This [two-part] series was produced as part of the Center for Cooperative Media at Montclair State University’s 2025 NJ News Commons Investigative Reporting Initiative, and supported with funding from ...

In July 2025, multiple federal agencies revoked longstanding regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act, eliminating all requirements to consider environmental justice and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

"Return to Nature” by Priscilla P in her attempt to confront the individual’s examination of their humanity. Acrylic on canvas. Image credit: Warren Edwards. I finally feel accepted, not as a woman, ...

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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Members of the People’s Organization for Progress hold a regular “Register to vote” drive that takes place every Saturday on Broad and Market streets in the heart of downtown Newark. Pictured: ...

Wednesday, September 25, 2024 4:00 PM 5:00 PM ...