Stories by Scott Thill
Scott Thill runs the online mag Morphizm.com. His writing has appeared on Salon, XLR8R, All Music Guide, Wired and others.
Posted on May 7, 2012, Source: AlterNet
The drug war would be comical if it weren't so tragic.
Posted on Apr 19, 2012, Source: AlterNet
This Earth Day consider adding a few of these these mainstream and indie documentaries to your must-see list.
Posted on Apr 5, 2012, Source: AlterNet
It appears fracking has gone virtually unregulated in California for decades and now lawmakers are pushing back with legislation to expose the truth.
Posted on Feb 17, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Happy Presidents Day: Here's a list of the worst and the best in history.
Posted on Jan 26, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Colbert educates viewers on America's arcane political machinery, while schooling mainstream journalists on how to properly inform the citizenry.
Posted on Jan 16, 2012, Source: AlterNet
Thanks to a new tool from the EPA, you can see how close you live to the country's biggest polluters.
Posted on Jan 9, 2012, Source: AlterNet
When the mayor of Youngstown, Ohio decides to buy earthquake insurance, you know we've got a big problem.
Posted on Dec 16, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Thanks to our morally bankrupt political system and the Supreme Court's ruling on Citizens United, the fracking lobby's power of the purse is huge.
Posted on Nov 23, 2011, Source: AlterNet
From Occupy and Elizabeth Warren to the Nissan Leaf and Col. Ann Wright, progressives have quite a few things to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.
Posted on Nov 18, 2011, Source: AlterNet
One would imagine that hip hop would make a perfect fit for the Occupy movement. But one would evidently be wrong.
Posted on Oct 29, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The definition of overpopulation has less to do with raw numbers of people than their relationship with the planet's sustainable resources.
Posted on Oct 19, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Let's dispense with the media's hyperreal electives and celebrate the triumphs of real-time underdogs sticking it to the powers-that-be in increasingly persuasive ways.
Posted on Oct 2, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Increases in fuel taxes, increases in toll fees. Private-public boondoggles building unprofitable highways -- let's ditch the fossil-fuel economy.
Posted on Aug 18, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The public needs to watch these 10 movies to fully comprehend the threat of nuclear power.
Posted on Aug 8, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Paleontologist Peter Ward talks about the threats from global warming, rising population and our own plain stupidity.
Posted on Aug 2, 2011, Source: AlterNet
We risk losing our country to permanent droughts and extreme natural disasters.
Posted on Jul 28, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The Internet's creative hive mind is charting the future of commerce -- the bitcoin phenomenon shows what online currencies are capable of.
Posted on Jul 6, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The arguments for keeping such an absurdly high drinking age have almost no basis. It's time to reconsider why 21 is the USA's drinking age.
Posted on Jul 3, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Billions of dollars are being given out to the most ardent promoters of water privatization.
Posted on Jun 10, 2011, Source: AlterNet
MDMA is gaining serious traction as a treatment option for soldiers and civilians suffering from crippling post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Posted on May 20, 2011, Source: AlterNet
The United States still counts a depressing 24 million unemployed, while the number of exploited unpaid workers keeps growing.
Posted on May 3, 2011, Source: AlterNet
A growing regulatory movement is afoot to revoke the over-the-counter status of drugs containing pseudoephredrine and instead require a doctor's prescription.
Posted on Mar 26, 2011, Source: AlterNet
Lester Brown talks about whether our civilization can survive the mounting global stresses of rising pollution, starvation, food prices, water shortages and failed states.
Posted on Feb 17, 2011, Source: AlterNet
An apparent coalition of hackers is hitting targets with surprising speed and accuracy -- and it looks like it's just the beginning.
Posted on Jan 24, 2011, Source: AlterNet
A conversation about high-speed rail's promise, fossil fuel's forsaken future and transforming our current nightmare of American transportation.
Posted on Jan 22, 2011, Source: AlterNet
America is looking for answers and solutions, and it may have found a good one in the form of an ambitious national high-speed rail network.
Posted on Dec 17, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Gates' suggested short-changing of the nation's education system is just another strain of the oligarchs trying to take over another sector of society.
Posted on Dec 16, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Chris Hughes' Jumo.com harnesses social networking powerhouses Facebook and Twitter to link up online donors with organizations dedicated to making a difference.
Posted on Nov 15, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Digging into an industry accused of marking up its prices 4,000 percent.
Posted on Nov 2, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Even though water privatization has been a massive failure around the world, the World Bank just quietly gave $139 million to its latest corporate buddy.
Posted on Oct 30, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Fiorina ranks as the 19th worst CEO in American history. Where did she get the gall to run in the first place?
Posted on Oct 13, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Feinstein is the poster figure against Prop 19, trotting out lame-duck allies and hackneyed, incorrect arguments.
Posted on Sep 29, 2010, Source: AlterNet
A foreclosure pandemic riddled by corruption may stall America's recovery.
Posted on Sep 23, 2010, Source: AlterNet
When it comes to chemical safety, we're more at risk of industry incompetence or greed than a terrorist attack. Safer alternatives exists, so why won't industry use them?
Posted on Sep 20, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Attacks on Wikileaks are really an attack on free speech says its founder, Julian Assange.
Posted on Sep 10, 2010, Source: AlterNet
The billionaire Koch brothers who are funding the Tea Party wackos, throw in their chips in an attempt to destroy the state's greenhouse gas emissions laws.
Posted on Aug 25, 2010, Source: AlterNet
If we wake up one day to an Internet that has a carpool lane for the upper class, it's worth thinking about the alternatives.
Posted on Jul 19, 2010, Source: AlterNet
It's so hard to figure out what is good value among the piles of blindingly expensive mattresses emblazoned with smart terminology and little scientific proof for their claims.
Posted on Jul 16, 2010, Source: AlterNet
With declining earnings and a culture of borrow-and-consume, America's workers face a future of uncertainty and little money to pay for their retirement.
Posted on Jun 18, 2010, Source: AlterNet
Red Bull's claims that it improves performance, concentration, reaction time and emotional status are all BS.
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