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Young, Jewish, American — and calling for a ceasefire
As a young Jewish woman, I try to hold on to hope for a future in which my people aren’t marked forever by Israel’s actions, for the blood on the hands of the once-oppressed-now-oppressors. But in a world where the Holocaust’s existence is questioned, I hope that the plight of the Palestinians is remembered, and remembered well.
Photo Essay | Black childbirth takes center stage for a young couple from Orange, New Jersey
Newark, NJ - The act of childbirth is always an intimate one — filled with a host of emotions, from joy to pain.
Using his black and white medium, Public Square Amplified's Brian Branch-Price had the unique opportunity to do what only great photographers can–to almost not exist in the moment yet to be at the center of it. "For them to welcome me into that space was a crazy, wonderful experience," Branch-Price recalled, "It's unusual for that to happen unless the subject has a lot of trust and confidence.”
HIV/AIDS: Alarming numbers for New Jersey and Essex County
In the four decades since the HIV/AIDS epidemic began, the disease has taken the lives of more than 750,000 Americans, part of a total of 40.1 million deaths worldwide. A 2022 estimate shows that there are currently over 1.2 million Americans living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), of which 13% remain undiagnosed.
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