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Yendor Theatre Company Wraps Up Their Citywide Play, Alerts & Events this weekend in Newark...

Yendor Theatre Company hosted the play "In The Middle of the Mess" across all Newark's five wards. The play was directed by Newark’s own Alicia Whavers.

Newark Residents Raise Over $50,000 For Six Newark College Students & more...

"In 2020, the HBCU Scholarship Ride was established to financially assist students from Newark, NJ, in realizing their aspirations of attending Howard University...

A Mother's Fight For Justice: The Monique Rodwell Interview
newark-stories

A Mother's Fight For Justice: The Monique Rodwell Interview

Last June, Monique Rodwell came home from a doctor’s appointment to find that her sons, Justin, Jaykil, Brandon, and Jasper, were not home. Even worse, a squad of police cars, along with police officers, both plain clothes and uniforms, were in front of her house. A black mother’s worst nightmare

Where to get water, what's happening this weekend and more!

Earlier this week, a huge water main break left much of our city without running water. If you have been impacted, continue to boil your water until the city...

A demonstrator shouts outside the White House during a Women's March protest in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision
Opinion

Where We Stand: The Failures of White Feminism and Roe v. Wade

The current reproductive rights movement lacks an intersectional analysis

Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District Announces “The Return to Newark” & Key Talent – 15th Anniversary Music Festival
Community & Culture

Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District Announces “The Return to Newark” & Key Talent – 15th Anniversary Music Festival

Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) announces that the official 15th Anniversary will return over two weekends from July 27th-31st and August 5th-7th with broad array of musical genres

The Iconic Lincoln Park Music Festival Will Shake The City All Weekend & more...

Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District (LPCCD) announces that the official 15th Anniversary will return over two weekends from July 27th-31st and August 5th-7th with broad array of

Royal Elite Dance Company stretching before practice. Photography by Ryan S. Cook.
Newark Voices

It’s More than Dance & Cheer – A Lifeline for Newark Youth

COVID-19 mental health issues continue to rise in children. Royal Elite Dance Company and Candy Elite All-Stars serve as an escape, mental health outlet, and lifeline for many girls from the Newark, NJ area

It is TOO HOT outside! Where you can go to stay cool (for FREE)

The city of Newark has issued a CODE RED! There are cooling sites across the city. See below where you can go stay coooooooollllllllll...

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