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Young Newark voters engage in School Board election forum
Anthony Orlando
Young Newark voters engage in School Board election forum
Anthony Orlando

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. 

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Anthony Orlando

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The struggle is more that the release of Mahmoud Khalil, it’s a working class fight
The struggle is more that the release of Mahmoud Khalil, it’s a working class fight

No matter how much the greedy, racist bosses of the U.S. try to keep us demoralized and cynical, the faint heartbeat of class struggle persists, reminding those of us who are activists that we are indeed on the “right side of history.” 

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At the kitchen table with Dr. Willa Cofield - Part two
Public Square Amplified team
At the kitchen table with Dr. Willa Cofield - Part two
Public Square Amplified team

Public Square Amplified continued its conversation with Dr. Cofield, asking her to draw parallels between past and present racist practices and to share her thoughts on whether today’s generation has the ability to organize, protest, and effectively fight for their rights.

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At the kitchen table with Dr. Willa Cofield - Part one
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At the kitchen table with Dr. Willa Cofield - Part one
Public Square Amplified team

Dr. Willa Cofield describes Enfield, the North Carolina town where she was born and raised, as a close-knit community shaped by familial ties, shared cultural norms, a spirit of entrepreneurship, and the Black church as its anchor.

Public Square Amplified sat down with Cofield to learn more about how she fought for civil rights, and how present-day advocates can learn from her strategies and be inspired by her quiet ferocity.

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Black Press turns 197 and it’s more critical now than ever
Chris Smith
Black Press turns 197 and it’s more critical now than ever
Chris Smith

Sunday marks the 197th anniversary of the first Black-owned and operated newspaper in the United States, the origin of today’s Black Press. That paper, The Freedom Journal, was published and distributed on March 16, 1827 from its offices in what is now the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City.

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Chris Smith

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Local news is never out of the game: Q&A with Chris Daggett
Zoe Van Gelder
Local news is never out of the game: Q&A with Chris Daggett
Zoe Van Gelder

In 2023, approximately 2.5 local newspapers shut down each week. This national downhill trend has continued in 2024 and is hitting home in New Jersey. Decisions made by the Newark Morning Ledger Co. and NJ Advance Media have led to the print closures and full closures of multiple local New Jersey news outlets.

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Zoe Van Gelder

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