AltWeeklies Wire
The Green Popenew
The Sierra Club's executive director Carl Pope on global warming, water, and Al Gore.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Ethan Stewart |
10-29-2007 |
Environment
The Quest for the Ultimate Cure for Addictionnew
Ibogaine has been lauded as a miracle cure for addiction to cocaine, crack, heroin, and more.
The Georgia Straight |
Alex Roslin |
10-29-2007 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Rackednew
When Allen Walker's bike fell off a city bus, he expected more than sympathy from the CTA.
Chicago Reader |
Edward McClelland |
10-29-2007 |
Transportation
Tags: transportation
Pasadena's Broken Rosesnew
A new year's float representing China forces civic leaders to grapple with international human rights concerns.
Pasadena Weekly |
Joe Piasecki |
10-29-2007 |
International
Tags: international
A Critical Mass for Recycling in Chicagonew
Under mounting pressure from citizens, can the city come up with a recycling plan that actually works?
Chicago Reader |
Mick Dumke |
10-29-2007 |
Environment
Tags: Recycling, environment
Can Pro Publica Fill the Void Left by Papers Nationwide?new
I won't go on about the strengths of this initiative because they're obvious, but here's what's iffy about it.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
10-29-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Racism Reversednew
A black police chief accuses a black mayor of discriminating against whites.
Cleveland Scene |
Rebecca Meiser |
10-26-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
The Heated Debate on Patio Heatersnew
Hey you! Yes you, you wine-sipping, art-plotting, outdoor-cafe patronizing, cosmopolitan urbanite! You're killing the planet!
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tim Bousquet |
10-26-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
The World on Firenew
If you were to write down how many fires are raging in Southern California right now, you would be wrong, because every time you look, a new one springs up between the Mexican border and Ventura.
L.A. Weekly |
Judith Lewis |
10-26-2007 |
Disasters
Hunting the White Buffalonew
In rural Ohio, meth heads risk everything for a thermos of corn fertilizer.
Cleveland Scene |
Gus Garcia-Roberts |
10-26-2007 |
Drugs
Legal Battle Continues Over Moth Spraynew
Now that the complete list of ingredients in the CheckMate pheromone products has been released, the public can focus on the question of whether they are safe. Though officials reply with a mollifying yes and activists with a nervous no, the answer is more like a murky maybe.
Monterey County Weekly |
Kera Abraham |
10-26-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Montreal Psychogeography Society Engages the Citynew
"I'll admit, it's a pretty pretentious name for a walking group," says Jacob Larsen, the group's de facto organizer.
Montreal Mirror |
Tracey Lindeman |
10-26-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Little Rock Faces a Charter School Invasionnew
A record six charter schools want to open in the city, but failures around the state cast a shadow.
Arkansas Times |
Jennifer Barnett Reed |
10-26-2007 |
Education
The One-Baby Boonnew
One-child policy may be tyrannical, but there are worse things -- like famine, climate change and civil war.
NOW Magazine |
Gwynne Dyer |
10-26-2007 |
International
Tags: international
Community Under the Starsnew
In a pristine corner of Arizona, Sky Village brings together lovers of astronomy.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Danehy |
10-25-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
