By Candidate Marcy Winograd
Participating in 350 Day, October 24, 2009, members of Progressive Democrats of the Santa Monica Mountains and Los Angeles spelled out 3-5-0 with their bicycles before riding from Santa Monica to …

Crunch Time and a Grassroots View of the ‘Robust’ Public Option
By PDA-Chicago Steering Committee: Bill Bianchi, Lorin Klugman, Arlene Gloria Hirsch, Allan Nowakowski, and Jim Rhodes
The PDA-Chicago steering Committee wants to weigh in on …

PDA’s monthly Healthcare for All Issue Organizing Team (IOT) conference call had four guests who have pivotal roles in the single-payer movement. Donna Smith updated the group about progress in the House and Senate; …

By Linda Milazzo | PDA Blog Contributor
Ted Turner would fire Lou Dobbs. How do I know? Because Ted Turner said so:

This excerpt from Ted Turner’s April 1, 2008 interview on PBS, in which …

By Marcy Winograd | PDA Blog Contributor
Fight the Freeze – No Diet COLA for Seniors!
Let’s thank Congressman Anthony Weiner, our single payer champ, for taking to the streets of New York again, this time to …

By Laura Bonham, PDA Deputy Director and Communications Director
As the frenzied healthcare debate inches forward under a cloud of misinformation, we want to reiterate that PDA is firmly committed to Medicare for All, single-payer healthcare.
Our …

Whew. Saddle up, America. And say it three times, really fast: Baucus-Braly-Blue Cross Bailout, Baucus-Braly-Blue Cross Bailout, Baucus-Braly-Blue Cross Bailout.
Get ready for the next act in the intricate drama that has been unfolding under the …

A couple of weeks ago Noam Chomsky, whose works need no introduction from me, addressed a conference co-sponsored by the Pacific Green Party in Portland. He spoke about a variety of topics, and ranged …