Union County
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Real Estate
Unlocking the Dream: How the 203k Mortgage is Building Black Wealth in New Jersey
Unlocking the Dream: How the 203k Mortgage is Building Black Wealth in New Jersey Let’s be real: trying to buy…
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City Story
Plainfield Families Find Relief in Splash Park as City Pools Close
A Summer of Adjustments in Plainfield The Plainfield Splash Park is filling a summertime gap. For Plainfield residents, summer is…
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Blog
Boss Moves: How Black Gen Z Is Building a New Business Blueprint in New Jersey
The glow of a ring light illuminates Anacia Sessoms’ Montclair State University dorm room, casting a spotlight not on textbooks,…
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City Hall/Politics
Beyond the Bullet: How Jersey is Healing the Streets
“The gun violence in Newark is crazy. It happens too often.” Tahgee says this with the chilling matter-of-factness of someone…
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Travel
The Ancestors Are Calling: Newark Is Officially a Direct Hub for the Diaspora
The Ancestors Are Calling: Newark Is Officially a Direct Hub for the Diaspora The family group chat is officially buzzing.…
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Blog
Rent’s Due, Dreams on Hold: How Black Gen Z Is Fighting to Stay Home in Jersey
Part I: The Squeeze is Real: A Generational Crisis in Brick City Opening Vignette: The Lease Renewal Email The notification…
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Blog
The Motherland Got the Aux: How Afrobeats is Connecting Black Gen Z to Their Roots
It’s Friday night in Newark, and the bass is vibrating through the floor. But the sound pumping through the speakers…
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Life Style
Saving Our Mothers: NJ’s Push to End the Black Maternal Health Crisis
It’s a statistic that should stop everyone in their tracks. In New Jersey, a Black mother is nearly seven times…
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Blog
No Stigma, No Shame: Gen Z Rewriting the Black Mental Health Narrative
It’s a revolutionary act of self-care. For generations, the Black community has whispered about mental health, if it was spoken…
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Tech
Hashtag to Action: How NJ’s Black Gen Z Is Rewriting the Rules of Social Change
The Revolution Will Be Livestreamed The scene unfolds not in a packed auditorium or on the steps of a statehouse,…
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