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National progressive groups call for action on Reproductive Freedom Act

December 21, 2021 11:06 am

A group of mostly left-leaning, abortion-focused national groups released a call this morning for Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-South Amboy) and Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford) to move forward with the Reproductive Freedom Act (RFA), a wide-ranging bill that...

ACLU’s Karen Thompson wins NJ Law Journal attorney of the year

September 27, 2021 11:49 am

Civil rights lawyer Karen Thompson, a senior staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey (ACLU-NJ), was named attorney of the year last Thursday by the New Jersey Law Journal, the state’s most prominent law publication. Thompson...

New coalition looking to end the War on Drugs

February 2, 2021 1:17 pm

A new coalition of progressive groups is calling on New Jersey officials to decriminalize drugs in a bid to redirect funds used on policing and incarceration back to communities. Abolish The Drug War New Jersey — the coalition founded by...

ACLU-NJ celebrates House marijuana decriminalization vote

December 4, 2020 3:06 pm

State advocacy groups celebrated a House vote to decriminalize marijuana Friday. “The MORE Act provides a floor for state lawmakers to build on, and we in New Jersey must continue to establish new heights for racial and social justice in...

Legal weed enabling legislation will resemble March 2019 legalization bill, Scutari says

October 8, 2020 6:20 pm

New Jersey lawmakers are already working on enabling legislation ahead of a referendum on marijuana legalization, State Sen. Nicholas Scutari (D-Linden) said during an NJ CAN roundtable Thursday. The enabling legislation will largely resemble a legalization bill Democratic lawmakers tried...

Axel Owen will manage campaign to pass marijuana legalization referendum

June 19, 2020 12:01 amJune 18, 2020 11:56 pm

The coalition advocating for passage of a referendum to legalize marijuana in New Jersey, has tapped a top state political operative to manage their campaign. Axel Owen, a former Democratic State Committee political director, will lead NJ CAN 2020, an...

Voting rights groups laud Murphy’s hybrid primary plan

May 18, 2020 12:55 pm

Three voting rights organizations lauded Gov. Phil Murphy’s plan for a hybrid primary in July on Monday. The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, and the League of Women Voters of New...