AltWeeklies Wire
Guns: The New Global Warmingnew
With North America still reeling from the Virginia Tech shootings, what I want to know is why everybody assumes it's impossible to separate the Yanks from their guns.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
04-30-2007 |
Commentary
Starved for Changenew
It's not too late to stave off food disaster, but it's long past the time to put public cash into urban farming.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
04-20-2007 |
Food+Drink
Alt.Health: Fume Fevernew

Will wearing a mask really help when biking in nasty city traffic?
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
04-13-2007 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Salad of All Seasonsnew
Bring on the 100-mile diet -- local winter greens will soon be on the table.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
04-13-2007 |
Food+Drink
No Textbook Crime: Teacher-teen Affairsnew
It's always unprofessional but not always criminal.
NOW Magazine |
Sheila Cavanagh |
04-06-2007 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Diary of a Mad Knitternew
Can't sleep, must keep stitching as baby bonnet morphs into needle binge.
NOW Magazine |
Sheila Gostick |
03-30-2007 |
Culture
Tags: lifestyles
Ecoholic: What's That Leaching from Your Cans?new
I just heard that hormone disruptors are leaching from canned foods. Do I have to ditch everything that comes in a can?
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
03-16-2007 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Time Stops in Ethiopianew
Everywhere I go, I feel like I've time-travelled to the past.
NOW Magazine |
Sierra Bellows |
03-16-2007 |
Travel
Tags: travel
Too High to Fight?new
I usually offer to help soldiers fail drug tests -- not pass them.
NOW Magazine |
Matt Mernagh |
03-16-2007 |
Commentary
When it's Chic to Buy Localnew
Fickle consumers see local as the new organics -- and Wal-Mart is ready to pounce.
NOW Magazine |
Wayne Roberts |
03-16-2007 |
Food+Drink
Alt.Health: How Sweet It Isnew
Choose healing honey with care.
NOW Magazine |
Elizabeth Bromstein |
03-05-2007 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Giving Black Inventors Creditnew
Black contributions to technology are still pretty marginalized, but Francis Jeffers wants to change that with the International African Inventors Museum.
NOW Magazine |
Joseph Wilson |
03-05-2007 |
Tech
Tags: computers & technology
Ecoholic: The Dirt on Cleaning Clothes with Nano-Silvernew
I just bought a Samsung washing machine that uses silver nano-particles to kill the bacteria on clothes without hot water, but I heard that it might not be very eco-friendly. Should I return it?
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
03-05-2007 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns
Live the Life of a Monknew
A pilgrimage to Koyasan means prayers, chores and vegetarian food.
NOW Magazine |
Mitch Moxley |
03-05-2007 |
Travel
Tags: travel
Ecoholic: Greening Your Rental Padnew
What can tenants do to make their pads environmentally friendly?
NOW Magazine |
Adria Vasil |
02-23-2007 |
Advice
Tags: advice columns