The state legislature is rapidly approaching its summer recess, and in the wings are two key pieces of legislation ...

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On June 14, while tanks roll down the streets of D.C. celebrating the sitting President’s birthday, New Jersey residents from Montclair to Cape May will gather in parks, town squares, and overpasses ...

Newark, NJ - In Part 1 of our interview with Newark native and Howard University filmmaker Opoku “OpotheBoat” Boateng, we sat down with Set Designer Lillian “Phoenyx” Ojo, and Gaffer and Sound Mixer, ...

Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka being escorted out of the Homeland Security Investigations building in Newark, New Jersey. Photo credit: Josie Gonsalves for Public Square Amplified Newark, NJ - The arrest ...

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Newark, NJ - The U.S. Department of Justice still has its sights set on U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver. Over a week after Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka was arrested for allegedly trespassing at ...

In the third public forum featuring the Gen Z Speakers’ Bureau members, Public Square Amplified hosts a virtual discussion on the first 100 days of the Trump administration. Again, the panelists are ...

As July 12 marks the 55th anniversary of the Newark Rebellion in 1967, Newark's Central Ward faces another transformation. The city's central but aging care and teaching facility, University Hospital, ...

Newark, NJ - In Part 1 of our interview with filmmaker Fatimah Zeni, she spoke about the work that goes into bringing a film from concept to screening and what it means to be a storyteller and Syrian ...

South Orange, NJ—New Jersey middle and high school students participated in the Model Gary Convention in Newark this spring. The event marked fifty years since the first National Black Political ...

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