News about allied organizations of Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) en Thu, 02 Jul 2009 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 60 May use with attribution link to http://pdamerica.org/ http://pdamerica.org/ http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-07-02-11-08-55-alliances.php http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-07-02-11-08-55-alliances.php New program starts July 1 After four years of hard work, graduating students walk across the stage, receive their diplomas, and embark on the next stage of their lives. After graduation, these students enter the workforce in the hopes of building a life for themselves. However, the reality of looming student loan payments adds anxiety to their well deserved excitement. More often than not, starting salaries for recent graduates are too low and they struggle to repay loans. In order to alleviate these problems Congress has passed new laws that will make college more affordable for students and allow them to make more reasonable monthly student loan payments. [more]]]> http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-07-02-10-37-15-alliances.php http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-07-02-10-37-15-alliances.php http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-06-27-10-08-55-alliances.php http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-06-27-10-08-55-alliances.php Remarks at Torture Accountability Action Day rally in Washington, D.C., June 25, 2009 (Video of this and other speeches on Youtube): Have you ever held a little baby in your arms? Raise your hand if you have. A toddler is as delicate and precious as a baby, but able to move around and get hurt. Bigger kids can move faster and farther. Our instincts should be to protect them. I was reading yesterday about a boy who was probably 12 years old when our nation imprisoned him in 2002. We held him in Afghanistan, but I don't mean "held" in the sense in which one lovingly holds a baby. We put a hood on him, stripped him, shackled him and shoved him down stairs. We brought him to Guantanamo, kicked him, beat him, broke his nose, pepper sprayed him, and deprived him of sleep for many days. In 2003 he tried to kill himself by slamming his head against a wall. [more]]]> http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-06-26-10-00-20-alliances.php http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-06-26-10-00-20-alliances.php http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-06-23-13-06-47-alliances.php http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-06-23-13-06-47-alliances.php http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-06-15-10-24-49-alliances.php http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-06-15-10-24-49-alliances.php http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-06-11-13-19-04-alliances.php http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-06-11-13-19-04-alliances.php http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-06-10-09-56-57-alliances.php http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-06-10-09-56-57-alliances.php http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-06-05-13-57-25-alliances.php http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-06-05-13-57-25-alliances.php State's first black congresswoman opposes Obama war-funding plan Published by the Baltimore Sun. When Congress gives President Barack Obama more funds later this month for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, only one Maryland lawmaker is expected to dissent: Democratic Rep. Donna F. Edwards. Edwards believes the president is taking the U.S. in the wrong direction in Afghanistan. She argues that Obama has no plan for winning and no strategy for getting out. [more]]]> http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-06-05-13-17-32-alliances.php http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-06-05-13-17-32-alliances.php http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-06-04-11-54-51-alliances.php http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-06-04-11-54-51-alliances.php http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-06-03-11-17-40-alliances.php http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-06-03-11-17-40-alliances.php http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-06-02-10-39-33-alliances.php http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-06-02-10-39-33-alliances.php Advance Public Policies to End Homelessness To advance our collective efforts to end homelessness, the National Health Care for the Homeless Council presents the 2009 National Health Care for the Homeless Conference & Policy Symposium, which is built around the theme Working Together for Health, Housing, and Human Rights. The Conference takes place in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, June 25 - Saturday, June 27, with Pre-Conference Institutes scheduled for Wednesday, June 24. Policy Symposium events are integrated throughout this year's conference. Join service providers, HCH consumers, and advocates from across the country to promote the policies necessary to make homelessness increasingly rare and brief. [more]]]> http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-05-31-12-06-20-alliances.php http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-05-31-12-06-20-alliances.php http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-05-30-10-39-42-alliances.php http://pdamerica.org/articles/alliances/2009-05-30-10-39-42-alliances.php