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Hang On, There's Morenew

The reality yet to be confronted by emergency planners anywhere is that almost all modern post-industrial humans are helpless and incompetent when it comes to looking after themselves.
NOW Magazine  |  Wayne Roberts  |  09-12-2005  |  Disasters

Canada Feeds Prince of Pot to Yanksnew

Shockingly, Canadian feds are turning Marc Emery, the Prince of Pot, over to the the U.S. when Canada's own courts won't convict him.
NOW Magazine  |  Matt Mernagh  |  08-08-2005  |  Crime & Justice

This Fish Is a No-Brainernew

If we were serious about living consciously, we'd stop eating fish.
NOW Magazine  |  Wayne Roberts  |  04-29-2005  |  Environment

Major Tom to Ground Controlnew

Activist Tom Hayden gives Canada's New Democratic Party a strategy to win refuge for U.S. soldiers fleeing service in Iraq.
NOW Magazine  |  Matt Mernagh  |  04-29-2005  |  War

Court Rules on an 'Act of Bio-Piracy'new

A U.S. bid to patent the miracle neem tree was cut down by a European court.
NOW Magazine  |  Wayne Roberts  |  03-24-2005  |  Environment

Porn Pushers or Youth Prophets?new

Sweatshop-free fans get their panties in a knot over American Apparel's gritty ad come-ons.
NOW Magazine  |  Adria Vasil  |  03-24-2005  |  The War on Women

Victoria's Secret Shame Exposednew

Victoria's Secret, the lingerie chain famous for its scantily clad models, received some unwanted exposure recently when environmental groups took out a full-page ad in the New York Times accusing the company of destroying Canada's boreal forests.
NOW Magazine  |  Christen Smith  |  02-18-2005  |  Environment

Lost In Methnew

The writer's cousin binged with crystal meth -- and he hasn't returned since.
NOW Magazine  |  Elizabeth Bricknell  |  01-14-2005  |  Science

Facing the Facenew

Up close, Victor Yushchenko is truly beautiful.
NOW Magazine  |  Albert Nerenberg  |  01-14-2005  |  International

When Aid's No Helpnew

Nations hit by the tsunami don't need only aid. They need fair trade and freedom from the World Trade Organization.
NOW Magazine  |  Wayne Roberts  |  01-14-2005  |  International

I Will Live Greener in 2005new

For those whose New Year's resolution is to leave a lighter footprint on Mother Earth, here are five steps to advance your personal eco-revolution.
NOW Magazine  |  Adria Vasil  |  01-07-2005  |  Environment

Picking Through the Wreckagenew

Catastrophes in poor nations may need our cash -- but our scrutiny is just as important.
NOW Magazine  |  Mike Smith  |  01-07-2005  |  International

Chain Reactionnew

Free the economy by breaking the addiction to namebland stores.
NOW Magazine  |  Wayne Roberts  |  12-21-2004  |  Environment

The Dioxin in All of Usnew

Ecologists should make the poisoned Ukrainian leader Viktor Yushchenko their marytr.
NOW Magazine  |  Adria Vasil  |  12-21-2004  |  Environment

A Just Deserternew

Jeremy Hinzman puts alleged U.S. war crimes on trial in Toronto.
NOW Magazine  |  Matt Mernagh  |  12-21-2004  |  War

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