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S.B. 923 is a step forward that can begin to improve lives. Prohibiting institutions of higher learning from inquiring about our records will ensure that more previously impacted people continue to seek higher education, for ourselves and our families.

It didn’t make any sense to me that at a place of learning where I wanted to be focused on my future, instead I was facing just another battle. Police in schools are pre-prepping young people to be traumatized and victimized when they’re just trying to be students.

School counselors, behavior techs, nurses, social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists are the right people to address the multitude of issues facing our young people, not an armed police presence.

Workers in Connecticut prisons make only $.30 to $1.50 an hour. The legislature must change that.

The right to vote is precious, and we must make our democracy stronger by protecting and strengthening access to the ballot box.

Here's what we want the legislature to include as they decide what early voting will look like, including when, where, and for how long early voting will be available before an election.

Here’s what’s ahead at the capitol, in the courts, and in communities.

Use one, some, or all of these seven steps to create your personal voting rights action plan.

The Coast Guard Academy kicked him out for becoming a dad. Eight years later, he finally received his degree.