Social Issues

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

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Reason December 2002 John McClaughry	Mustering the Little Platoons One mayor's attempt to create active citizens is chronicled in Putting Faith in Neighborhoods: Making Cities Work Through Grassroots Citizenship, by Stephen Goldsmith.
IDB America November 2002	IDB supports judicial reform in Honduras The IDB approved a $30 million soft loan that will support the second phase of a program to modernize the administration of justice in Honduras.
Salon.com November 25, 2002 Arianna Huffington	The coming SUV wars Is the tide of public opinion turning against these metal monstrosities?
Science News November 23, 2002 Jessica Gorman	The Short and Long of the Food Transport Story Food is really getting around. One week before Thanksgiving, a new study by the Worldwatch Institute in Washington, D.C., finds that food in the United States now travels 25 percent farther to reach the dinner table than it did just 2 decades ago.
ifeminists November 12, 2002 Glenn Sacks	Shouldn't Men Have a Choice, Too? A growing movement of men who bristle at being "coerced fathers," have enlisted in a "Choice for Men" movement whose goals are every bit as legitimate as the goals of the women's reproductive rights movement.
Salon.com November 6, 2002 Robert Scheer	Playing politics with world population President Bush plays to the extreme right but puts the globe at risk by threatening a bold U.N. accord on world population.
Knowledge@Wharton	Selling Life-Saving Drugs to Poorer Countries: At What Cost? Should rich countries pay more for drugs than less developed nations? This system of differential pricing makes sense on social-justice and economic grounds, but it is difficult to administer in the real world, some experts say.
Salon.com November 5, 2002 Farhad Manjoo	Voting into the void New touch-screen voting machines may look spiffy, but some experts say they can't be trusted.
Reason November 2002 Jeremy Lott	Carnal Cabaret To enforce Spokane County, Washington's dreaded Cabaret Ordinance, local cops mounted a sting operation in August that led to the arrest of five strippers and the manager of the Deja Vu strip club on misdemeanor charges. Outrage followed.
Reason November 2002 Jacob Sullum	Constant Improvement The secret of DARE's success
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