SOCIOLOGY 301: Fall 2008 

SOCIAL PROBLEMS
Dr. Brenda Forster

 

Popular Press Article Analysis

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Crime "The New Math on Crime" US News & World Report, December 18, 2006 Available in Academic Search Complete
"When the Poor Go to Court" US News & World Report, January 23 2006. Available in Academic Search Complete
"Death Penalty Walking." Time Jan 14 2008 Available in Academic Search Complete
Economics "At the Mercy of the Market". U.S. News & World Report, Dec 24, 2007 Available in Academic Search Complete
"Real Estate's Fault Line." Time Aug 27, 2007 Available in Academic Search Complete
Education "How to bring our schools out of the 20th century" Time, December 18, 2006 Available in Academic Search Complete
"Room to Improve" U.S. News & World Report, Nov 12, 2007 Available in Academic Search Complete
"How to Fix No Child Left Behind " Time, June 4, 2007 Available in Academic Search Complete
"Failing Our Geniuses" Time, Aug 27, 2007 Available in Academic Search Complete
"School closings lead to surges in violence, fear on receiving end" Chicago Sun Times, March 12, 2006 Available in Lexis-Nexis. For assistance with finding articles in Lexis-Nexis, please visit, call or IM the reference desk.
"Speaking up for themselves" Time, May 21, 2008. Available in Academic Search Complete
"Dropout Nation" Time, April 17, 2006. Available in Academic Search Complete
"Taming Wild Girls" Time, May 1, 2006. Available in Academic Search Complete
"Academic Underachievers: Schools said to neglect boys" The Washington Times, January 30, 2006. p1, 22. Available in Lexis-Nexis. For assistance with finding articles in Lexis-Nexis, please visit, call or IM the reference desk.
"2 Kindergarten classes divided by a world of difference" Chicago Sun Times, October 16, 2005. pA20. Available in Lexis-Nexis. For assistance with finding articles in Lexis-Nexis, please visit, call or IM the reference desk.
Environment "De-greening immigration; Ecologists duck issue of illegals" The Washington Times, October 1st, 2006. Available in Lexis-Nexis. For assistance with finding articles in Lexis-Nexis, please visit, call or IM the reference desk.
"One Fish, Two Fish, No Fish" US News & World Report Aug 27, 2007 Available in Academic Search Complete
"Down on The Farm." Time Nov 12, 2007 Available in Academic Search Complete
"High Tech Trash " National Geographic, Jan 2008 Available in Academic Search Complete
"High and Dry in the South". US News & World Report Oct 29, 2007 Available in Academic Search Complete
"Water Woes" US News & World Report June 4, 2007 Available in Academic Search Complete
"Unsafe Harbor" Time, October 10, 2005. Available in Academic Search Complete
"The Tipping Point" Time, April 3, 2006. Available in Academic Search Complete
Family "Who's your daddy?" US News & World Report, February 13, 2006. Available in Academic Search Complete
Global Economy/Business "Can American keep up?" US News & World Report, March 27, 2006 Available in Academic Search Complete
"Cleaning up the World Bank" US News & World Report, April 3 2006 Available in Academic Search Complete
Healthcare "Death by Blackberry" Chicago Sun Times, Aug 12, 2007 Available in Lexis Nexis Academic (search by article title) For assistance with finding articles in Lexis-Nexis, please visit, call or IM the reference desk.
"Experts say developmentally disable residents not getting needed care" Orlando Sentinel, September 14, 2003. Available in Newspaper Source
"Over the Limit?" US News & World report, April 23 2007 Availaible in Academic Search Complete
"1 Woman at a time" Time, February 26 2007. Available in Academic Search Complete
"The Politics of Fat" Time, March 27, 2006. Available in Academic Search Complete
"Are we ready?" US News & World Report, May 1, 2006. Available in Academic Search Complete
"How AIDS Changed America" Newsweek, May 15 2006. Available in Academic Search Complete
Homelessness "Deep Poverty and Illness Found Among Homeless." 1999. The New York Times, December 8, p. A16. Retrieved September 2, 2005. Available ProQuest New York Times.
McGray, Douglas. 2005. "Life on the Inside." Mother Jones 30:1 (Jan/Feb). Retrieved September 4, 2005. Available: EBSCO Academic Search Complete.
"Use of shelters by families sets record in city" New York Times, August 1, 2001 Available in proquest Newspapers.
"Homeless Sprawl" US News & World Report December 18, 2006 Available in Academic Search Complete
Homosexuality "Massachusetts Court Rules Ban on Gay Marriage Unconstitutional." 2004. CNN. February 4. Retrieved September 2, 2005
Illegal Drugs Verducci, Tom, Don Yaeger, George Dohrmann, Luis Fernando Llosa, Lester Munson. 2002. "Totally Juiced." Sports Illustrated 96:23 (June 3). Retrieved September 2, 2005. Available: EBSCO Academic Search Complete.
Hamilton, Anita, Ben Bergman, Laura Blue, Chris Daniels, Deborah Jones, Elaine Shannon. 2004. "This Bud's for the U.S.Time 164:8. Retrieved September 2, 2005. Available: EBSCO Academic Search Complete.
"Balding, Wrinkled and Stoned" Time, January 23, 2006 Available from Academic Search Complete
Illegal Immigration Barlett, Donald L., James B. Steele, Laura Karmatz, Joan Levinstein. 2004. "Who Left the Door Open?" Time 164:12 (September 20). Retrieved September 2, 2005. Available: EBSCO Academic Search Complete.
"Border Games" , National Journal, September 1, 2001. Available in Academic Search Complete
"Border Wars" US News & World Report November 28, 2005. Available in Academic Search Complete
Labor & the Economy "Coming and Going" US News & World Report, January 23, 2006 Available in Academic Search Complete
"Are we losing our edge?" Time, Februray 13, 2006. Available in Academic Search Complete
Media "Curbing the Press" US News & World Report, June 12, 2006. Available in Academic Search Complete
Minorities "Between two worlds" Time, January 16, 2006. Available in Academic Search Complete
Minorities & Education
Barnes, Julian E., Nancy Bentrup, Monica Ekman, Margaret Brady. 2004. "Unequal Education." U.S. News & World Report 136:10 (March 22). Retrieved September 2, 2005. Available: EBSCO Academic Search Complete.
Cose, Ellis. "A Dream Deferred." Newsweek 143:20, (May 17). Retrieved September 2, 2005. Available: EBSCO Academic Search Complete
"What's holding black kids back" Chicago Sun Times, October 23, 2005 Available in Lexis-Nexis. For assistance with finding articles in Lexis-Nexis, please visit, call or IM the reference desk.
People with Disabilities & Healthcare "Experts Say Developmentally Disabled Residents Not Getting Needed Care." 2003. The Orlando Sentinel, September 14. Retrieved September 2, 2005. Available: EBSCO Newspaper Source
Politics "Lawyers, Courts May Play Role in Deciding Election -- Again." 2004. CNN. September 20. Retrieved September 2, 2005 ).
"A Fake Democracy?" US News & World Report, May 15, 2006. Available from Academic Search Complete
Pollution Scherer, Ron, Kris Axtman, Jeff Tyler, Patrik Jonsson. "Haze Hangs Over U.S. Summer." The Christian Science Monitor 93:142 (June 18). Retrieved September 2, 2005. Available: EBSCO Academic Search Complete
Levine, Samantha. 2004. "Who'll Stop the Mercury Rain?" U.S. News & World Report 136:11 (April 5). Available: EBSCO Academic Search Complete.
Prostitution

Smalley, Suzanne, Joseph Contreras, Sarah Childress, Holly Bailey, Rebecca Sinderbrand. 2003.
" ' This Could Be Your Kid. ' Newsweek 142:7 (August 18). Retrieved September 2, 2005. Available: EBSCO Academic Search Complete

Sexual Behavior

"How AIDS Changed America" Newsweek, May 15 2006. Available in Academic Search Complete

Cloud, John. "The Battle Over Gay Teens" Time 10/10/2005, Vol. 166 Issue 15, p42-51

Teen Sex Morse, Jodie, Perry Bacon Jr., Adam Pitluk.2002. "An Rx For Teen Sex." Time 160:15 (October 7). Retrieved September 2, 2005. Available: EBSCO Academic Search Complete
Terrorism "Terror Response: A Tale of Three Cities" MSNBC.com, July 7, 2005 Available on msnbc.com
"Paying for Terror" US News & World Report, December 5, 2005 Available in Academic Search Complete
War

"China Aims High" US News & World Report, Dec 17, 2007 Available in Academic Search Complete

Conscripted by Poverty. Dollars & Sense Nov/Dec 2007 Available in Business Source Elite

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