Melissa Harris-Perry

Melissa Harris-Perry and her panelists talk about where politics and the prison system converge in deciding who gets to vote, and the outcomes of the decision. Click to view the media link.

Right to vote

The Maryland legislature just gave 40,000 people the right to vote After a long fight, 40,000 people in Maryland just got the right to vote. The Maryland Senate voted to override Governor Hogan’s veto and allow people with felony convictions to register to vote after...

Registering child sex offenders for life.

Read this article regarding legislation to register child offenders for life. Of course this would block them from entering a public school or being around other children. I would agree that if a professional deemed the offender pathological, then they need to be...