Activists in Newark picked an unusual target for a protest: a charity benefit for a nonprofit arts center.
Newark will use $5.2 million in federal HOME funds to create affordable housing throughout the city.
Khaliah Fitchette isn’t afraid to use her own life experience as a tool for change as she fights for a seat in New Jersey's 10th District.
A rally is being planned in Newark to protest what activists are calling a “weak indictment” in the shooting of Breonna Taylor.
Essex County helped Newark score $120 million to speed up the process. A year later, that investment is clearly paying off, officials say.
Booker is defending his U.S. Senate seat. Candidates on the ballot include Rik Mehta, Madelyn Hoffman, Daniel Burke and Veronica Fernandez.
The county is bolstered by its large, diverse tax base and its location.
See locations for "drop boxes" in Essex County where voters can securely mail ballots for the 2020 general election.
Depending on who you ask, New Jersey’s first voter registration kiosk at a hospital ER is either part of a healthy democracy or "insanity."
A “Super Polling Site” at the Prudential Center in Newark would be a slam dunk for voting rights, NBA star J.R. Smith said.
A task force at Essex County Correctional Facility will kick off its mission to safeguard prison inmates with a series of public hearings.
Will Newark or Jersey City emerge victorious when the U.S. Census ends later this month?
If you were living in New Jersey on April 1, you count – regardless of your immigration status, a group of state lawmakers say.
The new rules apply to public Masses, Baptisms, weddings and funerals, archdiocese leaders said.
Would YOU volunteer to test a potential coronavirus vaccine? A national study on mRNA-1273 is raising serious questions in Newark, NJ.
John Mirrione says everyone can learn a lesson from TM Garret, a reformed KKK leader and neo-Nazi.
Newark’s battle to protect a civilian-police review board isn’t over, despite a NJ Supreme Court ruling. Nearby cities are taking notice.
The company said it underestimated usage amid the coronavirus – and customers, according to an NJ Advance Media report, got socked.
Newark’s mayor said he was “extremely disappointed” after the court clipped the wings of a citizen board that probes alleged police abuse.
New Jersey’s high court dealt a serious blow to a civilian board that investigates alleged police abuse in Newark.
Donald Payne Jr. (D-10): “President Trump knows our carriers and post office workers get the job done when they’re given the right tools.”
Educators from universities across New Jersey are urging officials to keep vital social programs off the chopping block.
The group behind Newark's massive George Floyd protest is holding rallies on Trump, slavery reparations, police brutality and Nat Turner.
Sen. Cory Booker said President Donald Trump’s misspelled tweet about low-income housing and “the suburban housewife” is blatantly racist.
Yvette Stephens prays to God every day. But hopefully, it’s the New Jersey state Legislature that will hear her pleas, she says.
The last thing New Jersey’s largest city needs is a wave of residents forced out on the streets in a pandemic, a city councilwoman says.
John Mirrione can be described in two words, he says: “independent thinker.” He’s running for Congress in New Jersey’s 10th District.
Gov. Phil Murphy has ordered people to wear masks outside if they can't social distance. Newark will begin enforcing the order Tuesday.
The People's Organization For Progress will hold a march and rally to commemorate the 53rd anniversary of the 1967 Newark Rebellion.
Voting has ended in the Democratic and Republican Primary races for the US Senate. Check here for results.
Planes spelled out messages above jails housing ICE detainees in Essex, Bergen, Hudson and Union counties. “Free Them All,” one declared.
Women from across Essex County are putting out a call to action: “End systemic racism.”
It’s hard to celebrate “independence” when you live among systematic oppression, a group of young activists in Essex County say.
City workers removed a statue of Columbus from a park before people “took it on themselves to topple it,” Newark’s mayor said.
It may not be the police “abolishment” that some Newark advocates are calling for, but according to others, it’s a big step forward.
“This entire saga surrounding George Floyd’s murder has really gotten some old feelings stirred up,” a former U.S. Marine says.
“In the most fundamental ways, black people in America, in 2020, are not yet fully liberated – and never have been.”
Mayor Ras Baraka issued an executive order that gives city employees a chance to learn about "Juneteenth" via workshops and teach-ins.
A Juneteenth "Drive To Justice" rally is planned for Newark on Friday.
“I was grossly unprepared for this,” a longtime Newark resident said. “I feel like I whacked a tree at 70 mph.”