Social Issues

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

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InternetNews May 11, 2007 Clint Boulton	IBM's Big Green No Bust of an Idea IBM's Project Big Green is a broad initiative to offer ways to address rising energy costs hitting data centers.
T.H.E. Journal May 2007	E3 Environmental Ceramicsteel by PolyVision PolyVision is demonstrating its commitment to environmental responsibility by producing an ecologically friendly writing surface for interactive whiteboards called E3 Environmental Ceramicsteel.
Smithsonian May 2007 Stephen J. Glain	Welcome to Rawda Iraqi artists find freedom of expression at Rawda, a coffee house in the Al Sahin district of Damascus, Syria.
ifeminists May 8, 2007 McCormick & Sacks	Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls Tells an Important Truth About African-American Fathers While no judge or lawmaker can turn a disinterested parent into a caring one, much can and should be done to break down the many barriers which separate loving fathers from their children.
Reason May 2007 David Weigel	Hold Your Cards If the federal government gets its way, every state will have to comply with the Real ID Act as of May 11, 2008. Each American will have an ID card encoded with vital information using an undefined machine-readable technology, with the same specs from San Diego, California, to Bangor, Maine.
Reason May 2007 Katherine Mangu-Ward	House Rules Fair housing and free speech: Looking for a gay black Buddhist to share the rent? It may soon be illegal to say so in an online advertisement.
Reason May 2007 David Weigel	I, Tax Robot Internet tax traps: if you live in Canada, the United Kingdom, Austria, Denmark, or the Netherlands, the taxman may be watching your every click. Will the U.S. follow?
Reason May 2007 Katherine Mangu-Ward	Fat Checks Bloated obesity programs: West Virginia taxpayers may soon be paying for portly citizens to attend Weight Watchers meetings.
Reason May 2007 Kerry Howley	Power Splurge Last year's energy bill extended daylight-saving time by a month, on the theory that it would encourage Americans to save energy. A recent working paper from the Center for the Study of Energy Markets suggests otherwise.
Reason May 2007 Cathy Young	Assault Behind Bars How big a problem is prison rape in the U.S. -- and what can be done about it?
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