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51 New Jersey women sign letter praising Platkin nomination as attorney general, urging his confirmation

February 10, 2022 2:12 amFebruary 10, 2022 5:46 pm

Some of the New Jersey’s most influential women leaders have signed on to a letter endorsing Gov. Phil Murphy’s nomination of Matt Platkin as Attorney General, a move intended to send a signal to some members of the State Senate...

Huge group of progressive leaders endorse Vainieri Huttle for Senate

January 21, 2021 9:21 amJanuary 22, 2021 10:42 am

A group of 21 influential New Jersey progressive leaders, including state Communications Workers of America (CWA) state director Hetty Rosenstein and NJ Working Families state director Sue Altman, and Murphy administration official Katie Brennan have endorsed Valerie Vainieri Huttle for...

What A Reality-TV Star Can Teach Us About Elections During COVID-19

May 14, 2020 3:55 pm

OPINION Now that we have passed the first peak and just conducted an all-VBM election this week due to the coronavirus pandemic, we will need to look at the gaps and aggressively adopt proactive measures for our upcoming Primary Election...

Vote from Home: Protect our Health and Protect our Votes

March 12, 2020 11:24 amMarch 12, 2020 11:24 am

OPINION With the novel coronavirus pandemic, the resultant cases of COVID-19 disease, and the recent enactment of the state of emergency here in New Jersey, it is incumbent on all of us to do our part to minimize the community...

Action Together NJ forms new non-profit to expand vote-by-mail

March 6, 2020 9:30 amMarch 6, 2020 12:50 pm

Action Together New Jersey has formed a new non-partisan, non-profit advocacy group to educate residents on vote-by-mail as a way to reduce barriers for low-income communities, as well as communities of color and New Jerseyans with disability. ATNJ Education Fund...

Grassroots activists weigh in for Currie

December 21, 2018 4:18 pmDecember 21, 2018 7:27 pm

More than a dozen grassroots progressive activists have endorsed John Currie for re-election as Democratic State Chairman. Among the activists backing Currie are New Jersey CWA state director Hetty Rosenstein, New Jersey Working Families Alliance executive director Analilia Mejia, Action...

Progressive activists look for seats on redistricting commission

December 17, 2018 3:18 pmJanuary 4, 2019 10:26 am

Now that Senate and Assembly leaders have backed off their plans for a constitutional amendment to change the way legislative districts are drawn, Gov. Phil Murphy will need to decide if he wants to give grassroots progressive organizations seats at...