Orange, NJ - On Wednesday, August 28th, a coalition of abolitionists and organizers hosted an annual commemoration of Black August at The HUBB in Orange that brought together political prisoners, ...

NEWARK, NJ—Like many other young people during the 2020 pandemic, 14-year-old Ariyan Wint found herself stuck at home with nothing to do. She enrolled in the New Jersey After School All-Stars program ...

Sixteen-year-olds can drive cars. They can make confidential medical decisions. They can change their names or emancipate themselves. They can sign off on blood and even organ don ...

CLIFTON, NJ—As a Palestinian American farmer in urban Northern New Jersey, and a Land Advocacy Fellow with the National Young Farmers Coalition(Young Farmers), I recognize that the 2023 Farm Bill will ...

Conscious Black Americans are quite familiar with what living under fascism will feel like. In practical terms (considering various historical factors) fascism is dictatorship, totalitarianism by ...

NEWARK, NJ—On Aug. 16, a small group of organizers, citizens, and environmental justice activists gathered at the Down Bottom Farms to prepare for the launch of a historic five-day, 50-mile “Walk Your ...

NEWARK, NJ—What is this thing, the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict? It is a reaffirmation that Whiteness as power is a thing that White-designated people will slaughter their own to maintain. The ...

When Tyrone Lockett heard the story of Eleanor Bumpurs, he laced his shoes and took to the streets in protest. Bumpurs, a 66-year old public housing tenant in The Bronx, faced eviction from her ...

HUNTERDON COUNTY, NJ—Photo essays can be counter-narratives to affirm our shared humanity in racialized spaces designed to erase it. And Public Square Amplified's photojournalist, Brian Branch-Price, ...

JERSEY CITY, NJ-On August 18, under Jersey City’s sun, Mussab Ali – president of the Jersey City Board of Education and the youngest elected official and Muslim in the city’s history – stood on the ...