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Delaney Hall, from largest East Coast facility to a hunger strike: How did we get here?

News of the labor and hunger strike at Delaney Hall, the largest ICE detention facility on the East Coast, has gone international. But as the news cycle moves on, the original drivers of the protests ...

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Labor Eyes on Ice

451 Doremus Avenue Newark, New Jersey, 07105 United States (map) ...

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Where have all the midwives gone? The campaign against Black midwives and its impact on Black maternal outcomes

As increasing attention at the national and state level is focused on the racial disparities in maternal health care, New Jersey continues to be plagued with staggering maternal and infant mortality ...

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HIV/AIDS: Alarming numbers for New Jersey and Essex County

Newark-In the four decades since the HIV/AIDS epidemic began, the disease has taken the lives of more than 750,000 Americans, part of a total of 40.1 million deaths worldwide. A 2022 estimate shows ...

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Notes from on the ground outside Delaney Hall

A week ago, Delaney Hall, in Newark, NJ, became a ground zero for grassroots resistance in support of a hunger and labor strike inside the facility. Detainees outlined their reasons for the strike as ...

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