A former site manager for a temporary staffing agency was sentenced to prison for stealing $190,000 from the agency. Xiomara Jovel, 47, of Roselle, was sentenced to three years in state prison by Superior Court Judge Joseph P. Donohue in…
African American Chamber of Commerce honors Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver
The African American Chamber of Commerce of New Jersey awarded Lieutenant Governor Sheila Y. Oliver with their Political Award at their 9thAnnual Circle of Achievement Awards Gala. Governor Phil Murphy kicked off the evening with a keynote address after which…
Union County man charged with child pornography
A Union County man appeared in federal court recently on charges of receiving images of child sexual abuse. Andrew Chu, 28, of Garwood, is charged by complaint with one count of receipt of child pornography. He made his initial appearance…
Rand Paul’s Call—Reality vs. Rigidity
By Ralph Nader Two contemporary stories about Senator Rand Paul (R- KY) illustrate the disconnect between one’s ideology and personal experiences. Imagine a fierce opponent of regulation being saved in a crash by government-mandated seat belts and air bags and…
Murphy won’t say how or why he hired alleged rapist
Governor Phil Murphy is still going to great lengths to cover up details about how his administration hired the man who allegedly raped Katie Brennan while they were both volunteers on his 2017 campaign. The governor’s staff was screening calls…
National Medicare for All week of action begins
Thousands of people attended events across the country Saturday to kickstart a massive organizing campaign led by Lisa McCormick and other progressive leaders in concert with National Nurses United and US Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose 2016 presidential campaign made the…
Lawmaker wants to stop New Jersey from going to the dogs
New Jersey may become the fourth state in the nation to outlaw a short-term pet ownership, or pet leases, which advocates say are deceptive to owners and unfair to animals. Assemblyman Kevin J. Rooney has called pet leases predatory and…
Trump’s border ‘war zone’ looks more like a police state
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) officer shot the driver of a vehicle attempting to cross into Mexico, in a border city where local leaders have demanded the removal of barbed concertina wire recently installed on the border fence…
Record-breaking $5.2 billion election spending in 2018
The Center for Responsive Politics says that more than $5 billion was spent during the 2018 midterm campaign, making it by far the costliest congressional election cycle in U.S. history. The 2016 election was previously the most expensive congressional election,…
Legendary Lenny Dykstra is viewed as a loser in Linden
Linden residents are complaining that former Major League Baseball outfielder Lenny Dykstra is a nuisance, who they say is destroying the quiet neighborhood on the city’s west side. From 1985 to 1989, Dykstra played with the New York Mets, who…
New Mexico withdraws National Guard from border
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham pulled the majority of her state’s National Guard troops off the southern border a few hours before President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union address in which he renewed his call for a…
Report explains “100% renewable” label
The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) recently released a report that demystifies the voluntary world of corporate renewable energy claims by explaining specifically what a company mean when it sets a goal and what does it mean when a company reports progress. The number…
Trump’s scary world ignores real risks to humanity, democracy
President Donald Trump used Tuesday’s State of the Union to double down on his unfounded claim that undocumented immigrants are invading the United States but the speech failed to mention Russian meddling in U.S. elections or climate change, which many…