Name: Daniel Rivero w/ Just Freedom in Convo w/ Kate Payne
Start: 2025-10-16T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-10-16T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Midtown Reader & the Piebrary

$Daniel Rivero w\/ Just Freedom in Convo w\/ Kate Payne$

Just Freedom raises questions and provokes conversations about the lasting hold of Jim Crow–era policies the power of money and the nature of the American criminal justice system. Join us for an evening with investigative reporter Daniel Rivero in conversation with Associated Press reporter Kate Payne as they discuss his new book Just Freedom: Inside Florida's Decades-Long Voting Rights Battle.
About the Book
This book tells the story of the fight to restore voting rights to people with past felony convictions in Florida. Daniel Rivero details the advocacy and action that helped 1.4 million people gain the right to vote--and the obstacles still preventing them from doing so.
About the Author
Daniel Rivero is an award winning investigative reporter who works with WLRN Public Radio in Miami. The Cuban-American’s investigations have appeared in the Miami Herald NPR the Guardian ABC News Splinter and other outlets. Just Freedom is his first book.