Video: ACT NOW: The Newark-Essex Foreclosure Task Force
Responses to the foreclosure crisis in Newark and Essex County, NJ.
Report: Between Battles
Home on leave, a Marine from New Jersey recalls combat in Iraq.
Report: An Old Lodge Faces New Times
In a busy world, how can people find the time to do good?
Report: "Not As Bad as I Thought"
A biology major at Rutgers-Newark considers the lessons learned by going to college in a city.
Report: Learning from Fellow Students
At Rutgers-Newark, a student's life is changed by her classmates.
Report: Parkour—Moving with the City
Sport meets art in the daring yet graceful moves of parkour.
Report: Newark and Its Cherry Trees Blossom
The annual Cherry Blossom Festival puts Newark in a different light.
Report: A House with Life on Academy Street
The Academy Street Firehouse in Newark is a special place for children and for art.
Report: The Prudential Center Helps Newark
The Prudential Center has had an impact on Newark. Small businesses near it have seen improvements that reverberate throughout downtown.
Report: Keeping the Music Alive at Maxwell’s
In Hoboken, NJ, an ordinary restaurant door is the entry to an extraordinary indie concert venue.
Report: The Shadow of Crime in North Newark
When danger looms, a neighborhood takes on a new tone.
Report: Dressed for Success
In Newark, a nonprofit helps women of low and moderate income look their best at job interviews.
Report: From Ghana to Newark in a Life of Learning
The story of Edem Frank Avakame, an immigrant and university professor.
Report: Smart Policing
A campus police officer works his shift and reflects on the importance of learning.
Report: Education, Enlightenment and the LGBT Center
A visit to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center of New York City.
Report: HOMECorp Provides Affordable Housing in Montclair
HOMECorp makes homes affordable and neighborhoods stable.
Essay: Hip-hop Messages
What can adults and hip-hop artists do about messages in the music that are inappropriate for young people?
Essay: The Outsider, a Memoir
A story of testing and endurance.
Essay: Endurance, the Sphere and Memories of 9/11
What happens when 9/11 gives new meaning to a work of art?
Poetry & Short Stories: Independence Park
A poet recalls her grandfather and his buddies, his rapazes, playing the game of malhas on Sunday afternoons in the Ironbound.
Poetry & Short Stories: Letter from America
A report in a poem, inspired by Alistair Cooke's long-running weekly broadcast for the BBC, "Letter from America."
Video: Art for All
A documentary on the special collections of the Newark Public Library.
Report: A Place of Second Chances
At Covenant House, young people find education, counseling, and a home.
Report: From Havana, Cuba to Rutgers-Newark
Iliana Bernal has been in the United States for almost 40 years--26 of them at the Dana Library of Rutgers-Newark..
Report: Inauguration Day
Rutgers-Newark students react to the inauguration of President Barack Obama.
Essay: Beige
A grandmother weighs her granddaughter's newly-articulated views on racial identity.
Poetry & Short Stories: URbaN Scene (Take 1 hundred)
A poem prompted by thoughts on Rutgers-Newark.
Poetry & Short Stories: Chronology I
A life recalled at the ages of five, ten and fifteen.
Report: Newark and Its Gateway Complex
The story of Newark's Gateway Center illuminates the weight of the past in the city's present.
