On the Withdrawal of Rep. Weiner’s Single-Payer Amendment
11-6-2009 – 4:15 pm | Comments

n the eve of what could have been the first vote on single-payer legislation in our nation’s history, we have just learned that because of last minute developments, the vote and debate on Congressman Weiner’s …

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Letter to President Barack Obama…
10-9-2009 – 10:47 am | Comments
Letter to President Barack Obama…

Dear President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle:
Congratulations! At a time like this, when so many Republicans, rightwingers, malcontents, are targeting you over and over . . . it is refreshing and welcome …

A Progressive Response to Mitch Stewart & OFA
8-11-2009 – 4:42 pm | Comments
A  Progressive Response to Mitch Stewart & OFA

Dear Mitch Stewart & OFA,
I am glad you are still Organizing for America — we need the activated grassroots energy that swept Mr. Obama into office to keep things moving forward. But I have …

PDA Inauguration Videos
1-23-2009 – 8:31 am | Comments

ALL OF PDA’S YOUTUBE VIDEOS CAN BE SEEN HERE
PDA’S WEBCAST OF THE GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE IN DC CAN BE SEEN HERE

BELOW ARE THE VIDEOS FROM PDA INAUGURAL EVENTS!
Watch below PDA from Washington DC during their …

The Choice Is Ours Now
12-25-2008 – 10:21 am | Comments

by Melissa Etheridge | Huffington Post
This is a message for my brothers and sisters who have fought so long and so hard for gay rights and liberty. We have spent a long time climbing up …

As Congress Lay Dying
12-3-2008 – 4:02 am | Comments

by David Swanson PDA National Board, AfterDowningStreet.org | Huffington Post
The debate among progressive activists and commentators in recent weeks has tended to range from the leave-Obama-alone-and-he’ll-fix- everything position to the stage-a-protest- at-Obama’s-house-for-the-next-month position, including numerous …

Fearful of Hillary Clinton?
11-23-2008 – 9:24 pm | Comments

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
Some in the Arab world are reportedly fearful of having Hillary Clinton as our next Secretary of State. There is concern that the New York senator is hawkish, and that her pro-Israeli …

New Tasks of the Left Following Obama’s Victory
11-18-2008 – 9:47 pm | Comments

by Carl Davidson | Progressives for Obama
American progressives have won a major victory in helping to defeat John McCain and placing Barack Obama in the White House. The far right has been broadly rebuffed, …

More Than A Prison
11-17-2008 – 5:29 pm | Comments

By Jayne Lyn Stahl
Last night, in his first interview since being elected, Barack Obama told “60 Minutes” that among his top priorities is to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
But, Guantanamo Bay is …