AltWeeklies Wire
New Philly Companies Help Locals Build Greennew
Three green building stores have opened in the city in the last three months, all of them offering certified green building materials and information for making the best choices when building green.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Cassidy Hartmann |
10-01-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
'The Smart Set' is All Setnew
Drexel University's new online publication experiments with audaciously long stories.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Cassidy Hartmann |
08-27-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Come on, Get Happy, Says Positive Psychology Foundernew
A Penn psychology professor thinks the oft-overlooked key to preventing depression is promoting joy.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Cassidy Hartmann |
04-03-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Gardasil Still Eludes Menew
For the last four months I've been trying to get vaccinated with Gardasil, which got the FDA's stamp of approval early last summer and is nearly 100 percent effective in preventing four strains of HPV, two of which cause 70 percent of cervical cancer cases. So far, no luck.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Cassidy Hartmann |
03-12-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Prevented Medicinenew
A life-saving new vaccine for cervical cancer is out of reach to most who need it.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Cassidy Hartmann |
02-05-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Life Cyclenew
Three decades after his mother's near-death ordeal in Cambodia's killing fields, Pisey Tan lost his legs in Iraq -- he has no regrets.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Cassidy Hartmann |
01-22-2007 |
War
The Walking Woundednew
Are we ready to face another generation of homeless vets?
Philadelphia Weekly |
Cassidy Hartmann |
05-22-2006 |
War
Tags: Iraq war veterans, war in iraq
Not a Pretty Picturenew
The Philadelphia Inquirer publishes photos of dead American soldiers -- but only online.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Cassidy Hartmann |
03-20-2006 |
Media
In Dubious Battlenew
Once idealistic and undaunted, young veterans of the Iraq war are coming home to broken promises and shattered lives.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Cassidy Hartmann |
02-06-2006 |
War
