Social Issues

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

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IDB America September 2007 Roger Hamilton	Local People Want Change, But Their Way Here, an indigenous leader says the Peruvian government must protect against negative impacts caused by Big Energy.
IDB America September 2007 Roger Hamilton	We Want a Sawmill... And the Internet, Too Can traditional knowledge coexist with Google? Camisea's leaders worry that change could jeopardize the Peruvian community's traditional culture.
IDB America September 2007 Moreno & Lomborg	Latin America's Unexamined Priorities Before spending limited resources, Latin American governments should take a hard look at the real costs and benefits of public programs.
Chemistry World October 15, 2007 Jonathan Edwards	GM Trees Clean Pollutants From Air and Soil Scientists have genetically modified plants to remove and destroy a range of toxic and carcinogenic chemicals from water and air. Cleanup costs billions of pounds globally each year -- now some contaminated areas could be cleaned up quickly and safely by planting trees.
Scientific American November 2007	Reviews Few books could present more implacably opposed views, and few could raise more provocative questions: The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering by Michael J. Sandel... Enhancing Evolution: The Ethical Case for Making Better People by John Harris...
Reason October 2007 Ronald Bailey	Gone Fishin' In Montana, water leasing lets ranchers and farmers profit from leaving water in a stream, where it sustains fish populations.
Reason October 2007 Jacob Sullum	Nosy Neighbors Thanks to a $3 million grant from the U.S. government, Mexican officials are expanding their ability to monitor email messages and telephone calls. Among other things, the new Communications Intercept System will allow the government to keep track of cell phone users as they move around.
Reason October 2007 Jacob Sullum	Kick 'Em While They're Down A new report from the Institute for Justice looked at 184 areas where the use of eminent domain was approved for private economic development projects. On average, the residents were poorer, less educated, less likely to own property, and more likely to be racial minorities.
Reason October 2007 Ronald Bailey	Is Industry-Funded Science Killing You? The overrated risks and underrated benefits of pharmaceutical research "conflicts of interest."
Reason October 2007 Ronald Bailey	Ties That Bind Considering that thousands of clinical trials are undertaken every year, it's reassuring that the pharmaceutical industry's critics can turn up only a few instances of bad behavior caused by financial conflicts of interest during the last two decades.
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