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

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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 lock-picking. It is something altogether different to deny people access to a book that 'offers a timely and original framework for understanding mass incarceration.'"

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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

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)

'TrumpCare is not the way forward.'—New Jersey State Assemblyman John Wisniewski

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'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

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

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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

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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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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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