The story is not unique to Newark, all over the United States there are cities that are struggling. But what is unique is how citizens of Newark respond. Led by Newark Mayor Cory Booker, a man who lov
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The story is not unique to Newark, all over the United States there are cities that are struggling. But what is unique is how citizens of Newark respond. Led by Newark Mayor Cory Booker, a man who lov
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Before the Portuguese came to the Ironbound, before the uprisings of 1967, and before the manufacturing industry moved south, my father made a life for himself in Newark. In another of a series of po
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Sitting in my cousin Dan's car driving through some lovely central Connecticut landscape, he points to something huge coming up on the right side of the car. "Look back there, you'll see a huge buildi
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In keeping with the issue of what is happening in the city of my birth and childhood, I noticed Ken over at the DailyNewarker has just posted an interesting podcast. It is an interview with someone
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I have a scar on my forehead.
The year was probably 1986 and a large object fell into my forehead.
Like any ironbound (newark) mother would, my mother carried me to the car and sped to St. James
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As I sit down to lunch with my parents at a beachside resort famous for having a huge population that immigrated to Newark, New Jersey, the waitress walks over with a bottle of wine. "This one is com
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Greetings from Lisbon, where in theory I've just begun my vacation, even though I can neither take a vacation nor do I believe in taking them. There's never a moment that Im not observing or thinking
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As many of ye blog readers know, yours truely was born and raised til his teen years in the ironbound section of the city of Newark, New Jersey. I often feel like the least likely candidate to be som
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