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We Will Not Be Left Behind: SandSJ Releases 2023 Policy Agenda
Trenton, NJ – Earlier today, Governor Murphy gave his State of the State address where he outlined a promising plan to move New Jersey...
Jan 10, 2023
Souls to the Polls
By: Jared Hunter, Senior Organizer Historically and to this day, Black and Brown communities have been systematically disenfranchised...
Dec 15, 2022
Our community is hurting. Police brutality complaints aired at meeting with U.S. attorney. | Opinion
By Ande Richards | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Thanksgiving was terrible for twin sisters Myrlene Laurince-Hillaire and Myriam Laurince....
Dec 7, 2022
Police licensing bill flies through the Senate, Assembly
Ken Serrano Asbury Park Press A bill to establish the licensing of police officers in New Jersey cleared the Senate and Assembly on...
Nov 15, 2022
Police licensing program is ‘a powerful step in the right direction’
By Melissa Rose Cooper, Correspondent | July 5, 2022 | Law & Public Safety, More Issues But some advocates want more diversity in police...
Nov 15, 2022
Expungement of marijuana convictions slowed by bottlenecks
By BRENDA FLANAGAN, SENIOR CORRESPONDENT | OCTOBER 10, 2022 | SOCIAL, LAW & PUBLIC SAFETY Some advocates would like expungement of...
Nov 14, 2022
Advocacy groups, N.J. lawmakers decry lack of transparency in American Rescue Plan funding process
By Tennyson Donyéa August 2, 2022 File photo: The State Capitol in Trenton (Alan Tu/WHYY) New Jersey still has $1.4 billion from the...
Nov 14, 2022
Faith leaders must help desegregate New Jersey’s schools | Opinion
Updated: Aug. 24, 2022, 3:03 p.m.|Published: Aug. 18, 2022, 3:30 p.m. By: Rev. Dr. Charles Boyer The Rev. Dr. Charles Franklin Boyer is...
Nov 14, 2022
Groups urge Murphy to sign bill aimed at boosting Black home ownership and closing wealth gap
By Matt Arco | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com The bill would let people who bid on a foreclosed home put 3.5% cash down — opposed to the 20%...
Nov 14, 2022
Key ruling on school segregation case still pending
DAVID CRUZ, SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT/ANCHOR | SEPTEMBER 27, 2022 | EDUCATION, SOCIAL A study found NJ’s schools are some of the...
Nov 14, 2022
Passing cannabis banking reform is an act of faith
By Rev. Charles F. Boyer, Pastor, and Rev. DeForest Soaries. PUBLISHED: November 1, 2022 at 5:58 p.m. | UPDATED: November 1, 2022 at 6:29...
Nov 14, 2022
Will new center transform maternal health in Trenton?
Melissa Rose Cooper, Correspondent | October 25, 2022 | Health Care, Social Youth mentorship and violence prevention programs will also...
Nov 14, 2022
Replacing its police force has brought Camden, N.J., more peace but lingering questions...
ADRIAN MORROWU.S. CORRESPONDENT CAMDEN, N.J. PUBLISHED AUGUST 22, 2022 Nine years ago, a U.S. community with soaring violent crime rates...
Aug 25, 2022
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