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Florida Lawmakers Push for Voting Rights
Four Florida legislators urged their colleagues to protect voting rights that have been under threat in the state by passing legislation that is currently stalled. Joined by activists from Florida...
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Fla. Immigration Activists Call for Vote on ‘Tuition Equity’
A floor vote and the democratic process need to take place in the Florida state Senate regarding a bill that would permit undocumented youth to qualify for in-state tuition fees, the Florida...
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Study: States Need to Improve Juvenile Justice Education
The 70,000 young people who are in custody in the United States and the South on any particular day are receiving such a poor education that they are being set “further back” in their lives,...
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Virginia Approves In-State Tuition Rates for DREAMers
Virginia has joined a list of states that will give in-state tuition access to immigrant youth who qualify for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status, the state’s Attorney General...
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Georgia to Have Statue Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal was joined by two of Martin Luther King Jr.’s children as he signed legislation providing for a statue to honor the slain civil rights leader in the state he...
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Group: Time for Alabama to Make College Affordable
Many college graduates in Alabama are carrying high debt loads as they start their careers. Some of the state’s young people from middle- and low-income families find themselves locked out of...
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Atlanta Families Highlighted by Stop From ‘Wage’ Bus
Supporters call it a 45-foot long “anti-poverty billboard.” And for good reason: It’s a 16-ton, shrink-wrapped bus with calls to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 per hour. The wage issue is gaining...
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Atlanta Forum Gives Voters Chance to Quiz Candidates
About 200 people gathered in Atlanta for a candidate forum on Friday at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers’ building. But, as organizers said, this forum for the May 20 primary...
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Montgomery, Ala. Limits Payday Lending Businesses
From the perspective of community groups, families and elected leaders in Montgomery, Ala., payday lenders and title pawn companies charge exceedingly-high interest rates that leave people in almost...
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Domestic Violence Protection Bill Defeated in Louisiana
Louisiana state lawmakers on Thursday rejected a bill that supporters said would have offered much-needed housing protection to people who have experienced domestic violence. The state House of...
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Kentucky Law Banning Same-Sex Marriage is Struck Down
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge in Kentucky struck down the state’s ban on gay marriage on Tuesday, though the ruling was temporarily put on hold and it was not immediately clear when same-sex...
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Ga.’s Clayton County to Vote on Public Transit in November
An estimated 265,800 residents in Georgia’s Clayton County could regain full public bus service in the next two years should voters approve a referendum that narrowly succeeded in making its way to...
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Immigration ‘Holds’ Violate Constitution, Fla. Groups Say
Local police and sheriff deputies cannot hold people at the request of federal agents for investigation of civil immigration violations, a Florida coalition of civil rights, legal, labor and...
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LGBTQ Immigration Activists Win Support on Equality
A sit-in outside a Congressional office Wednesday by LGBTQ activists helped prompt lawmakers to write to President Barack Obama about the needs of undocumented lesbians, gays, bisexuals, transgender...
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They Work but Lack Health Insurance. Why is That?
So when does a philosophical opposition to the Affordable Care Act – President Barack Obama’s signature health care law – become a real-life issue for families? Especially for people who have paying...
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Multilingual Resources About Tuition Law Aid Youth in Fla.
Undocumented students, their families and college officials in Florida now have access to information in English, Spanish and Kreyol that will help answer questions about the state’s new “Tuition...
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End Immigration ‘Holds,’ Ga. County Tells Sheriff
It was a local vote but social justice groups in the Atlanta area say it has national importance – and hopefully will help immigrant families stay together. The Fulton County Board of Commissioners...
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Alabama Group Vindicated After Holding Medicaid Vigil
A group of Alabama faith, civil rights and community members – known as the “Faithful Seven” – was found not guilty on Monday, following their arrest in August for holding a vigil inside the Alabama...
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Alabama Suffers Second-Worst Education Cuts in U.S.
Alabama public schools are back in the spotlight. For the staff at Arise Citizens’ Policy Project (ACPP), which works to improve the lives of low-income people in Alabama, the news could have been...
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Feeding the Homeless is Now Legal in Fla. City
(AP) — A judge has suspended enforcement of a South Florida city’s law that restricts the public feeding of homeless people for 30 days and ordered mediation on the issue. Arnold Abbott of Love Thy...
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