MAGA campaigns against the idea that power should be determined by voters
For years, Americans were told that the courts would hold. That whatever happened in Congress, whatever fever swept through cable television, whatever demagogue clawed his way to power, there remained one institution insulated from the mob: the judiciary. The courts, we were assured, would be the last adults in the room. That illusion is now…
The Unseen Invasion: A warming world is unleashing ticks across America
The first thaw used to mean one thing in New Jersey: a reprieve. A chance for the frozen ground to breathe before winter clamped down again. Not anymore. Today, that same warm spell sends blacklegged ticks crawling up from the leaf litter, hungry and hunting. Rather than watching for groundhogs in February, Americans must guard…
Feds agree to delay opening of planned Roxbury ICE concentration camp
by Sophie Nieto-Munoz, New Jersey Monitor The Trump administration has agreed to delay its plan to convert a Roxbury warehouse into an immigration detention center, a partial win for state and local officials who are seeking to block the proposal entirely. Under a joint stipulation filed shortly before the matter was expected to go before…
The wrong résumé for New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District
There is a particular kind of political candidate who arrives at the door of a progressive district carrying credentials so misaligned with the job description that the sheer audacity of the application functions as its own argument against it. Rebecca Bennett is that candidate, assembled from components that would make perfect sense in a different…
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