Social Issues

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

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IndustryWeek August 1, 2008 Jill Jusko	Intel Eyes Energy Efficiency Like many corporations, semiconductor giant Intel is targeting a portion of its annual research budget at technological advances that improve the environment. Early results from Intel's Platform Power Management system are power savings of more than 30%.
CFO July 15, 2008 Yasmin Ghahremani	The Other Green What motivates companies to cut IT's carbon footprint? Self-interest.
Chemistry World July 9, 2008 James Mitchell Crow	Pharma goes green to cut costs The pharmaceutical industry's current drive to curb spending is helping to speed the adoption of green chemistry, say experts in the industry.
Reason July 2008 Radley Balko	Coca Zero The U.N.'s drug enforcement agency, the International Narcotics Control Board, recommends that Bolivia and Peru criminalize the chewing of coca leaves and the boiling of the leaves to make tea. The move has triggered widespread protests in both countries.
Reason July 2008 Katherine Mangu-Ward	Pirates Ahoy! Piracy -- the sort involving eye patches and parrots, not folks who sell bootleg DVDs -- has been on the upswing in recent years.
Reason July 2008 Bailey et al.	Carbon: Tax, Trade, or Deregulate? Something is going to be "done" about global warming, so what should it be? Three experts debate the issue.
Reason July 2008 Kerry Howley	Baby Bust! After 200 years of exponential population growth, and just four decades after overpopulation doomsaying began filling the bestseller lists, the First World is suddenly gripped with underpopulation hysteria.
Popular Mechanics July 2008	With Green Fireworks Not So Green, Plan for Low-Toxin Alternative Pyrotechnic displays are staples of America's birthday and other celebrations, but the chemicals that produce their eye-catching effects are nothing to cheer about.
ifeminists July 2, 2008 Wendy McElroy	A Domestic Violence Blog The author tries to make sense of her experiences with this topic.
ifeminists July 2, 2008 WolfmanMac	Lynch Mobs, Stones and Glass Houses The case of Mr. Gilbert Chan, described as a "veteran reporter," was off duty attending a cheerleading competition. There he "was caught by University of California, Davis, police on Feb. 3 while surreptitiously videotaping [the] ...competition on campus."
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