Train Engineers Strike NJ Transit for 3 Days
On Friday, May 16, more than 400 NJ Transit train engineers (the workers who drive the trains) went on strike. One of the nation’s largest rail transit systems shut down, leaving the entire region in a state of economic and social uncertainty. Although the strike lasted only three days before a tentative agreement brought them […]
From Newark to Palestine: Lessons from the Rutgers-Newark Solidarity Encampment
Since October 7, by even the most conservative estimates, the Israeli state has killed over 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza. The United States funds this genocide, sending billions of dollars annually to Israel in money and weapons. When students at Columbia University demonstrated their opposition to the genocide by forming an encampment, they were met with […]
NJ Nursing Home Shutdown: Profits vs. the Elderly
On the Friday before Labor Day weekend, Princeton Care Center, a for-profit nursing home in Princeton, New Jersey, notified its 72 elderly residents that they were closing, and that the building would need to be vacated within 12 hours! For months, the owners of the Princeton Care Center had had trouble paying rent. The facility […]
Hurricane Ida Exposes Weaknesses of Societies Built for Profit
With disasters like Hurricane Ida, we can now see the outlines of our future if we allow the world to continue as it is – and it’s terrifying…
State Budgets Under Attack
As New Jersey – like other states – sees billions in tax dollars disappear during the COVID-19 pandemic, we already hear talk of massive budget shortfalls! What does this mean? You guessed it