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Thousands sign the NJ No Votes for Genocide petition
Renee Johnston
Thousands sign the NJ No Votes for Genocide petition
Renee Johnston

The NJ Uncommitted movement, after earning over 40,000 votes during the New Jersey Democratic primaries in June, reemerged as No Votes for Genocide (NVFG) launched on September 1. The organization, led by Mona Dalia, a Palestinian healthcare worker and organizer, and Martina Manicastri is an organizer with Central New Jersey DSA; with the support of Ghada Elnajjar, a political activist and community organizer with the “No Peace, No Peach” movement out of Georgia.

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Renee Johnston

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The conversation: Gen Z on the 2024 Political Landscape
Sep 15
The conversation: Gen Z on the 2024 Political Landscape

As part of International Democracy Day 2024, PSA is hosting a virtual discussion on the current political paradigm with members of Gen Z, the generation now seemingly at the center of the “drive to the 2024 polls” for the electoral races afoot... 

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CYA or “Cover Your Administration”? Newark’s Board of Education and the “Nuttin’ Butt Azz” Basketball Tournament
Zoe Van Gelder & Ishani Bakshi
CYA or “Cover Your Administration”? Newark’s Board of Education and the “Nuttin’ Butt Azz” Basketball Tournament
Zoe Van Gelder & Ishani Bakshi

This was published as part of the 2024 community journalism class sponsored by New Jersey Civic Information Consortium. 

It’s June 14, the jump ball is thrown, and Big Fendi, former Nicki Minaj manager and now author, takes it running. A promotional video for a community basketball tournament dubbed “Nuttin’ Butt Azz’” is circulated on Facebook.

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Zoe Van Gelder & Ishani Bakshi
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ACLU-NJ takes on immigration and more
Alaa Essafi
ACLU-NJ takes on immigration and more
Alaa Essafi

In this interview, Public Square Amplified community reporter Alaa Essafi speaks with Amol Sinha, executive director of the ACLU-NJ, about the types of legal advocacy being utilized to ensure immigrant rights are protected, ongoing immigration policy campaigns, and ways to promote civic engagement leading up to the 2024 presidential election.

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Alaa Essafi
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Sponsored: Drive Towards Cleaner Air & Better Health
Sponsored: Drive Towards Cleaner Air & Better Health

The American Lung Association’s Annual “State Of The Air” Report confirmed what New Jersey’s lower income families and communities of color already know—our air stinks.

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How has the United States been so wrong about a ceasefire in Gaza?
Matt Dragon
How has the United States been so wrong about a ceasefire in Gaza?
Matt Dragon

As we pass 300 days since a one-day attack, part resistance and part massacre, we continue to bear hourly witness to an ongoing Genocide. Anyone can livestream the completely disproportionate response to that attack that is a trifecta of war crimes: collective punishment, forced displacement, and ethnic cleansing.

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Matt Dragon

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Local news is never out of the game: Q&A with Chris Daggett
Zoe Van Gelder
Local news is never out of the game: Q&A with Chris Daggett
Zoe Van Gelder

In 2023, approximately 2.5 local newspapers shut down each week. This national downhill trend has continued in 2024 and is hitting home in New Jersey. Decisions made by the Newark Morning Ledger Co. and NJ Advance Media have led to the print closures and full closures of multiple local New Jersey news outlets.

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Zoe Van Gelder

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