Opinion: While DC Fails Us, In Newark We Know It Takes A Village
Posted OnDecember 23, 2021 byAcross the city Black self-help organizations like Leaders for Life are stepping up to help tame physical hunger and feed the spirit.Read More…
Project Ready wants N.J. to keep making voting more accessible
Posted OnNovember 15, 2021 byProject Ready, a non-profit organization that seeks to improve voter participation, wants the state to make voting easier and more accessible. “There should be no confusion about what the results of New Jersey’s election mean – people want options for safe, easy, and convenient voting,” said Project Ready CEO Shennell McCloud. “There’s no such thing as…Read More…
WATCH — Education Experts Talk COVID Slide, Math Recovery and the Key Role STEM Skills Will Play in a Post-Pandemic World
Posted OnNovember 13, 2021 byNew research suggests the pandemic’s long-term impact on math learning might be considerably more severe than on reading skills. How can educators and parents counter this? Why is it so important? And how does it factor into the future of America’s workforce, where STEM skills will increasingly become a priority? These are the questions that…Read More…
Opinion: New Jersey needs a Black women’s agenda
Posted OnOctober 18, 2021 byPutting Black women at the center of plans and policies would extend economic opportunity statewide and ensure New Jersey is on the right side of history.Read More…
Murphy, Ciattarelli running mates face off tonight in N.J.’s only Lt. Gov. debate. Here’s what to know.
Posted OnOctober 8, 2021 byTonight is your only chance to see the two major-party candidates vying to be New Jersey’s second-in-command square off in a debate. Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, the incumbent and running mate of Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy, and former state Sen. Diane Allen, the running mate of Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli, will tangle at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the lone…Read More…
How to watch the N.J. Lieutenant Governor Debate
Posted OnOctober 5, 2021 byThe major party candidates for lieutenant governor of New Jersey, incumbent Sheila Oliver and Republican challenger Diane Allen, will meet in the first and only debate of the 2021 campaign tonight. The debate will be at 7 PM at Rider University in Lawrenceville in cooperation with the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission. It will…Read More…
Political briefs: Mazzeo bill to create Food Insecurity Advocate signed into law
Posted OnOctober 4, 2021 byMazzeo bill to address hunger in N.J. signed Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill sponsored by Assemblyman Vince Mazzeo, D-Atlantic, into law Thursday to create the Office of Food Insecurity Advocate to help address hunger in New Jersey. The law (formerly bill A-5884/S-3945) establishes the new office within the executive branch of the state government….Read More…