Social Issues

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

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Fast Company September 2000 Sara Terry	Free Trade Isn't Fair Mike Dolan is leading a long-shot crusade against the new economy's most widely shared belief: that global economic integration -- of countries, companies, currencies, and markets -- is both virtuous and inevitable.
Fast Company September 2000 Greg Donaldson	With Justice For All? Labor organizer Jane McAlevey is forcing companies in Connecticut's ultraprosperous Fairfield county to confront a moral challenge that they would prefer to ignore -- and, in the process, she is forcing all of us to confront our personal sense of justice.
Salon.com August 4, 2000 Gary Kamiya	Writing high In "Writing on Drugs," Sadie Plant embarks on a stimulating trip into literature's strangest, smokiest den.
Salon.com August 4, 2000 Katharine Mieszkowski	Higher being Can legalizing drugs bring us closer to God?
Salon.com January 10, 2000 Andy Dehnart	Is being hooked a choice? A new book argues that all addictions are a matter of free will, even heroin and coffee.
Salon.com August 2, 2000 Arianna Huffington	In the shadows of the Republican Convention The notoriously poor town of Camden, N.J. -- ironically the site of the GOP fete -- is living proof of everything our politicians are ignoring.
Salon.com August 2, 2000 Jake Tapper	Silence of the pro-lifers Nobody's talking about abortion, but the National Right to Life Committee says Bush-appointed judges will strike down Roe vs. Wade.
Salon.com July 31, 2000 Dante Ramos	Public health vs. private medicine Laurie Garrett, author of "Betrayal of Trust," talks about the policy battle in America that allows disease to spread and people to die.
Salon.com July 31, 2000 Bruce Shapiro	Hard time for soft crimes Two million Americans are locked up, most for nonviolent drug offenses. Some maverick Republicans -- yes, Republicans -- are trying to change that.
Salon.com July 31, 2000 Karen Abbott	Unwelcome in America With a backyard full of Republicans, Philadelphia poverty activist Cheri Honkala prepares for the fight of her life.
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