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Newark clergy leader will back Sherrill for governor

October 24, 2024 12:40 amOctober 24, 2024 12:40 am

The president of the Newark/North Jersey Committee on Black Churchmen will support Rep. Mikie Sherrill (D-Montclair) for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2025. “I am urging Mikie to run because she’s a fighter for the people, and should she...

Source: Black man shot by N.J. State Police had interaction with law enforcement earlier that day

May 29, 2020 4:18 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy and State Police Superintendent Col. Pat Callahan declined to say whether a 28-year-old black man killed in a police shooting last week had been stopped by authorities multiple times in the hours ahead of his death, citing...

Seven Black ministers trash Hugin

October 4, 2018 9:04 pm

A group of seven prominent African-American ministers say that sending Bob Hugin to the United States Senate would accelerate Donald Trump’s racist agenda. “Bob Hugin has absolutely zero history of supporting New Jersey’s people of color, but he does have...