Social Issues

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

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Wired April 2003 David Ewing Duncan	Do-or-Die at Yucca Mountain The regulatory tug-of-war over Nevada's nuclear waste dump has dragged on for decades. Meanwhile, temporary sites across the country are overflowing with radioactive fuel rods -- making them perfect targets for terror.
Finance & Development March 1, 2003 George T. Abed	Unfulfilled Promise Why the Middle East and North Africa region has lagged in growth and globalization
IDB America February 2003 Charo Quesada	Housing for everyone? New approaches to low-income housing could help to solve the long-standing needs of the urban poor.
IDB America February 2003 Daniel Drosdoff	A fresh approach to social assistance Colombia finds cost-effective ways to tackle the symptoms, and not just the causes, of poverty.
IDB America February 2003	How to awaken dormant capital Several recent studies have demonstrated the success of microlending programs focused on housing in several developing countries, including some in Latin America.
IDB America February 2003	Housing after a disaster In the wake of natural disasters, governments have traditionally had the responsibility for providing the victims with temporary shelter, and later, permanent housing. But the question of who should take charge of each aspect of residential housing reconstruction is far from simple.
IDB America February 2003 Charo Quesada	Bearing witness through video A video art competition surveys Latin America's social and economic reality
ifeminists March 4, 2003 Glenn Sacks	In Defense of David Harris What did David Harris do to deserve his cruel fate? He had an affair. It goes without saying that were the genders reversed nobody would be talking about infidelity as a justification for murder.
ifeminists March 4, 2003 Tracy Quan	U.S. lags on sex laws America's prostitution policies are so backward in comparison to those of most advanced countries that we provoke sarcastic comparisons with Islamic theocracies. Given our self-image as a secular democracy, this is more than embarrassing. It's bizarre.
Reason March 2003 Sara Rimensnyder	The Art of Self-Defense Gun control on trial in D.C.
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