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This week Kimberly and I discuss the lack of space for teen girls and the limits of inclusion that segregates rather than brings people together. We’re in the middle of a redesign of the site & an adjustment of our focus. Thank you for continuing to support us! Please
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Hello folks please subscribe and share our podcast! All you have to do is click the video, it’s easy. We’re on episode nine of Auto Asphyxiation, and today, Kimberly and Lark discuss the concept of states’ rights through the lens of Essex County—an area roughly the size
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Hello folks, Before we jump in, a quick housekeeping note: If you haven’t already, please consider subscribing to our podcast on YouTube. Your support helps amplify our work! The Politics of Silence (and Space) It is easy to mock the contradictions of Trump voters facing “leopards eating my face”
As the United States grapples with persistent inflation, economic inequality, and President Trump’s red pen which has halted $500 million worth of food bank deliveries, the hunger crisis, in the still often hypersegregated urban cities, has intensified, revealing a stark contrast between corporate welfare and austerity measures targeting vulnerable
opinion
Netflix has greenlit a new TV adaptation of “Little House on the Prairie,” the beloved book series written by Laura Ingalls Wilder. —Variety, January 2025 “Little House on the Prairie” by Laura Ingalls Wilder is a classic, award-winning children’s book that is a staple of grade school and junior
Podcast
Kimberly and Lark discuss how to create streets for all of New Jersey. We question the usefulness of pulling up rails for parks. Then we entertain the dream of a protected bike lane and trolley up Bloomfield Avenue. Finally we discuss, despite there being a few more women in urbanism,
News
One of the most effective ways to get people to engage in evil is to convince them that they are doing good. The volunteer fire department is the angelic mask placed by a deceitful community to allow exclusion.
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Guest columnist, Charles Sontag, PhD The Newark Subway run by New Jersey Transit (NJT) has much potential and is underdeveloped. It started as a replacement for the Morris Canal which was abandoned in the mid 1920’s. At that time, several cities, Newark, Bloomfield, Clifton, and Paterson purchased the canal
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Hello friends! If you enjoy receiving the AF newsletter, one small but impactful way to support us is by clicking at least one link. Engagement metrics help us demonstrate our reach to funders, which is crucial for a startup like ours. Merci beaucoup, mes amours! Despite ongoing challenges, the courts
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New Jersey needs more non-driving options into the city. Half of the nonresident income-tax payments in New York come from people who live in New Jersey and work in New York City. According to 2021 in Data NY in 2014, that was 3.1 billion dollars. Yet, New Jersey is
Podcast
This week Kimberly and Lark discuss acclerationism in an episode that could be titled "Just Like Us" as a play on Kendrick Lamar’s catchy anthem of working class solidarity. In the theory of accelerationism, working-class men may believe they will regain power, but the truth is they
WHM
Activism is not limited to one lane, so for International Women’s Month, we also uplift artists, as they inspire so many of us on our paths to free others. New Jersey has so many feminists, especially in music, which brings us to Debbie Harry. Harry, the charismatic frontwoman of