Social Issues

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

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National Defense October 2007 Lisa Collins	E-Waste -- Yet Another Headache for Government and Corporations Everyone worries about the safety of information. The technology industry is robust with firewalls, encryption systems, and network security hardware. But often times the security breaks down at a place so simple it is often overlooked.
National Defense October 2007 Lawrence P. Farrell	Energy: `One Big Thing' Having spent nearly a year a half in Sweden, U.S. Ambassador to Sweden Michael M. Wood has had the opportunity to see what the Swedes have been doing about energy. He finds much to applaud.
Real Estate Portfolio Sep/Oct 2007 Lynn Novelli	Green Investing Sustainable development is luring investors across the globe. "Going green" is becoming a business requirement as investors and customers look beyond profitability and demand greater corporate environmental and social accountability.
BusinessWeek September 24, 2007 Conrad Wilson	From Formula One To Green Machines Race car designer Gordon Murray is now creating a vehicle that will tread very lightly.
BusinessWeek September 24, 2007 Maria Bartiromo	An Unlikely Paul Revere Lee Raymond has become a sort of Paul Revere of energy, warning of coming shortages by 2030 if America does not act now.
InternetNews September 7, 2007 David Needle	Five Hundred iPhones, One Paperless Conference Office 2.0 conference tries its best to save a few trees.
Science News September 8, 2007	Science Safari: How Green Are Your Travels? This website offers a rough gauge of the carbon-dioxide emissions associated with flying around the country.
Reason Aug/Sep 2007 Katherine Mangu-Ward	Northern Lights Out Canada voted to prohibit the sale of incandescent light bulbs. The bulbs, which also have been banned in Australia and are facing possible extinction in California and other states, are being targeted in the hope of staving off global warming.
Reason Aug/Sep 2007 Radley Balko	Free at Last The 200th person wrongfully convicted of a crime has been exonerated with the help of the Innocence Project, an organization founded by attorneys Barry Sheck and Peter Neufeld at Yeshiva University's Cardozo School of Law in 1992.
Reason Aug/Sep 2007 Radley Balko	Nowhere to Go U.S. officials are having an increasingly difficult time finding countries willing to grant asylum to Guantanamo inmates cleared of charges.
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