AltWeeklies Wire
Are you an anarchist? Take the quiz and find out!new
Anarchists walk among us. They stand in line behind you at the grocery, their baskets full of shade-grown coffee, kale and nutritional yeast. They ride in bike lanes and pass idling SUVs. In fact, you may be an anarchist.
For backyard hobbyists, hives are the bee's kneesnew
Small hives raised by farmers and hobbyists are critically important as researchers continue to search for the cause of annual honeybee die-offs due to colony collapse disorder.
Tags: Beekeeping
Fourteen Cents of Changenew
There were hundreds of people, maybe thousands, on the grounds of the State Capitol. Many of the women had dark green buttons pinned to their shirts. Printed in thick white numbers, the buttons read "59¢."
Losing our Humanity: Politics and the Death of Compassionnew
If U.S. politicians are an example of humanity—many of you are snickering—how has empathy shaped politics?
Tags: politicians, humanity
The Thirty-Two Hundred Penny Operanew
To visit New York is to nibble on the crumbs falling from the table of capitalism, and it can be a very tasty meal. But in a small park downtown, there is a contingent determined to deliver a message: All is not well for the rest of us.
Hate and Marriagenew
I invite those folks supporting this legislation to ask themselves: What is your shame? What have you done that you should hate so?
Tags: Gay Marriage
The Sexuality of Androgynous Singingnew
What is it that makes gender-ambiguous voices so different and appealing?
Neighborhood Watch Dogsnew
Boris, a male pit bull, and Winston, an old yellow Labrador, serve as companions on neighborhood watch.
Tags: Pit Bulls
Transgenderism and Transsexualism are Expressions of Life-Loving Inventionnew
By living their lives, transpeople invite everyone to question his or her assumptions. The invitation is a reminder to us all that change is what we are.
Staring at chickensnew
The simple pact you make with chickens is that, if you give them fresh water, some scratch corn and a few greens every day, they'll give you eggs.
Tags: Raising Chickens
Petrbltnew
"I've been seeing these wormlike jets of pure gold powder and powdered tourmaline arcing across the sky toward me. Beautiful jets of trans-physical unalloyed human connections. It's incredible."
Tags: Peter Eichenberger
Deer Huntnew
I didn't see his face till he was right there, frozen for an instant where I was expecting to see more road.
Tags: Hunting
Freeze the gamenew
Summer is an assemblage of unscripted experiences, and there's generally still daylight when it's all over. Or so I'd hoped.
Tags: Columns
Doing it Green: A Bat Mitzvah Fished from the Recycling Binnew
Two days before Sadie Rapp was set to lead the Chapel Hill Kehillah’s congregation and celebrate her bat mitzvah, her transition to Jewish adulthood, the Rapp’s house was full of repurposed garbage.
