Social Issues

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

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Reason August 2002 James Morrow	Banned in Brisbane Australia is outlawing fun. Who's next?
Reason August 2002 Thomas Szasz	Sins of the Fathers Is child molestation a sickness or a crime?
Managed Care August 2002 Michael S. Victoroff	Prying Eyes Push Against Boundary of Medical Privacy It seems some folks have been publishing on the Internet pictures of women visiting abortion clinics. Is this constitutionally protected journalism? Or a violation of privacy?
CIO September 1, 2002 Christopher Lindquist	Many Questions, Few Answers Technology might keep us safe from terror -- but at what price?
Salon.com August 28, 2002 Suzy Hansen	Not a drop to drink Forget oil -- an expert on the world's water supply talks about the vital substance we will hoard, ration and probably go to war for in the near future.
IDB America July 2002 Claudia Neira	'If there is vision, there is direction' The public service vocation of Jose Isidro Rodriguez, mayor of Zaragoza, El Salvador, was shaped by a tragic event. In the midst of El Salvador's domestic war, Rodriguez, at age 11, survived the massacre at the Sumpul River, where 700 peasants, including his parents, were murdered.
IDB America July 2002 Claudia Neira	Democratizing education with technology Juan Valiente is convinced that technology should be used to transform how teachers teach and students learn. To that end, in 1995 this 41-year-old native of El Salvador joined a group of young professionals and began to look for ways to turn technology into a social "leveler."
IDB America July 2002 Claudia Neira	A series of articles that saved many lives Pioneering young Guatemalan journalist Julia Corado won UNICEF's Ibero-American Grand Prize in Communications, citing the effect of her articles in bringing public and private attention to the victims of a terrible drought.
IDB America July 2002 Claudia Neira	A Mayan with a vision of the future Tomas Alonzo Quisque, a primary education teacher and president of the San Jacinto's development committee, is working to narrow Guatemala's vast urban-rural social and economic divide through computers.
IDB America July 2002 Claudia Neira	Tinki-Pali Pilar Pilar Oporta Rodriguez, community coordinator for Accion Medica Cristiana (Christian Medical Action), is one of the best known and widely appreciated persons in Waspam, a district in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region of Nicaragua.
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