NAACP Branch #2086 Jersey City, NJ

04/09/2023

Authorities are investigating a crash on Route 495 in North Bergen that killed a scooterist, with motorists asked to avoid the area.

07/15/2022

LETTER: Jersey City resident Elvin Dominic explains why he believes City Hall and Mayor Fulop need to take ownership of the latest tax hike.

06/30/2022

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/institutional-investors-have-bought-hundreds-of-thousands-of-single-family-homes-many-in-black-communities-critics-say-its-creating-a-generation-of-renters-11656514935

After an extensive investigation into this practice, we have found that private equity companies have bought up hundreds of thousands of single-family homes and placed them on the rental market.’

As rental prices soar nationwide, the Democratic chair of a House subcommittee called out 'predatory' behavior by institutional investors.

06/26/2022

Congressional Black Caucus calls for national emergency after SCOTUS decision

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) are urging President Biden to declare a national emergency in response to the Supreme Court’s decision striking down the Roe v. Wade ruling on abortion rights. In a letter to Biden, the CBC members said he should use “every tool” at his disposal ...

06/23/2022

Evanston, Illinois Selects First Group of Black Residents To Receive Reparations After Decision To Make Cash Payments | News | BET

The Chicago suburb issued $25,000 payments, which must be used for home purchases, home improvement or mortgage assistance.

06/06/2022

Driver’s license suspensions for failure to pay fines inflict particular harm on Black drivers

Black drivers are more likely to encounter police regardless of how they drive, research shows. Rich Legg/Getty ImagesImagine being unable to pay a US traffic ticket and, as a result, facing mounting fees so high that even after paying hundreds, maybe thousands, of dollars toward your debt you still...

06/01/2022

California details racist past in slave reparations report

The slavery reparations movement hit a watershed moment Wednesday with the release of an exhaustive report detailing California’s role in perpetuating discrimination against African Americans, a major step toward educating the public and setting the stage for an official government apology and cas...

05/30/2022

A Missouri congressman wants to withhold the pay of members of Congress after mass shootings

"I'm sick and tired of seeing kids murdered at school, Americans gunned down at the supermarket or in their place of worship," said Rep. Emanuel Cleaver.

05/25/2022

The victims of the Uvalde school shooting: ‘I will miss you forever’

The children, mostly around 10 years old, were slaughtered just days before their summer vacation was set to begin. It was the deadliest school shooting since Sandy Hook in 2012.

05/25/2022

After George Floyd’s murder, Wall Street promised billions of dollars to help Black Americans. 2 years later, here’s where that money went and how it’s being used.

CEOs at five banks serving primarily Black clients share how Wall Street's commitments are shaping up two years after George Floyd's murder.

05/03/2022

Supreme Court has voted to overturn abortion rights, draft opinion shows

"We hold that Roe and Casey must be overruled," Justice Alito writes in an initial majority draft circulated inside the court.

04/22/2022

Mississippi’s Parchman prison embodies the failure of mass incarceration

The state's Parchman penitentiary has allowed conditions to become so unsafe that they're unconstitutional, the DOJ reported.