As increasing attention at the national and state level is focused on the racial disparities in maternal health care, New Jersey continues to be plagued with staggering maternal and infant mortality ...

As July 12 marks the 55th anniversary of the Newark Rebellion in 1967, Newark's Central Ward faces another transformation. The city's central but aging care and teaching facility, University Hospital, ...

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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. A toxic stew of filthy fossil ...

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As part of International Democracy Day 2024, Public Square Amplified (PSA) hosts a discussion on the current political paradigm with members of Gen Z, the generation now seemingly at the center of the ...

Newark-In the four decades since the HIV/AIDS epidemic began, the disease has taken the lives of more than 750,000 Americans, part of a total of 40.1 million deaths worldwide. A 2022 estimate shows ...

In January, Newark became the first city in New Jersey to give 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in local school board elections. It was a major victory for student advocates, who are now ...

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This is an opinion piece produced as part of the 2025 Citizen Journalism class by Sadie Springer titled “Maplewood’s illusion of progressivism.” Image: A typical lawn sign in Maplewood expressing ...