Social Issues

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

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Reason October 2002 Kopel & Krause	Face the Facts Facial recognition technology's troubled past -- and troubling future
Reason October 2002 Jacob Sullum	The Forever War: How long can an emergency last? The war on terrorism now looks less like World War II, and more like the war on drugs: an intermittently violent campaign against an amorphous enemy that can never be decisively vanquished. That fact has important implications for the debate about how much liberty we should give up.
IDB America August 2002 Fernando Carrillo-Florez	If development is a right, who should guarantee it? Political and civil rights and democratic freedoms occupy an important place in development, although they are still difficult to quantify. They are crucial for strengthening the capacity of the poor and disenfranchised. Guaranteeing these rights is also one of the State's responsibilities.
PC World October 2002 Anne Kandra	Don't Let Them Steal Your Good Name Identity theft is skyrocketing -- and it's even being used to fund terrorism. The Web can be a real boon for identity thieves, helping them find information about victims and profit from the crime.
Salon.com September 6, 2002 Susan McCarthy	Classroom karaoke If California schools keep the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, there will be kids like I was, who will remain silent, move their lips and hope that patriotic peers don't catch them.
Salon.com September 3, 2002 Kurt Kleiner	"Drawing the Line" by Steven M. Wise A Harvard professor says science itself proves that such animals as parrots, apes and elephants should be considered persons with legal rights.
Reason August 2002 Jacob Sullum	Anti-Drug Anxiety Trouble at the propaganda mill: In May a study finding that government anti-drug propaganda has not reduced teenagers' drug use prompted sniping between the drug warriors who commission the messages and the admen who create them.
Reason August 2002 Brian Doherty	Following the Scrip Medical privacy in Florida: The Florida legislature has declined to go along with Gov. Jeb Bush's attempt to turn a family problem into a problem for the whole state.
Reason August 2002 Sara Rimensnyder	High Court How private are the private lives of judges?
Reason August 2002 Mike Lynch	Road Show The rock star and the treasury secretary demonstrate the limits to aid.
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