Newark, NJ - The arrest of Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka grounded the current discussion on “citizenship and rights” after federal officers arrested him outside Delaney Hall on Friday, May 9th, only to be freed within hours that same day. Baraka was arrested and detained by ICE for allegedly trespassing at Delaney Hall in Newark.

Newark, NJ – In especially challenging times where reactionary forces have been empowered to roll back much of Rev. Dr. Martin King Jr’s work in civil rights and economic justice, 15-year-old Montclair NAACP Youth Council President Ife Joseph moved through the inaugural MLK People’s Convention for Social Justice & Resistance at Essex County College on April 26, undaunted and steadfastly optimistic.

Newark, NJ - Candidates in the 2025 Newark School Board Election declared their campaign positions at a public forum sponsored by the NAACP-Newark on Thursday, March 13. 

Every April, the Newark Board of Education holds an election to select candidates to serve a three-year term with oversight responsibility for the development and approval of regulations for the operations of the overall public school system. 

Jersey City, NJ - Growing up as the children of immigrants, Jersey City teenagers Eza Iqbal and Arjun Krishnakumar had so much experience translating for their parents that they sometimes turned it into a game. At school, they watched classmates be pulled out of lessons for a single period of English-language instruction, thinking that couldn’t possibly be enough.

In 2023, approximately 2.5 local newspapers shut down each week. This national downhill trend has continued in 2024 and is hitting home in New Jersey. Decisions made by the Newark Morning Ledger Co. and NJ Advance Media have led to the print closures and full closures of multiple local New Jersey news outlets.