The state legislature is rapidly approaching its summer recess, and in the wings are two key pieces of legislation ...

On June 14, while tanks roll down the streets of D.C. celebrating the sitting President’s birthday, New Jersey residents from Montclair to Cape May will gather in parks, town squares, and overpasses ...

Newark, NJ - When six Asian international students at Rutgers University found their student statuses abruptly terminated in April 2025, they were left in legal limbo. Represented by the ACLU of New ...

Newark, NJ - Opoku “OpotheBoat” Boateng is a Ghanaian-American filmmaker who recently released his first 20-minute short film, "Apple Cider - A Parable of Black Love". Released on YouTube on March ...

Graphic credits: Mandy Coriston for Public Square Amplified. Newark, NJ - Labor unions and trade organizations have long fought for workers’ rights, including fair wages and safe, humane working ...

Newark, NJ - The U.S. Department of Justice still has its sights set on U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver. Over a week after Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka was arrested for allegedly trespassing at ...

Graphics courtesy of the New Jersey Civic Information Consortium. Trenton, NJ – Governor Phil Murphy’s proposed 2026 budget spells bad news for local news, with funding to New Jersey Public ...

Newark, NJ - New Jersey Senate bill S1292, which attempts to establish a state definition of anti-semitism and to appropriate $100,000 for a “public awareness campaign to promote bias crime reporting, ...

2025 Program Overview. Public Square Amplified (PSA) is a grassroots local nonprofit newsroom headquartered in Newark, New Jersey, founded by a team of Black women, led by Josie Gonsalves, with over ...

A map of the Jones Road Wildfire containment area in New Jersey on April 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM. Photo Credit: New Jersey Forest Fire Service. Newark, NJ - In recent years, wildfires have become one of ...

Frelinghuysen, NJ – Located within Frelinghuysen Township in rural Warren County, the tiny unincorporated community of Marksboro may have fewer than 200 residents, but it also has something that very ...

Authors Rasul A. Mowatt and Too Black. Photo provided by Too Black. White violence as a construct of the state structure. Laundering Black Rage authors also unpack the relentless violence occurring as ...