 9, 2007 Lawrence Henry	Anatomy of a Hoax Public hysteria creates political impulse in our ruling classes. That is worth remembering, as the UN releases the report of the International Panel on Climate Change.
ifeminists February 7, 2007 Carey Roberts	CEDAW and I-VAWA: Double-Trouble for Families Once women begin to view everything through the prism of gender, power, and abuse, it's no surprise that they look to the Nanny State as a substitute husband. That's what is occurring in the United States, thanks to the Violence Against Women Act.
ifeminists February 7, 2007 McCormick & Sacks	Suppose Roles Had Been Reversed in Clara Harris Case Police squad cars all across America bear the slogan, "There's no excuse for domestic violence." Yet there is one situation in which the media and the public seem to feel that domestic violence is sometimes excusable -- when the perpetrator is a woman, and the victim is a man.
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