New Jersey was referred to as the “slave state of the North” and home to more than two-thirds of all of the enslaved people in the Northern United States by the 1830s.
While slavery was abolished in the United States in 1865, the legacy of slavery and unequal treatment continues in New Jersey’s housing, education, healthcare, and other systems today.
Read The Jersey Bee’s reporting to learn about segregation and solutions to addressing it in the Garden State.
The Jersey Bee preguntó a 12 candidatos a la gobernación de Nueva Jersey cuáles eran sus planes para un estado más justo y equitativo. Seis respondieron. Esto es lo que contestaron.
Black women are nearly seven times more likely to die than white women from a pregnancy-related death in New Jersey. A number of promising programs – designed by and for Black women – could change that.
The Jersey Bee asked 12 candidates for governor in New Jersey their plans for a more just and equitable state. Six responded. Here's what they said.
New housing law could bring more than 84,000 new affordable housing units across New Jersey by 2035, with half reserved for low-income families.
Attendees at events in Maplewood and Montclair discussed the impact of redlining, systemic discrimination, and reparations at forums hosted by The Jersey Bee.
Hay casi el doble de centros antiaborto que la cantidad de clínicas de aborto en Nueva Jersey. Con frecuencia respaldados por grupos religiosos, se asemejan a las clínicas de salud y se enfocan en personas de bajos ingresos, inmigrantes y comunidades de color.
There are almost twice as many anti-abortion centers as actual abortion clinics in New Jersey. Often backed by religious ministries, they resemble health clinics and target low-income people, immigrants, and communities of color.
Newark groups launch "development watch" to inform residents of property development in their neighborhoods and train them to help shape zoning and land use decisions.
Durante la conferencia del gobernador sobre vivienda de 2024, los responsables de crear las normas y políticas debatieron sobre la expansión en la creación de viviendas multifamiliares y la construcción sostenible, pero prestaron poca atención a la búsqueda de soluciones al problema de segregación.
Policymakers discussed expanding multi-family housing and building sustainably at the 2024 governor’s conference on housing but paid little attention to remedying segregation.
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