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Another Illinois legislator, U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-7th), last week changed the lives of millions of Americans. Thursday, the West Side congressman stood beside President George W. Bush as Bush signed the second Chance Act. This new legislation will pour more than $160 billion into programs across the country to ease ex-offenders' re-entry into our communities.
If the second chance legislation hadn't been locked in now, we likely would have heard governmental officials crying poor, thereby promulgating the revolving door corrections system which we all know hasn't worked.[...] instead of a five-dollar bill, a good luck wish and a pat on the back, the once imprisoned men and women will return home to agencies equipped to help them with vocational or education choices, mentoring and substance abuse counseling.See the full content of this document
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Black Illinois Pols Change America
Few will argue that Illinois Sen. Barack Obama's campaign for the Democratic nomination for the presidency has changed how Black candidates ...
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