New Jersey, number one in solar power, passes “revolution bill”
"The bill could double the megawatts of solar power installed in New Jersey in the next few years."
With toxic plant ready for demolition, NJ residents voice concerns
The E.C. Electroplating plant - the source of a nearly 30 year-old toxic chromium spill currently wending its way beneath this town - will be torn down in early October.
New Jersey’s chromium spill site to be torn down
Nearly 30 years after toxic chromium spilled from the E.C. Electroplating plant, the EPA announced that the building would be demolished.
Paterson protestors fight the problem of poverty
On Sept. 2, the 21st annual Labor Day Parade took place in Paterson, New Jersey, a former factory town that has been, for decades, plagued with crime, poverty, and substance abuse.
Christie's crony capitalism
Crony capitalism is alive and well in New Jersey. What would the whole country look like if run by these supporters of the one percent?
Toxic chromium in New Jersey town plagues residents
While I was growing up as a teenager in Garfield, residents more directly affected by the chromium contamination were suffering.
My New Jersey hometown - contaminated?
Garfield, like the other neighborhoods along the Passaic River that border it, was a working class factory town during the 20th century.
Gay marriage passes Jersey senate, becomes law in Washington state
New Jersey's Senate passed a bill approving the legalization of gay marriage by a vote of 24-16
Missouri workers: Christie's plan "sick and wrong"
Chris Christie, a Republican, threw union contracts out the window and enacted laws forcing unions to pay more into their pension and health care benefits packages.
N.J. Supreme Court upholds right to public education
The court's decision continues a 136-year struggle by public education advocates to have a "thorough and efficient" education for all the state's children.
