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Source: Tallahassee Democrat Florida leads the nation with over 1 million citizens disenfranchised and unable to vote due to felony convictions. The path to having their voting rights restored is long and difficult, and has been found unconstitutional by a federal judge. This November, Floridians who are able to vote will determine whether convicted felons who have completed their sentences

Voting rights:   In Florida, individuals with a felony on their record lose the right to vote; that’s how a large number of people, many of color, have been disenfranchised.  Change on the horizon?  If a proposal (Amendment 4) on the November ballot passes, the Florida constitution will be amended to automatically restore their voting rights.  This is big, an estimated

Redemption:  Is redemption possible or are wrongdoers forever condemned?  Chicago’s renowned Steppenwolf Theater Company tackles that issue with “Downstate,” a new play by Pulitzer and Tony Award-winner Bruce Norris premiering in Chicago on Sept. 20 and running through Nov. 11, 2018; the play is already slated for a London production in spring 2019.  Downstate comes to the stage as the

A new play by Bruce Norris will begin its run at the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago this Thursday. “Downstate” is about a group of registered sex offenders living together and the challenges they face. It is not the first play to cover the topic of sex offenders and hopefully the added exposure to the topic will foster discussion on the

Next week, the State of Florida is encouraging Dads to become involved in their children’s education, by promoting a “take your Dad to work day” A proclamation from Governor Scott touts all the benefits of having ones father or father figure involved in their upbringing. Yet – a segment of Florida’s children (thousands, in fact) are not able to have

According to this article, Arkansas also has something “funny” with it’s sex offender registry, We have long been reporting that Florida claims to have over 73,000 people on its sex offender registry, but fewer than half are in the community. MOST, in fact, are not in the community at all; they are incarcerated, deported, not living in Florida or are