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WEBNEWARK, 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 ...
Our Stories — PUBLIC SQUARE
WEBAug 8, 2024 · On Sunday, June 9, at about 7 a.m., dozens of Rutgers police raided and then evicted a peaceable assembly – an encampment – of Newark residents and Rutgers University students at the institution’s Newark campus. The raid occurred without warning. 6/6/24 Public Square Amplified team. A new initiative to …
About — PUBLIC SQUARE
WEBPublic 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. Our reporting ...
The Team — PUBLIC SQUARE
WEBHe is currently a Criminal Justice Educator at Essex County College, and Executive Vice President of the Adjunct Faculty Association. Smith is a graduate of Bloomfield College, with undergraduate degrees in Sociology and Criminal Justice, and a graduate of Seton Hall University, with a Masters in Education. The Team behind Public Square Amplified.
Opinion — PUBLIC SQUARE
WEBAug 16, 2024 · 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 …
Democracy & politics — PUBLIC SQUARE
WEBApr 16, 2024 · 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 ...
Democracy dies under mass surveillance — PUBLIC SQUARE
WEBSep 28, 2023 · The implementation of mass surveillance and the laws and fear used to justify it have no place in a democracy. The potential for the digital age to strengthen democracy is open for debate, but the evidence that governmental institutions are leveraging the digital sphere for anti-democratic mass surveillance purposes is irrefutable.
Events — PUBLIC SQUARE
WEBStudents in Public Square Amplified’s Community Journalism Class witnessed the last hours of the Rutgers University-Newark student and community encampment, which was demolished by city and University police on June 9. Student journalists are scheduled to be live on “Quest Youth Radio” on 89.5 WSOU-FM on Saturday morning, June 22, to ...
Community News - PUBLIC SQUARE
WEB6/28/24 Public Square Amplified. About 15 members of the Major Taylor Cycling Club of New Jersey met up on a recent Sunday morning in downtown Newark. They set out on an epic five-day, roughly 500-mile ride that ended in Montreal. Award-winning photographer Brian Branch-Price met up with the cyclists as they launched on the first leg of the ...
Newsletter — PUBLIC SQUARE
WEBPublic Square Amplified (PSA) is a grassroots local nonprofit newsroom founded by a team of Black women with over 40 years of combined experience in the nonprofit, journalism, and community organizing sectors headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. PSA positions journalism as a civic tool and creates a pipeline for a new cadre of local journalists ...