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Franklin School Recognized as Top 10 Most Innovative School by T4 Education
Hudson Reporter - New Jersey
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July 18, 2025
On June 30, 2025, Franklin School, a high school located in Jersey City, New Jersey, was officially named one of the Top 10 Most Innovative Schools in the World. This recognition came from T4 Education, the UK-based organization that created the...
Nessel joins multistate effort opposing cuts to immigrant children's legal aid
Great Lakes Wire - Michigan
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July 18, 2025
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the case of Community Legal Services in East Palo Alto, et al. vs. United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al. The...
New Jersey Sportsbooks Can No Longer Partner with Colleges and Universities
Casino Beats
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July 10, 2025
Written by Chavdar Vasilev Chavdar Vasilev Chavdar Vasilev is a gambling news writer with several years of experience in the iGaming industry. He started creating promotional content but soon found he loved reporting on the industry itself. Since...
New Jersey’s Blue Wall Is Crumbling, and Democrats Know It
PJ Media - Virginia
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July 10, 2025
The Democratic Party is sounding the alarm in New Jersey, and for good reason. What should have been a cakewalk in a deep-blue state has turned into a frantic scramble, with party leaders dumping millions into the governor’s race in a desperate...
Rep. Rob Menendez addresses recycling, infrastructure cuts, and education funding on social media
Hudson Today - New Jersey
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July 17, 2025
Rep. Rob Menendez, who represents New Jersey’s 8th district in the U.S. Congress, recently used his social media platform to discuss legislative priorities including recycling, infrastructure funding, and education policy.On July 16, 2025,...
South Jersey military base to temporarily hold immigrant detainees
WHYY FM - Pennsylvania
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July 18, 2025
From Camden and Cherry Hill to Trenton and the Jersey Shore, what about life in New Jersey do you want WHYY News to cover? Let us know. The Trump administration has approved the use of South Jersey’s Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to hold...
Out-of-state students share perspectives on tuition increase
The Daily Collegian - Pennsylvania
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The Penn State Board of Trustees has announced a tuition increase for all students for the upcoming academic year. Out-of-state undergraduates, who already pay higher rates than their in-state peers, will see a 4% hike. The increase has raised...
Acclaimed Actor Malcom-Jamal Warner Passes Away at 54
Hampton Roads Messenger - Virginia
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July 23, 2025
By: Victor Greene Malcolm‑Jamal Warner, the beloved actor, musician, poet, and activist, has died at 54. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, he accidentally drowned on July 20, 2025, during a family vacation on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast. Pulled...
New Jersey Schools Face Legal Challenge Over Parental Rights In Gender Transition Cases
The Free Press - Tampa - Florida
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July 10, 2025
Legal Battle Brews Over Parental Involvement in Children’s Gender Identity Decisions A legal battle is brewing in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, as a coalition of legal organizations and a clinical psychologist have filed an...
Indian films thrive at N.J. theater chain, connecting community to culture
NJ.com - New Jersey
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July 18, 2025
For moviegoers of New Jersey’s Indian community, visiting their local theater to watch the latest Bollywood film is more than entertainment—it’s a cultural experience. “Being able to see Indian films in a local theater makes me feel like I’m still...
Immigrants without lawyers face higher deportation chances, data shows
NJ.com - New Jersey
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July 15, 2025
New Jersey immigrants who are unrepresented at court hearings are more likely to get deported, data shows. Noncitizens appear in immigration court when the government is trying to deport them, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, a...
Education Department in the middle of a growing tug-of-war between Trump, Democrats
My Ozarks Online - Missouri
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July 16, 2025
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education has emerged as central in the struggle over control of the power of the purse in the nation’s capital. Democrats in Congress are pushing back hard on the Trump administration’s freeze of $6.8 billion...
New Jersey, California Democrats Push To Unmask ICE Agents Amid Rising Attacks
The Free Press - Tampa - Florida
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July 10, 2025
Lawmakers Insist on Transparency as Agency Cites Escalating Threats Democratic lawmakers are intensifying their efforts to mandate that federal immigration agents display visible identification and refrain from wearing face masks during most...
Weekly immigration caseload dips below 200 in Western District of Texas
Odessa American - Texas
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July 18, 2025
SAN ANTONIO United States Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas announced today, that federal prosecutors in the district filed 178 new immigration and immigration-related criminal cases from July 11 through July 17. Among...
Organizers Call for Shutdown of Immigrant Jails as Trump Expands Incarceration
Truthout
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July 18, 2025
Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. The number of undocumented people held in immigration jails has exploded under President Donald...
Hegseth: Indiana’s Camp Atterbury Will Hold Immigrant Detainees
WIBC 93.1 FM - Indiana
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July 18, 2025
EDINBURGH, Ind. — Indiana’s Camp Atterbury will be used to detain immigrant detainees under a new federal plan revealed this week by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Hegseth outlined the plan in a July 15 letter to Congressional members, naming...
Black-Owned Funeral Homes That Honor Legacy With Care
Blavity
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July 23, 2025
Black-owned funeral homes serve as vital cultural institutions. Among the first businesses established by African Americans after slavery, these family-owned establishments have maintained important traditions, such as “homegoing” ceremonies, and...
Trial over oligarch’s Aspen mansion off the calendar — for now
The Aspen Daily News - Colorado
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to VTB Bank Chairman Andrey Kostin during their meeting in Moscow on July 11, 2023. The Associated Press published this photo of the two after the U.S. Justice Department announced Feb. 22, 2024, a...
Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst will indeed be used to detain immigrants, Defense Department says
New Jersey Globe
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July 18, 2025
At the beginning of this year, several news outlets reported that President Donald Trump’s administration was considering using military bases, among them New Jersey’s Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, to expand its immigrant detainment capacity....
Morris County school board votes to limit access to LGBTQ book
Daily Record - New Jersey
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North Jersey schools are in the middle of their summer break, but the controversy over LGBTQ-themed books in their libraries rages on, at least in one Morris County town. In Roxbury, a closely divided school board voted on July 14 to remove the...