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In Part 1 of this series examining local food systems, we explored the impact of federal funding stoppages on institutional purchasing power to the detriment of New Jersey’s farmers and consumers. This week, we pivot to another segment of the food system, with a focus on independent producers and community-building through local markets and the CSA (community-supported agriculture) model.
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The phrase, “the talk” is sometimes used to describe the conversations Black parents have with their children about being safe when out in the world. It is a topic often revisited after highly publicized incidents of racist police violence.
In Talena Lachelle Queen’s, Suspicious, the author touches upon a variety of versions of “the talk,” while clarifying that each is also an expression of love.
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EDISON, NJ – On April 5th, citizens across the US will participate in rallies and protests as part of the National Hands Off campaign, led by close to 1,000 grassroots and civic organizations. The campaign aims to call attention to what organizers term an“unprecedented government takeover.”
Newark, NJ - Candidates in the 2025 Newark School Board Election declared their campaign positions at a public forum sponsored by the NAACP-Newark on Thursday, March 13.
Every April, the Newark Board of Education holds an election to select candidates to serve a three-year term with oversight responsibility for the development and approval of regulations for the operations of the overall public school system.
The explosion ripped through the girls and their surroundings so quickly that, counterintuitively, they never heard the bomb that struck them. It may be of little solace that they were killed quickly, definitively, the brutality of the act limiting their suffering: Overwhelming violence bringing finality to their lives in an instant.
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Jersey City, NJ - Growing up as the children of immigrants, Jersey City teenagers Eza Iqbal and Arjun Krishnakumar had so much experience translating for their parents that they sometimes turned it into a game. At school, they watched classmates be pulled out of lessons for a single period of English-language instruction, thinking that couldn’t possibly be enough.
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