Maria Corina Machado is an emerging figure in the turbulent political climate of Venezuela. She is currently making headlines as she has been challenging Maduro's presidency as the founder of an election-monitoring group for over two decades. While she has won the primaries, Maduro had barred her from running for presidency. Although this occurred, Maduro […]
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At least 37 Palestinians have been killed across Gaza since dawn, medical sources have told Al Jazeera. UN humanitarian official says sending aid to Gaza is more difficult with the enclave’s north almost totally cut off. Nine Israeli soldiers were injured in Gaza and southern Lebanon over the past 24 hours, according to the latest […]
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Nearly a dozen killed in Israeli assault on southern Lebanon city Israeli attacks on the ancient city of Tyre killed at least 11 people, Lebanon’s Health Ministry says. Forty-eight others were also injured, the ministry added. Before Hezbollah and Israel started trading fire across the border last year, at least 50,000 people lived in Tyre, […]
Go to postI am adding this post in the context of the war in Ukraine and the threat to world peace caused by Russian foreign policy.
Go to postI feel as though this contribution is necessary to get other contributors/viewers to consider those who are most vulnerable really in any society. Once this shift in thinking is facilitated, then that's when we can truly begin to change as a society and give a seat to those who are most marginalized.
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On Saturday, June 27th 2021, the words “ABOLISH WHITE SUPREMACY” were painted in bright yellow 25ft high letters on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard between the Essex County Historic Courthouse and Veterans’ Courthouse. On Halsey Street, east of the Rutgers campus, the words “ALL BLACK LIVES MATTER” takes up another city block. These powerful […]
Go to postThis paraphrase is from the panel on the City of Newark and its University, March 23, 2022.
Go to postDialogue In A Time Of Fracture Workshop – Express Newark March 29, 2022
Go to postDialogue In A Time Of Fracture Workshop – Express Newark March 29, 2022
Go to postQuote from a political science student who participated in the Dialogue Workshop on March 29, 2022.
Go to postWorkshop Dialogue. Discussion of personal experiences with Socio economic challenges such as not having educational resources or budget cuts at schools in Newark because of their race and income, as well as the need for change and representation in the education realm.
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Rutgers University- Newark promotes the integration of its students into the community after their educational careers. The goal is to revitalize the city by breeding opportunity within its limits, but at what point will revitalization disadvantage lower income, or Newark natives.
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A common consensus on the falsehoods of the American Dream
Go to postDiverse students at Rutgers notice how Rutgers Newark openly promotes its diversity yet fails to offer inclusive, safe spaces and resources.
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City of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka and community members collaborate on ground murals.
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Radical Impermanence (2018) by Layqa Nuna Yawar, for a citywide mural project, honors famous artistic Newarkers like Sarah Vaughan, Whitney Houston and Philip Roth (who called “radical impermanence” an enduring American tradition.) Photo Credit: Simbarashe Cha for The New York Times.
Go to postLetter to Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Hoyer, Majority Whip Clyburn, Minority Leader McCarthy, and Honorable Members of the House of Representatives urged Congress to immediately bring House Resolution (H.R.) 40, the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act, to a full vote on the House floor.
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Joseph T. Baldwin sold a 26 year old man to James Neilson for $125. The date was 1814-04-20, in Newark, NJ. Here is the full text: Know all men by these Presents that I Joseph T. Baldwin of the Township of Newark in the County of Essex, For under consideration of the sum of One […]
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