On the 56-year mark of Alabama’s brutal Bloody Sunday attack on Black communities, their allies and democracy itself, President Joe Biden released recorded remarks this morning calling for Senate passage of the national Lawyers’ Committee-supported For the People Act (H.R. 1) and restoring the Voting Rights Act, now named the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. President Biden also is expected to sign an executive order to promote voter registration and other measures.
Author: Carma Henry
Carma Henry
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Florida Republicans are considering a bill that would effectively make it a crime to give voters food or drink, including water, within 150 feet of polling places.
Today the Washington State Senate voted to automatically restore voting rights to more than 20,000 people in the state who have past criminal convictions and are on community supervision, the equivalent of parole and probation in Washington. The House passed the same measure last month. The legislation now awaits Governor Jay Inslee’s signature to become law. Washington would become the 20th state to restore voting rights upon release from prison.
It really bothers me that time and again, we’ve witnessed our history ignored, sugar-coated, or erased. Enter Gov. Ron DeSantis, who picked up the sad old racist playbook to further divide us with his latest move to interfere with the public-school curriculum.
The Children’s Services Council of Broward County (CSC) announces a Request for Proposals (RFP) to invite qualified vendors to submit proposals to provide a Financial Management System (FMS)
This gathering of Delta Authors will promote literacy, writing and publishing. Additionally, it gives added exposure while promoting book sales in our community. These amazing Authors will provide insight on their work, book give aways, and a Question & Answer session. This two hour event will take place virtually from 12 to 2 p.m. Our hosts for the event will be the outstanding radio talent, Tamara G. along w/ special entertainment.
On Thursday, the Department of Education reported that debtors who were defrauded by their schools but who only got an incomplete consolation from their student-loan debt under the Betsy DeVosera Department of Education will have their loans fully cancelled. This is a move that will lead to an approximated $1 billion in debt relief.
Florida A&M University (FAMU) journalism graduate Yewande O. Addie is making issues of racial equity and justice in academia a key element of her research.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Human Rights Defense Center is appealing to the Third District Court of Appeal in Miami, arguing that by working in prison on a state contract, Armor must comply with Florida public records laws. “Any lawyer who represents people in prison can tell you that it’s incredibly difficult to get information on what is going on behind bars,” said Kelly Knapp, senior supervising attorney at the Southern Poverty Law Center.
April is National Sexual Assault Awareness and Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time to speak out and support survivors of sexual assault and child abuse. According to Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, every 73 seconds a person experiences sexual assault in the United States. One in five women and one in 71 men will be raped at some point in their lives. Here in Broward, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement reported 688 rapes in 2019. According to the National Children’s Alliance, nearly 700,000 children are abused in the United States annually.