by Florida Action Committee | Sep 20, 2018 | Articles, Featured Articles
What Would Dr. King Do? The Case Against Amendment 4 on Felon Voting Rights by Paul Wright 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...
by Florida Action Committee | Sep 20, 2018 | Articles, Featured Articles
This November, Floridians will vote on a proposal to amend the state constitution. Amendment 4 is bittersweet. If passed, many Florida residents—who have paid the price for their wrongdoing–will have their right to vote restored. Florida law bars those with...
by Florida Action Committee | Sep 20, 2018 | Articles, Featured Articles
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...
by Florida Action Committee | Sep 19, 2018 | Articles, Featured Articles
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...
by Florida Action Committee | Sep 18, 2018 | Articles, Featured Articles
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...
by Florida Action Committee | Sep 18, 2018 | Articles, Featured Articles
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...
