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

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

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

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

The same week California advanced its single-payer bill, a New Jersey assemblyman unveiled draft legislation to make healthcare "a fundamental human right." (Photo: Michael Fleshman/flickr/cc)

If the building momentum for a single-payer or Medicare-for-All healthcare system wasn't already clear, developments this week should more than make up for that. Declaring that "healthcare is a fundamental human right" and TrumpCare is "an abomination," Democratic New Jersey State Assemblyman John Wisniewski on Thursday announced draft legislation...

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

Nadia Prupis, staff writer

Rep. Tom MacArthur (R-N.J.), one of the chief architects of the GOP's...

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

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

While some lawmakers are avoiding town halls altogether, or holding "sham"...

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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

New Jersey Gov. Christie Signs Bill 'Siding With Private Water Companies' Over Public Water

New Jersey Poised to Pass Legislation That Would Speed Water Privatization

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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

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)

CAIR-NJ Welcomes Resignation of Board of Education Member Who Posted Racist, Anti-Muslim Messages

ACLU

Study Documents Extreme Racial Disparity in Arrests for Low-Level Offenses

Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

New Jersey Settles for Fraction of Damages Originally Sought from Exxon Over Contamination

ACLU

New Jersey Becomes First State to Require Local Approval for Law Enforcement Acquisition of Military Equipment

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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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