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This was published as part of the 2024 community journalism class sponsored by New Jersey Civic Information Consortium. It’s June 14, the jump ball is thrown, and Big Fendi, former Nicki Minaj manager and now author, takes it running. A promotional video for a community basketball tournament dubbed “Nuttin’ Butt Azz’” is circulated on Facebook.
The Constitution: A tool for liberation — PUBLIC SQUARE
Sep 15, 2022 · In the spirit of Democracy Day, Public Square Amplified asked our colleagues Linda McDonald Carter, a community-based attorney and former professor and director of Paralegal Studies at Essex County College, and Gloria J. Browne Marshall, a Pulitzer Center grantee and Professor of Constitutional Law at John Jay College, to explore the themes of American Democracy and our Constitution.
Our Stories — PUBLIC SQUARE
10/19/24 Public Square Amplified team. This group has been getting out the vote since 1984. The bustling intersection at Broad and Market Streets is a prime location for shopping, featuring a variety of department stores and street vendors. It’s also a public transportation thoroughfare making it an ideal spot to engage with folks.
How the “Free Mumia” movement rocked Black ... - PUBLIC SQUARE
In 2024 and beyond, it might be hard for those who have grown up with the World Wide Web, and social media in particular, to understand that there was not an instant grapevine in 1995 for Black journalists from across the nation to immediately learn …
Opinion — PUBLIC SQUARE
11/23/23 Public Square Amplified team. Temporary ceasefire reached: A young Palestinian-American’s voice is revisited. NEWARK, NJ –The world has been watching the latest war between Israel and the Occupied Territory of Palestine-Gaza for the past seven weeks. According to the latest reports, to date, over 14,500 have been killed in Occupied ...
About — PUBLIC SQUARE
Public Square Amplified is a local nonprofit newsroom founded by a team of Black women with over 40 years of combined experience in the academic, nonprofit, journalism, and community organizing sectors. Public Square Amplified positions journalism as a civic tool and creates a pipeline for a new generation of local journalists.
News Poem | Untitled (My country) — PUBLIC SQUARE
2 days ago · Written By Ianthe Philips. Untitled by Ogundara Aoyka, 2018, acrylic on canvas. The 2024 U.S. election revealed historic and unresolved political fractures that betray the story of an America finally triumphant over deep misogyny, racism, and xenophobia. As the collective consciousness gives way to disillusionment and confusion, the decay of ...
Democracy & politics — PUBLIC SQUARE
Oct 19, 2024 · In his Black-and-White medium, Brian Branch Price, Public Square Amplified photojournalist, and editor, narrates the Palestinian community's profound rage, indomitable spirit, and unwavering determination to end the war on Gaza, and he and they find a narrow space that allows him both distance and intimacy. 11/2/23 Zoe Van Gelder.
Law & justice — PUBLIC SQUARE
Jun 14, 2024 · On Tuesday night, March 7, hundreds of citizens gathered to mourn and protest in outrage the killing of yet another Black man, 31-year-old, Najee Seabrooks, by two Paterson Police officers, while Seabrooks was experiencing a mental health crisis. In provocative irony, Seabrooks worked as a high-risk violence interventionist with the Paterson ...
Community News — PUBLIC SQUARE
Nov 2, 2024 · 10/24/24 Public Square Amplified team. This group has been getting out the vote since 1984. Newark, NJ - The bustling intersection at Broad and Market Streets is a prime location for shopping, featuring a variety of department stores and street vendors. It’s also a public transportation thoroughfare making it an ideal spot to engage with folks.