Social Issues

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

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AskMen.com June 29, 2003 Bernie Alexander	Worldwide Marijuana Sanctions This article explores the way the justice systems of different countries, such as the Netherlands, Mexico and Thailand, deal with crimes involving marijuana
Science News June 28, 2003 Ben Harder	McDonald's Cutback in Antibiotics Use Could Reduce Drug-Resistant Bacteria The fast-food chain McDonald's announced on June 19 that it will stop its farms under contract from feeding chicken, cattle, and pigs certain antibiotics intended to accelerate the animals' growth. That step might slow or reverse the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that can infect people.
IDB America June 2003 David Bell	Opportunity now Fixing the crisis of youth unemployment requires aggressive interventions and creative approaches.
Wired July 2003 Gregg Easterbrook	We're All Gonna Die! But it won't be from germ warfare, runaway nanobots, or shifting magnetic poles. A skeptical guide to Doomsday.
Knowledge@Wharton June 18, 2003	VillageReach Measures Its Success in Smiles Blaise Judja-Sato, who was born in Cameroon, founded VillageReach, a non-profit, and assembled a team of experts with experience in public health and development fields who were enthusiastic about attempting a fresh approach to tackling problems that plague so many developing countries.
PC World July 2003 Andrew Brandt	Privacy Watch: Tracked by the Shirt on Your Back? Radio frequency technology has the potential to identify us all.
ifeminists June 10, 2003 Carey Roberts	The Deadbeat Dad's Dilemma Welfare queens, you can heave a sigh of relief. America now has a new public enemy number one: deadbeat dads.
Outside June 2003 Douglas Gantenbein	We're Toast Last summer, U.S. wildfires cost $1.6 billion to stop and claimed the lives of 23 firefighters. The expense and sacrifice did nothing to solve the problems of overgrown forests, misguided policies, and misspent resources. We need to get serious about rethinking the role of flame in the woods.
Outside June 2003 Florence Williams	How Green Is My Polder With their nifty new windmills, tidy techno-homes, and enviro-crusading queen, the Dutch are busy creating the cutest little ecotopia on earth -- while stoking a booming hypercapitalist economy. What does tiny Holland know that America is too big and dumb to figure out?
Managed Care May 2003	E-Health Gives Kaiser Role In Bioterror Fight Kaiser Permanente has launched a computerized surveillance system designed to alert public health officials to possible disease outbreaks.
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