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“This is Ground Zero for Data Centers”: How New Jersey is Taking Action Against Proposed AI Facilities
Demi Guo
“This is Ground Zero for Data Centers”: How New Jersey is Taking Action Against Proposed AI Facilities
Demi Guo

The throughline that activists are calling for is a moratorium, but the four-point plan only proves to them that their needs aren’t being heard. “We asked for a moratorium, and [Governor Sherrill]’s just recycling things that were already in the process in the State House anyway,” said Casey Palmer, South Jersey Progressive Democrats member who has been protesting a data center local to her in New Jersey’s Monroe Township. At one Monroe Township Council meeting, she recalled, the data centers were not even on the agenda, “but people still went and spoke anyway because they see through the lines.”

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Demi Guo

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In lieu of flowers
Matt Dragon
In lieu of flowers
Matt Dragon

In lieu of flowers,

shout down the anonymous cowards, 

and those who speak without knowing.

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Matt Dragon

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Supporters march 103 miles to demand medical care and freedom for political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal
Rory Pasquariello
Supporters march 103 miles to demand medical care and freedom for political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal
Rory Pasquariello

Supporters of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal led a 12-day, 103-mile march demanding an end to medical neglect and elder abuse in prisons, as well as to free Abu-Jamal. 

The march began on Nov. 28 in Philadelphia where Mumia was a member of the city’s chapter of the Black Panther Party and ended on Dec. 9 at the SCI Mahanoy Corrections Facility in Frackville where he is now incarcerated.

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Rory Pasquariello

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Notes from on the ground outside Delaney Hall
Public Square Amplified team
Notes from on the ground outside Delaney Hall
Public Square Amplified team

Reports from the field by Ryan Novosielski:

5.29.26

A week ago, Delaney Hall became ground zero for grassroots resistance in support of a hunger and labor strike inside the facility. Detainees launched the strike to demand an end to the egregious and inhumane conditions inside the facility. The crowds have grown, and the tension has heightened over the last couple of days. It’s Friday, and protesters are making the same calls to the wider community to join them on the ground in support of the detainees' calls to end their detention.

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An afternoon at Johnson Park
Shriaditi Kancherla
An afternoon at Johnson Park
Shriaditi Kancherla

This is the first installment from the 2025 Citizen Journalism class: a photo essay by Shriaditi Kancherla titled “An afternoon at Johnson Park”. In this series, Kancherla captures both the activity and the serenity of the park. 

Piscataway, NJ - Johnson Park lands at the crossroads of urban sprawl, where populated towns Piscataway, Highland Park, and New Brunswick fade into acres of trees and the scent of grass. 

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Shriaditi Kancherla

Opinion

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Newark – any municipality – can’t govern with low voter turn out, we need a civics campaign
Josie Gonsalves
Newark – any municipality – can’t govern with low voter turn out, we need a civics campaign
Josie Gonsalves

Newark just held another no‑contest election in which 11.89% of registered voters decided who governs a city of more than 320,000 people. 

This is not an anomaly, but the operating condition of a democracy that has learned how to function without its citizens.


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Josie Gonsalves

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A city in motion: Newark’s rhythm of travel
Jennah Cherry Romain
A city in motion: Newark’s rhythm of travel
Jennah Cherry Romain

Newark, NJ - The way Newark moves is layered and every movement tells a story of patience, perseverance, and adaptation. Some wait at bus shelters, leaning against glass panels or resting on benches, watching cars stream past. 

Others ride through intersections on scooters or bikes, slipping between traffic and construction as if it’s second nature. Inside the bus, rows of seats frame the rhythm of daily life, people boarding, sitting, exiting, all sharing the same ride. 

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Jennah Cherry Romain

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