Opinions - Democrats Abroad

Opinions

Chair's Corner

Thank you all for attending the WEP Global event “Americans Abroad - How to Stop it Hurting Retirement Plans” with Nancy Altman on April 1st. It was successful, and we......

Chair's Corner

Let’s help all DA members be aware of the Windfall Elimination Provision This month I want to again focus on WEP because it may affect you now or in the......

Chair's Corner - 2023

A Happy New Year to you all. It has been a year since we formed the Seniors Caucus, and we continue to work in DA on Senior issues. You should......

Chair's Corner

We have been hoping that all our work in DA before the midterms will reap benefits for our party. Supporting State Teams, going to campaign events, asking questions of candidates,......

Chair's Corner

This comes with a friendly but urgent request for All Seniors in Democrats Abroad to vote in the upcoming election. There are 9 million Americans abroad and our votes can......

Chair's Corner

I hope you all have had a relaxing summer wherever you are in the world. In some ways, it has been a hair-raising summer. There is the Department of Justice’s......

Chair's Corner

I write to you from the middle of nowhere in the forest in Finland. I am mourning the loss of Roe v. Wade as I just heard that this momentous......

Chair's Corner

In May and June, we celebrate two holidays – Mother’s Day in May and Father Day in June. Sadly, the war in Ukraine is continuing and we cannot celebrate world......

Heather Cox Richardson, from Letters from an American, May 7, 2022

I told this story here two years ago, but I want to repeat it tonight, as the reality of women’s lives is being erased in favor of an image of......

Chair's Corner - May, 2022

In April, we saw the escalation of the war in Ukraine, and I understood from some DA colleagues that many American Seniors abroad are quite worried about this state of......