Activists worked to register Florida’s former felons to vote

With the general election just weeks away, Florida’s ex-felons may well be the swing votes that never materialize, said activists. Until yesterday’s Oct. 5 deadline to register, they worked overtime to get that population to the polls. Prior to the passage of Amendment 4 in 2018, people who had been convicted of a felony permanentlyContinue reading “Activists worked to register Florida’s former felons to vote”

Florida’s essential workers: Where are they now? (includes multimedia content)

Audio interview from Jean Jones and Alfred Harris Jr.: HERE As we enter the sixth month of the coronavirus pandemic, essential workers continue to attend to the public’s everyday needs, leaving them overworked, mentally exhausted and having to adjust their daily lives to working in dangerous environments    According to an analysis by the Center forContinue reading “Florida’s essential workers: Where are they now? (includes multimedia content)”