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In Win for Women, New Jersey Enacts Nation's Strongest Equal Pay Law

In Effort to 'Strengthen' Democracy, New Jersey Enacts Automatic Voter Registration

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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"We are building an inclusive democracy from the ground up right here in New Jersey, despite the racist, xenophobic, and dangerous policies being promoted by national leaders, including President Donald Trump."

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'Ironic, Misguided, and Harmful': Prisons Slammed for Banning Book on Racist Legacy of Mass Incarceration

Julia Conley, staff writer

"It is one thing to prevent incarcerated people from reading how-to manuals on...

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'People Power Defeating Corporate Power': Atlantic City Says People Have Say Over Their Water

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

Atlantic City, NJ passed an ordinance banning the corporate takeover of public water Wednesday.

"A ringing endorsement of the work done by community members to save their...

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In Face of TrumpCare 'Abomination,' NJ Latest State to Join Single Payer Push

'Single Payer! Single Payer!': Key Trumpcare Backer Drowned Out

GOP Lawmakers Battered With Boos and Jeers in Face-Offs With Constituents

Tom Cotton town hall

#ReclaimRecess: 'My Husband is Dying. What Kind of Insurance Do You Have?'

Two Top Allies of Trump Surrogate Chris Christie Found Guilty for Role in Bridgegate

Islamophobic graffiti on a mosque in Bayonne, New Jersey.

Armed Right-Wing Militias Threaten Muslim Communities in Kansas, Georgia

Chris Christie talks to David Wildstein during a 9/11 memorial ceremony in Manhattan in 2013.

Chris Christie 'Laughed' When Told of Bridge Plot, Top Official Testifies

As Hermine Strengthens, Experts Warn Climate Change Could Worsen Effects

Sanders and Clinton Vying for More than California on Final Big Tuesday

Lead Discovery Forces Water Ban in Newark Public Schools

Patriotism at a Price: US Military Paid NFL Teams to 'Honor' Soldiers at Games

Newly Unveiled Texas School 'Reform' Proposals In Step With Right-Wing Agenda

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Earthjustice

Lawmakers Approve Bill Allowing NJ Renters, Apartment-Dwellers to Access Solar Power

Food & Water Watch

Murphy Supports Fracking Ban in DRBC; Now New Jersey and Others Must Enact Legislation to Move Off Fossil Fuels

Environment America

New Jersey Rejoins RGGI: A Victory For The Nation

Coalition for Peace Action

Urgent: Reinstate Ban On Assault Weapons To Prevent Mass Killings

Green Party of the US

Kaper-Dale Campaign Protests NJ Water Crisis

UNITE HERE

STRIKE! Nearly 1,000 Trump Taj Mahal Workers Walk-Off Job Ahead of Atlantic City’s Biggest Weekend of the Year

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Melissa Boteach

New Jersey’s Governor Just Proposed a Millionaires’ Tax. So Why Is the Legislature Opposing It?

Will Bunch

Voters Wanted a Revolution. How'd They Get Stuck With Corrupt Bob Menendez?

Amanda Devecka-Rinear

Organizing After Disasters – Both Natural and Man-Made

Belén Fernández

Radicalized Nation: Fear and Hypocrisy in New York

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg

Why New Jersey Needs Bernie Sanders

Stephen Janis, Nadia Kanji

Chris Christie Uses Prisoners to Fix His Office Furniture

David Sirota

Chris Christie Backed Law That Lets Him Divert ExxonMobil Settlement From Environmental Cleanup

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