New Jersey
Black lawmakers oppose Christie NJ court pick
A group of black state legislators announced its opposition to Gov. Chris Christie’s choice of a gay, black Republican for the Supreme Court on Thursday, mounting evidence that Democrats were ready to reject the second of the governor’s high court picks. The New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus told The Associated Press that attorney Bruce Harris’s [...]
Cory Booker: The Dilemma of the New Black Politician
Reëlections are like second marriages—a portion of the pageantry, a fraction of the idealism. The controversy now swirling around Newark Mayor Cory Booker is a reminder of that. In urging the President (and Mitt Romney) to renounce negative campaigning, Booker inadvertently offered a barometer of the difference between the Barack Obama of 2008, who strode [...]
New Jersey church trying to close racial divide
Lawrence and Trenton are adjacent. But given the different racial demographics of these two New Jersey towns — the former is predominantly white and the latter 52 percent black— they might as well be a hundred miles apart. Such is the magnitude of the chasm crossed by Lawrence’s David Moriah and Trenton’s Shiloh Baptist Church, [...]
Newark mayor Cory Booker rescues neighbor from burning house
The mayor of New Jersey’s largest city said Friday he feared for his life as he helped rescue a neighbor from a fire before firefighters had arrived. Newark Mayor Cory Booker, speaking on “CBS This Morning,” described how he returned home Thursday night and saw his neighbor’s home engulfed in flames. A woman was screaming [...]
NJ State Police Seeking Diverse Applicants; NAACP Remains Skeptical
The New Jersey State Police announced Thursday it would start accepting job applications in May for its next class of troopers for the first time in more than two years. They are also undertaking an outreach effort to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds. The state police have fielded criticism from the NAACP for not hiring [...]
