Social Issues

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

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InternetNews May 25, 2007 Nicholas Carlson	Soldiers React to Blogging 'Ban' Are soldiers losing out on their first amendment rights? A controversy continues to stir over new rules restricting soldier's creation of blogs.
The Motley Fool May 25, 2007 Toby Shute	Quick Take: Take THAT, Big Oil! High gas prices today are mostly a consequence of choices made by the public, not a few oilmen sitting in a smoky room in Houston. Boycotts may shift purchases by a day, but they aren't going to change anything. Your long-term driving behavior, however, has an impact.
BusinessWeek June 4, 2007	Getting Rich Off The Poor Readers sympathize with the poor who bear crushing debt but also questioned their judgment.
Smithsonian June 2007 Robert M. Poole	The Ethiopia Campaign After fighting neglected diseases in Africa for a quarter century, former president Jimmy Carter takes on one of the continent's biggest killers -- malaria.
Smithsonian June 2007 Eric Jaffe	Tasmanian Tailspin Can a new plan to relocate the Tasmanian devil save the species?
Smithsonian June 2007 David Zax	Interview: May Berenbaum An interview with an expert on the colony collapse disorder talks about the role of cellphones, pesticides and alien abductions in the honeybee crisis.
Smithsonian June 2007 Gregory F. Treverton	Risks and Riddles The Soviet Union was a puzzle. Al Qaeda is a mystery. Americans need to know the difference because solving puzzles is useful for detection. But framing mysteries is necessary for prevention.
Chemistry World May 23, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	UK Government Reveals Energy Plans Scientists have cautiously welcomed the UK government's drive towards renewable energy and nuclear power.
ifeminists May 23, 2007 Stephen Baskerville	Spotsylvania 'Deadbeat' Dads? What Virginia's children need is the love, guidance, and attention of their fathers -- the same fathers who are forcibly kept away by divorce courts and then plundered by the state's dishonest child-support machine.
Wired May 22, 2007 Amy Cortese	Belching Bovines Are Bad for the Environment: How to Clear the Air Thanks to a ruminant stomach and a diet heavy in grass, a single heifer belches up to 300 pounds of methane a day
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