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A study says Latinos in the Garden State are increasingly willing to get vaccinated against COVID-19, but one Latino advocate is concerned about lack of efforts to reach his community.

As the Covid vaccine campaign picks up steam, some good news -- more people in New Jersey say they will take it. A poll commissioned by the Newark

By John Heinis/Hudson County View According to COVID Act Now, a 501(c)(3) non-profit group that provides coronavirus data for locations nationwide, Hudson County has the worst vaccination rate among New Jersey’s 21 counties, with just 8.3 percent of their population receiving their first shot. CAN notes that their overall data is compiled from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the New York Times, and state and county health boards. On the ...

UPS Longitudes | Pursuing a More Equitable World Marc Morial @ National Urban League Published 12-24-20 Deadly disease; economic hardship; racial unrest — the United States is living through a triple pandemic. For more than a century, the National Urban League has been an economic first responder, helping families through their most trying crises. Now, in this triple pandemic, we’re rising to the challenge with urgency, expertise and deep compassion. The National Urban League launched in ...

PURSUING A MORE EQUITABLE WORLD Deadly disease; economic hardship; racial unrest — the United States is living through a triple pandemic. For more than a century, the National Urban League has been an economic first responder, helping families through their most trying crises. Now, in this triple pandemic, we’re rising to the challenge with urgency, expertise and deep compassion. The National Urban League launched in 1910 in response to the Great Migration, which saw millions of African A...

WHYY By In this Oct. 24, 2020, file photo, Paula Plotkin processes mail-in ballots at Bergen Community College in Paramus, N.J. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File) Garden State voters want more election reforms, according to a recent poll. Those who participated expressed support for a wide variety of changes to make it easier to vote. Among the reforms that have broad support are increasing the number of locations and extending hours for in-person early voting, paying poll workers more, and requiring ...

NJs Democratic Electoral College electors: Mondays Biden vote ends Trump madness | Stile Replay Video UP NEXT If the 2020 presidential election had been more conventional than conspiratorial, Mondays Electoral College vote would be viewed as a ceremonial coda to a long campaign season. But for the 14 Democratic electors scheduled to convene at 3 p.m. in the Assembly Chamber in the Statehouse in Trenton, the vote is freighted with a larger symbolic significance. The Democrats are hoping that�...

Assembly Republican leader Jon Bramnick is one of New Jerseys leading "Never Trumpers." Its a persona thats most certainly suited to his moderate record and instincts. But with the New Jersey Republican Party firmly locked in a trance perpetrated by exiting President Donald Trump, Bramnick now realizes he never had a real chance of becoming the GOPs standard bearer for governor in 2021. The Westfield lawyer refused to bow at the altar of Trump. And on Wednesday, Bramnick bowed out of the ...

This is sort of the last straw. We have devolved as a state species. Foolishness NewJerseyis, that is us. I thought we were a little bit better than this, but apparently we’re not. We’re just as foolish as the rest of the foolish country. Well, lemme back up. We’re all not foolish. To wit: A Project Ready poll claims 77% of registered Republicans in New Jersey believe Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election. You know, the election he just lost. By over seven million popu...