Newark, NJ - On June 14, President Trump’s birthday, the No Kings movement organized millions of people to draw attention to ...

Trenton, NJ - On October 2nd, a small group of concerned citizens with family members held a demonstration outside the ...

This is the fourth installment from the 2025 Citizen Journalism class: a photo essay by Jennah Cherry Romain titled “A city in motion: Newark’s rhythms of travel”. In this series, Romain documented ...

In this latest installment from the 2025 Citizen Journalism class: a two-part story by the Community Journalism team titled “Essex-Hudson Greenway balancing biodiversity with public access for our ...

Cover page of Bill S2026, the New Jersey FY2026 Budget Bill, which was passed by the legislature and signed by Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday, June 30, 2025. (via New Jersey Legislature, Bill S2026) ...

Public Square Amplified (PSA) is an award-winning grassroots local nonprofit newsroom founded by a team of Black women with over 80 years of combined experience in the nonprofit, academic, journalism, ...

Welcome to the third episode of "Countdown to 1.5," a podcast about the environmental justice movement. For this audio report, Public Square's engagement editor, Esther Paul, spoke to Martha Arencibia ...

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This story was produced as part of the Northern New Jersey Media Collaborative Project "Stormwater Matters," a project focusing on stormwater management solutions in the state. Morristown, ...

As increasing attention at the national and state level is focused on the racial disparities in maternal health care, New Jersey continues to be plagued with staggering maternal and infant mortality ...

A family joins a rally in downtown Newark. (Photo by Brian Branch Price for Public Square Amplified) “The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to ...