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网页NEWARK, NJ–Corinne Bailey Rae is a time traveler.A cosmonaut. A historian of the future past. And this benevolent explorer wants her fans to see what she has seen. Her latest album, Black Rainbows, a 45-minute transmission released September 15, invites the listener on an immersive, sonic voyage traversing the American South, Ethiopia, and the great expanse of outer space as Bailey Rae ...
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网页2024年8月8日 · 7/11/24 Public Square Amplified. Hurricane Beryl, the strongest hurricane recorded in the Caribbean since 2005 and the earliest Category 5 hurricane ever observed in the Atlantic Ocean, devastated the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in its path across the Caribbean. The prime minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a …
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网页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.
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网页2024年8月16日 · 11/23/23 Public Square Amplified team. Temporary ceasefire reached: A young Palestinian-American’s voice is revisited. –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 Gaza and ...
The Constitution: A tool for liberation — PUBLIC SQUARE
网页2022年9月15日 · 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.
Reimagining our co-existence - PUBLIC SQUARE
网页2024年6月20日 · Indeed, closing gaps in four key areas - wages, education, housing, and investment – would have added $16 trillion to the U.S. economy from 2000 to 2024, according to one study undertaken by Citibank. Moving forward requires self-reflection and action. Black leadership has a crucial role to play. …
75 years without justice — PUBLIC SQUARE
网页2023年5月25日 · May 15 of this year marked the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, or The Catastrophe. That’s 75 years since Palestinians were first forcibly expelled from their land, and they continue to be expelled to this day. This year, the United Nations (UN) commemorated the day with performances, testimonies, and
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网页In this exclusive column for Public Square Amplified, senatorial candidate Lawrence Hamm, founder of the People’s Organization for Progress, explains his decision to vote “uncommitted” in the upcoming New Jersey presidential primary, taking place June 4. Hamm is the only candidate in the primary who has said he will vote “uncommitted ...
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网页2024年5月30日 · In the wake of George Floyd’s death, news leaders across the country made a flurry of promises: They made commitments to diversify stories, sourcing and staff; to question statements by authorities; and to lead the charge on equity — both in the newsroom and in communities served by the outlet.
2023 Community Journalism Cohort — PUBLIC SQUARE
网页Introducing our 2023 Community Journalism Pilot class. The community journalism pilot class, “Citizen as Journalist,” is designed to explore themes of narrative construction, systems of power, media literacy, practical journalism skills, multi-media production, and more. This pilot program will train and promote the local reporting of ...