Space Coast Progressive Alliance

Did you know you can register to vote or update your voter registration online?

The deadline to register to vote in the August 28 primary is July 30.

The deadline to register to vote in the November 6 general election is October 9.

Go to RegisterToVoteFlorida.gov to register or update your registration!

The actions of the current administration are substantially hurting our health care.

Few realize the burden the prison-industrial complex places on society, particularly on poor people of color.  Florida is in the top 10 states for incarceration rates, and is one of the 5 states that does not pay its prisoners for working.  Florida prisoners are striking to call attention to this injustice.  Read an article about the strike.

We need to stay focused on the only viable solution for American health care - a universal single-payer system.

We need to change how we think about health care.

This article from Civic Skunk Works, Trickle Down Lies Are Falling Apart All Around Us, points out the obvious, that the conservative approach to the economy - policies that help the rich get richer – doesn’t trickle down as economic improvement for the rest of us.  The article is short and informative and points out the absurdity of the status quo.

On April 4, 2017 the Tampa Bay Times released the result of a multi-year project that assembled documentation on all Florida police shootings from 2009 through 2014. They analyzed the data they collected and present the results in several ways.

Melbourne City Council Opposes State Legislation That Could Negatively Impact Its Citizens (HB 17, SB 1158, HB 487, SB 330)

Since the November presidential election, perhaps you, like me, periodically ruminate on what has happened. Maybe you are asking yourself, how did this happen?  Are people really this gullible?  What is going on?   I have read articles that have helped me make sense of what is going on. They have given me a new frame of reference on the president-elect.  None of it makes me feel any better about what we are facing in the future.