Marie S. - Owings, MD

Being a progressive is not about politics as usual, where corruption and corporate wealth with special-interest lobbyists rule our world. It is about searching for and finding new ways to preserve our environment and our quality of life for future generations, it is about peaceful and effective alternatives to war by pursuing positive and respectful diplomatic relations with all nations; it is about preserving separation of church and state and denouncing the politics of hate; it is about respecting and defending human rights, first in our nation, and then around the globe; it is about the richest nation on earth ensuring the basic health and well-being of its people through universal health coverage, a living wage and responsible fiscal and political governance; it is about helping other nations to end preventable disease, genocide and starvation in our world; and, finally, it is about our nation's policies reflecting the thoughts, ideals and experiences of the best and the brightest of our universe.