New Jersey
The struggle for affordable housing in New Jersey stretches back decades
May 25, 2023From pushing out Black renters in the ’60s to enriching private real estate developers today, elected officials have been sabotaging affordable housing for years.
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Right to Counsel: Jersey City tenants fight for free lawyers in eviction struggles
May 16, 2023On average, only 3% of tenants facing an eviction have a lawyer, compared to 81% of their landlords.
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Striking Rutgers history professor: The administration thinks academic workers don’t matter
April 12, 2023Direct reporting from the picket line by Rutgers history professor Norman Markowitz.
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N.J. Rep Pascrell to Biden: Fire Trump-named postal board
January 26, 2021The idea is that a new board could then fire Postmaster DeJoy, the Trump sycophant who nearly crippled the Post Office.
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Newark’s Video Music Awards can’t mask water crisis horror
August 30, 2019This week the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) took place for the first time at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
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