No-nonsense New Jerseyans want Constitutional rights upheld
New Jersey is a place of determined hearts and daring minds, community sports, volunteer emergency services, and cutting-edge research. In small towns and big cities, rooted communities are constantly refreshed and inspire locals to explore our world and beyond. Freedom is something we live and reclaim every day. You do not have to agree on…
Endangerment is the reality of climate pollution
The Endangerment Finding is a formal recognition by the US Environmental Protection Agency that climate disruption poses a threat to human health and safety. It serves as the foundation for U.S. federal climate policy and the regulation of greenhouse gases—the chemical compounds that trap heat in Earth’s atmosphere and drive global heating. In 2009, the EPA released…
If people can be ‘illegal’, no one is free
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” ‘Unalienable’ means a human being cannot be separated from their humanity, or from their human rights. The United States was the first…
To witness is to breathe
For those who bear witness, for those who help, for those lost and those who endure. These days are filled with grief and the mysterious, uncomfortable collective effort to honor and overcome it, to find purpose and rescue. In the crisp question ‘How are…
Government has an implicit duty not to aid polluters
The American standard of law and public authority holds that rights are universal, unalienable, and irreducible, and that power can only be exercised within specific parameters set out in written law. We all know the heart of the Declaration of Independence—that all people are “created…
The right to exist & bear witness is being threatened
To be subjected, on a daily basis, at multiple times throughout the day, to the dangerous, dehumanizing ramblings of a person devoid of any moral fiber, is to be subjected to abuse. The trauma is evident in the fact that you already know who…
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