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New Jersey Aims to Ban Plastic Bags With New Bill

Lola Méndez — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 15:16:30 +0000

We all know by now that plastic is harming our environment. Plastic bags are just one small part of the plastic pollution crisis—but it’s an aspect we can all take into our own hands and change on the individual consumer level. Each year, 5 trillion single-use plastic bags are used on Earth. Each of those bags

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In New Jersey, Undocumented Immigrants Are Now Eligible to Get a Driver’s License

Ecleen Luzmila Caraballo — Fri, 20 Dec 2019 21:20:58 +0000

On Thursday, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill that will allow undocumented state residents to obtain a standard driver’s license or learner’s permit regardless of their status. The news has been well received by more than 70 organizations that have advocated for the law under the Let’s Drive NJ banner and, according to

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New Jersey Students Staged ‘Alien’ on a Limited Budget & It Is Legitimately Amazing

Yara Simón — Mon, 25 Mar 2019 16:25:58 +0000

Bringing Aliens – the special effects heavy 1986 sci-fi horror film – to screen cost about $17 million. To bring Aliens to the stage, North Bergen High School didn’t really have the budget to put on an elaborate production. And yet, it did, and in the process, it seriously impressed the internet. “Our performance of

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An Undocumented Guatemalan Immigrant Opens Up to the NYT About Working for Trump

Remezcla Estaff — Thu, 06 Dec 2018 20:54:20 +0000

When President Donald Trump discusses the undocumented community, he uses malicious, inaccurate, and racist language. When he launched his candidacy for presidency in 2015, Trump called Mexicans “rapists” and “criminals.” During his presidency, he has likened Central Americans to “animals” and portrayed asylum seekers from the isthmus as members of MS-13 instead of the victims

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