'The progress is just going to keep going': John Legend discusses criminal justice reform, voting

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Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter John Legend sat down with Soledad O’Brien to discuss his efforts to raise awareness of criminal justice reform and to restore voting rights to those with felony convictions.

This conversation is part of The Matter of Fact Listening Tour: Promises of Change, which will explore solutions to the most pressing problems of the day, in education, health, housing, the environment, food insecurity, voting rights, public safety and community wealth.

In the interview, Legend talked about his personal experience with his mother’s drug addiction and how it inspired him to raise awareness.

“What happened to my mother specifically impacted us because she spiraled after her mother died and had a drug addiction. What I learned from that and what I learned from other interactions that my family members have had with the criminal punishment system is that so many times, we take people who are hurting and we treat them as criminals instead of as people who actually just need help,” Legend said.

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