Two of America’s most venerable civil rights organizations are joining forces to combat divisiveness and disarray in our nation’s politics fostered for political advantage by the Republican Party and President Donald Trump. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and the National Urban…
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National Guard sent to count votes in election
Already facing a grueling year, National Guard members will fill the roles of poll workers across New Jersey during next week’s election. After mobilizing more than 150 troops in June for its first ever mission in support of a primary…
At least 81 million Americans voted so far
More than 81 million Americans have voted so far, which is almost 60% of 2016’s total voter turnout, according to the U.S. Elections Project, a turnout-tracking database run by Michael McDonald at the University of Florida. Democrats account for 46.8…
Perth Amboy officials mum on child abduction
Mayor Wilda Diaz and law enforcement officials did not comment about a report from city police that two strangers attempted to abduct a 12 year old child in Perth Amboy. Vanessa Reyes, a 33 year-old mother, said that her son…
Deadly double shooting Four young men nabbed
Four people, including a 16-year-old boy, have been charged with murder after two men were shot to death inside a car near the parking lot of the Meadowlands racetrack on Sunday night. Four people, including a 16-year-old boy, have been…
Special prosecutor demanded for murdered woman
Today, lawyers from the Grassroots Law Project and attorney Sadiqa Reynolds, President and CEO of the Louisville Urban League, filed a pleading requesting that the Office of the Prosecutors Advisory Council appoint a special prosecutor to properly convene another grand…
Vas takes victory lap on Rent Control restoration
Tax-cutting attorney Joseph B. Vas is taking a victory lap after he got Mayor Wilda Diaz to do in six weeks what the City Council members could not do in more than 12 years: Fulfill her obligation to appoint board…
Stay home to celebrate a safe Halloween
Some communities are putting a stop to classic Halloween traditions such as door-to-door trick-or-treating and haunted houses because of the coronavirus. As of Sept. 17, more than 587,000 children had tested positive for covid-19, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.…
Stacked Supreme Court rules against counting all votes
The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that ballots received in Wisconsin after Election Day cannot be counted, no matter when they were mailed. According to the Washington Post, on Tuesday voters in the battleground state so far have returned more…
U.S. Postal Service ordered to deliver
A federal judge ordered the U.S. Postal Service to reverse limitations on mail collection imposed by Trump-backed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, requiring the agency to inform workers of the court’s highly detailed mandate as mail-in ballots flood the system. Judge…