As many of you have read over the months, I like to try to create some good trouble in Newark. Sometimes I push the line,
Ras Baraka is Newark’s mayor. This first appeared at nj.com. The will to get it done. This was the unofficial slogan of my city’s lead-line
Or maybe he’s just nostalgic for the good old days when Newark Public Schools District was on the hook for maintaining multiple buildings with no
Newark Superintendent Roger León is shocked, shocked to find out there’s malarkey afoot over the construction of the new Newark High School of Architecture &
Tom Wiedmann is on a roll: today Tapinto Newark published his third installment (with co-writer Mark Bonamo) of a series on the antics of Newark
The tragic irony of a high school for low income kids allegedly being built on the backs of workers paid unfair and illegal wages, and
Politics in Newark is complicated but New Jersey’s largest city has this going for it: school and municipal leaders are tireless advocates for fair wages
In June 1972, the New Jersey Department of Education issued a report called “Teachers’ Strikes in Newark, 1964-1971.” The document includes a timeline that details
Tuesday was Election Day in Newark for the district’s Board of Education. Among seven candidates for three open seats, winners were incumbents A’Dorian Murray-Thomas and
Last week news broke that 98% of Newark fourth-graders are not expected to meet state expectations in math this spring. This alarming projection didn’t come