GOP lawmakers in Virginia are trying to reverse Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s executive order to restore the voting rights of more than 200,000 individuals who were formerly incarcerated. Republicans filed a complaint with the Supreme Court of Virginia complaining Gov. McAuliffe overstepped his authority last month when he restored felons’ voting rights. They have also accused McAuliffe of rushing […]
The state of Maryland might restore the voting rights of over 40,000 former offenders with felony convictions if a piece of vetoed legislation is successfully overridden. Gov. Larry Hogan shot down the legislation last year, but a strong push from Democrat leadership is aimed to turn the tides. The Huffington Post writes: Over 40,000 people […]
Minister Nuri Muhammad of Mosque 74 of the Nation of Islam in Indianapolis appeared on Afternoons with Amos to talk about the work of the Nation in the city and region and the upcoming visit by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan to Indianapolis. Minister Farrakhan will speak Sunday, December 1st at the Convention Center downtown. […]
In the first weeks of Afternoons with Amos ten years ago, I had a caller, nearly in tears, as he talked about his problems not getting a decent job. Seems because he’d served time for a crime, but had lived crime free for over ten years. Despite his clean record and “turning his life to […]
Michael Edwards, a community leader in southern Virginia, spent eight years in prison for a marijuana-trafficking conviction in the 1970s. But he said he feels…
