No Insurance Company Left Behind
3-11-2010 – 4:18 pm | Comments

By Katie Robbins – | HealthCareNOW.org
On Tuesday, the Health Care for America Now (HCAN) coalition performed a “citizen’s arrest” of the insurance industry at a meeting of Americas Health Insurance Plans, the private health …

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Moving on to PDA: An activists progress
10-2-2009 – 1:36 pm | Comments
Moving on to PDA: An activists progress

Lois Hamilton graduated from UC Santa Barbara and went back to get her Masters Degree in English Literature when she was 35 and working full time as a social worker for the County of Santa …

Video: Imagine — I Want My Doctor My Way
9-20-2009 – 2:14 pm | Comments
Video:  Imagine — I Want My Doctor My Way

THIS IS GREAT!!! PLEASE SEND THIS TO YOUR LISTS!!! Michelle Morton did this EXCELLENT video done after attending one of our Universal Single Payer Healthcare forums that we hosted this summer. We’ve already done them …

Michigan Grassroots Lobby, People Power!
7-18-2009 – 8:55 am | Comments
Michigan Grassroots Lobby, People Power!

Dear fellow PDA members,
On Thursday July 9, 2009, two fellow PDA members and myself,
also a Move On member, joined a Move On delegation in the lobby of
Michigan’s US Senator Debbie …

Notes on The Peoples Summit and Tent City in Detroit, MI
6-20-2009 – 7:18 am | Comments
Notes on The Peoples Summit and Tent City in Detroit, MI

By Leona McElevene, MI12 CDPP for PDA (intended for PDA Blog posting)
The People’s Summit and Tent City, took place on June 14-17, 2009 at Grand Circus Park in Detroit, Michigan. It was a …

Winograd Launches Congressional Campaign at Venice Pier
5-17-2009 – 11:23 am | Comments
Winograd Launches Congressional Campaign at Venice Pier

Winograd4congress.com
Marcy Winograd, Founder of the Los Angeles chapter of Progressive Democrats of America, ended speculation
on Monday, May 11, when she held a campaign kick-off rally at the Venice Pier to announce her ‘Jobs with Dignity’ …

Raul Grijalva Speaks at Progressive Caucus of the Arizona State Democratic Party 5-9-09
5-13-2009 – 9:43 am | Comments
Raul Grijalva Speaks at Progressive Caucus of the Arizona State Democratic Party 5-9-09

Congressman Raul Grijalva as he spoke to the Progressive Caucus of the Arizona Democratic Party on May 9, 2009 at the State Committee Meeting in Tucson, Arizona.

Colleague Asks for Yoo’s Dismissal from U of California
3-12-2009 – 7:46 am | Comments

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
Dear Chancellor Birgeneau:
As you may know, H. Marshall Jarrett, head of the Justice Departments Office of Professional Responsibility, has reached damning although not yet public conclusions about the professional misconduct of Professor …

Robin Hood 101
2-21-2009 – 12:23 pm | Comments

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
Aren’t we glad Governor Schwarzenegger is so elated about his state senate’s approval of a budget? But, how about the rest of us who live, and work, in California? Is there anyone …