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by Dan O'Neal for the PDA National TeamHiroshima and Nagasaki: Never Again   81 years ago, August 6th, 1945, marked one of the darkest days in human history. The United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, instantly destroying most of the city and killing some 140,000 people. Three days later, on August 9th, Nagasaki was bombed, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 70,000 Japanese civilians. This week, the devastations of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 6, 2026 Progressive Democrats of America endorses Jarrett Keohokalole for Congress in Hawaii's 1st District Media Contact/Interviews: Alan Minsky, Executive Director, Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), Alan@PDAmerica.org, 818-749-9497 Washington, D.C. — Progressive Democrats of America issued a statement today, expressing its enthusiastic endorsement of Jarrett Keohokalole for the U.S. House of Representatives in Hawaii's District 1. PDA Executive Director...

By Alan Minsky, Executive Director, PDA COMMON SENSE 2026 Addressed to the INHABITANTS OF AMERICA On the following interesting Subjects: Thoughts on the present state ofAmerican affairs & the need tore-form the Democratic Party By ALAN MINSKY Executive Director of Progressive Democrats of America Edited by Susan Seigel & Russell Freedman To which is added: Twenty-First Century Economic Bill of Rights & The Rural New Deal Progressive Democrats of America, July 4, 2026   No More...

​Dems Oh Dems: Don’t Make Us Weary Fight Harder, Fight with Facts And for God’s Sake Fight for the People Who Elected You   By Donna Smith   I am a Democrat. I am sick and tired of being sick and tired (borrowing a quote). I amafraid. I am weary. The current political climate is not sustainable. Either Democrats willstand up and really fight on behalf of the people who elected them or the republic is lost.It truly is not more complicated than that. For all the months since the 2024...

By Mike Hersh and Alan Minsky Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) condemns Donald Trump and the Trump Administration, as well as their enablers in Congress, the media, and elsewhere for launching and supporting a reckless, illegal, unprovoked, and unconstitutional war on Iran over the past 24 hours. Last June, Progressive Democrats of America issued a press release denouncing Trump’s bombing of Iran because it posed risks of “spiraling into a regional or even global conflict that could...

How Does Your Hospital Save Money, Boost Profits? Keep That Delivery App Handy Lest TP be Denied By Donna Smith​   Have you ever seen quality toilet paper in a hospital restroom? Seriously. Most of the time, we are all just damned lucky if we have a clean bathroom in the patient’s room, and we all know the situation with most hospital’s public restrooms (yuck). Decent toilet paper seems to be a small request to make of your hospital given that the status of our bodily functions (digestive...

It’s an Industry, Folks, Not a System: Let’s Be AccurateU.S. Healthcare Corporations Embrace Higher Profits Over Patient Safety By Donna Smith   This is your nurse. We called him Doug. Some days we didn’t see a nurse for entire shifts – and only for medication delivery and scanning the bar codes for payment. This is also your patient technician. Oh, wait, techs are in short supply, and the robot camera doesn’t do hands on patient care. This camera is even your fall-risk protection. The...