http://www.progress.org Independent alternative news daily. en-us Fri, 6 Nov 2009 01:20:45 GMT editor@progress.org webmaster@progress.org Fri, 6 Nov 2009 01:20:45 GMT Four out of five doctors agree -- practicing medicine on rich people in rich communities is much more rewarding. http://www.progress.org/2009/doctor.htm http://www.progress.org/2009/doctor.htm Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:43:23 GMT Eating a diet high in processed food increases the risk of depression, data suggest; fresh food does just the opposite. http://www.progress.org/2009/process.htm http://www.progress.org/2009/process.htm Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:36:43 GMT Is coal a cheap source of electricity? The NRC finds that coal is at least 3 times as costly as one may have assumed. http://www.progress.org/2009/council.htm http://www.progress.org/2009/council.htm Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:23:52 GMT An ex-director at Goldman Sachs follows the trillions in bailouts, direct and indirect, paid by the taxpayers to Wall St. http://www.progress.org/2009/banking.htm http://www.progress.org/2009/banking.htm Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:37:36 GMT Sr. Editor Fred Foldvary takes apart the government's so-called good news and asks if less bad is still bad? http://www.progress.org/2009/fold637.htm http://www.progress.org/2009/fold637.htm Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:04:38 GMT Are you for a Constitutional Convention? A new survey found that a big majority, 65% of Americans, support such a call. http://www.progress.org/2009/framers.htm http://www.progress.org/2009/framers.htm Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:05:04 GMT Cutting compensation of corporate titans saved by the taxpayers is fine, but we have bigger problems than Wall Street. http://www.progress.org/2009/bonus.htm http://www.progress.org/2009/bonus.htm Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:22:05 GMT Does the public's anger at the Heene family arise from learning our escape from reality turned out to be a hoax? http://www.progress.org/2009/balloon.htm http://www.progress.org/2009/balloon.htm Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:28:40 GMT Common sense strikes. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. says prosecuting such cases will not be a priority. http://www.progress.org/2009/maryjane.htm http://www.progress.org/2009/maryjane.htm Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:04:10 GMT This years Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Memory of Alfred Nobel is a great boost to the concept of private governance. http://www.progress.org/2009/fold636.htm http://www.progress.org/2009/fold636.htm Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:48:56 GMT Nigerian ecologist Chidi Magnus Onuoha explains why replanting trees in cities and the countryside is vital. http://www.progress.org/2009/aforest.htm http://www.progress.org/2009/aforest.htm Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:45:00 GMT The US had been ranked #40 when its military arrested or abused reporters. Now the 'beacon nation' is up to #20. http://www.progress.org/2009/press.htm http://www.progress.org/2009/press.htm