Britnee Timberlake Archives - New Jersey Globe

Feminism Is Freedom: Honoring Gloria Steinem by choosing our own path

September 4, 2026 10:08 am

OPINION An icon has gone on to glory. Gloria Steinem — feminist, journalist, activist, and architect of modern women’s liberation — has left this earth, but she has not left us. Her legacy is stitched into every woman who has...

50 municipal primaries we’re watching on Tuesday

June 1, 2026 5:30 amJune 3, 2026 5:11 am

Here’s a list of 50 municipalities with contested primary elections the New Jersey Globe will be watching when the polls close on Tuesday evening: Bernards: Kirsten Light, a former school board member, is challenging organization-backed candidates Paul Humbert, a 74-year-old...

Kim, Mejia and Timberlake endorse insurgent Bloomfield council candidates

May 22, 2026 8:00 amMay 27, 2026 10:36 pm

U.S. Senator Andy Kim, Rep. Analilia Mejia (D-Glen Ridge), and State Sen. Britnee Timberlake (D-East Orange) are taking sides in a contested Democratic primary for three ward council seats in Bloomfield, moving against the local Democratic organization headed by Assemblyman...

DiVincenzo has giant fundraising haul after bi-partisan event

March 26, 2026 11:05 amMarch 26, 2026 4:32 pm

Sometimes close personal relationships transcend party lines, and that was on display last night in Cedar Grove, where Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, Jr. had a six-figure fundraising haul after a high-dollar event sponsored by two Republicans: former State Sen....

Labor Leader: The story of Tom Giblin’s magnificent political career

September 1, 2025 12:15 amAugust 31, 2025 11:20 pm

Thomas P. Giblin got hooked on New Jersey politics at the age of seven, when his father won a seat on the Essex County Board of Freeholders in 1954. Over the last eight decades, he’s had a front-row seat watching...

Memorial set for Kabir Moss on Monday

July 11, 2025 11:17 amJuly 13, 2025 2:39 pm

A public memorial for popular Democratic strategist Kabir Moss will be held on Monday, July 14, at 11 AM, in the Chase Room at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark. Moss died unexpectedly on Wednesday at age 37....

Mukherji supports Sherrill

June 20, 2025 9:39 amJune 20, 2025 11:48 am

State Sen. Raj Mukherji (D-Jersey City) has endorsed Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) for governor. “I know Mikie will expand early childhood education, improve access to childcare, and protect the quality of my children’s education because she’s lived those priorities firsthand...