We weren’t always allowed to go outside, or at least, it was advised to do otherwise. Here’s a look back at the emptier and quieter streets in the West Side section of Jersey City in May.
Graphic by Sakura Siegel.
UPDATE: Ja’nisa has been found and is home safe. A missing 16-year-old girl has been circulating around social media, and locals are asking for help. On Tuesday, Black Men United, a local community organization, posted a photo of Ja’nisa, a teenager who they’ve said is missing. “Protect our girls,” they
Disclaimer: Adrienne is a Filipino-American. PHILIPPINES — In Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, character Padme Amidala — a senator and mother of Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa — once said “So this is how liberty dies… with thunderous applause.” But, in the Philippines, it died in a quiet courtroom
July 7 — that’s New Jersey’s Primary Election Day, which will help determine who moves on to the General Election in November. One person asked Slice of Culture to show what candidates Hudson County — and New Jersey — will be seeing on their ballots. Here’s the first part of New
Black Lives Matter. Bayonne, NJ. 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Another Hudson County protest drew hundreds to Stephen R. Gregg Park in Bayonne on Sunday. The crowd marched with signs and chanted down the road in the park to the park’s steps. Here, protesters kneeled for 8 minutes and
Black Lives Matter. Jersey City, NJ. 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. ‘ On Saturday, June 6, hundreds of protestors gathered in front of City Hall in Downtown Jersey City.
It’s been a week since stand-offs between protestors and police officers have surged in several demonstrations nationwide following George Floyd’s death. But that didn’t seem to be the case in Hudson County. Jersey City and Union City organizers marched alongside rally members and continued to demand justice and peace for
JERSEY CITY — When Bri’Che Lynn saw the video of the killing of George Floyd, she cried. But on Monday, she wiped her tears and instead walked in solidarity with her people, she said. Lynn was one of the hundreds who protested the death of Floyd in Jersey City Monday
Black Lives Matter. Jersey City, New Jersey. 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. On Monday, June 1, hundreds of protestors came out to Berry Lane Park in solidarity with the Minneapolis, Minnesota protestors following the death of George Floyd. Adrienne J. Romero went to
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