New Jersey
Monument project in New Jersey seeks to reframe narrative about migrants and labor amid political rhetoric and debates – WHYY
New York–based artist Immanuel Oni is behind the South Jersey monument. The “space doula,” who helps people declutter and clear emotional or energetic patterns in an environment, says much of his work is rooted in bringing people together.
“For me, art making is not about what I’m making, it’s about who I’m making it for,” he said.
Oni praised the organizers of the project for hosting “a lot” of the community dialogue to build “a very solid foundation” of engagement.
“I found that their approach was very robust and that they did a lot of the heavy lifting because that’s something that I usually do from the ground up,” Oni added.
Betty Brown-Pitts, of Vineland, participated in the feedback sessions. Her father moved from Alabama to New Jersey in 1945 to work at Seabrook Farms, and her mother followed about seven years later.
When the monument is built, Brown-Pitts hopes people will be proud that their story will be preserved.
“I think it’s very important to preserve these stories and our contributions that my family and other African Americans made to Seabrook Farms,” she said.
During a second set of meetings in January, each artist will present their initial designs to stakeholders.
“They’ll bring those materials and sketches and activities that hopefully will allow them to get additional input,” Urban said.
There will be a third set of meetings where stakeholders will sign off on the final designs.
Fabrication is expected to take place from the end of March until the start of summer. Urban said that once the monuments have their formal debut, a series of “activation programming” will follow.
“We’re going to try to bring community members back out to gather at the completed monument installations and use it as another opportunity to reflect more on migration and labor and other histories from different communities that we might harvest in the future,” Urban said.
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While this fall’s midterm election may still feel like ages away, the process has already started for potential candidates.
March 23 was the filing deadline for politically affiliated folks to get on the ballot in this June’s primary election – the stepping stone for November.
All 12 seats representing New Jersey in the House are on the ballot as well as one seat in the U.S. Senate.
The heated contest to succeed Rep. Bonnie Watson-Coleman in District 12 is going to draw much of the attention this spring.
There are more contested races as well, though only three involving incumbents.
Here’s a breakdown of who is running to represent the Garden State in Washington this year, according to the unofficial list made available by the state’s Division of Elections.
U.S. Senate
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker is running for his fourth term. He won’t face any opposition this spring. The Republicans running for a chance to represent their party this fall are Richard Tabor, Justin Murphy, Alex Zdan and Robert Lebovics.
Congressional District 1
Democratic Rep. Donald Norcross is running unopposed in the primary. Republican Damon Galdo will also run unopposed.
Congressional District 2
Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew is running unopposed in the primary. There are four Democrats running, Tim Alexander, Terri Reese, Zack Mullock and Bayly Winder.
Congressional District 3
Democratic Rep. Herb Conaway is running unopposed in the primary. Three Republicans will face off to represent their party. They are Justin Barbera, Jason Culler and Michael McGuire.
Congressional District 4
Republican Rep. Chris Smith is running unopposed in the primary. Two Democrats, John Blake and Rachel Peace, will face off in their party’s primary.
Congressional District 5
Democratic Rep. Josh Gottheimer is running unopposed in the primary. Republicans Sean Kirrane and John Aslanian will square off to represent their party.
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Congressional District 6
There are three challengers running against Rep. Frank Pallone in the Democratic primary. They are Katie Bansil, Hillary Herzig and John Hsu.
Congressional District 7
Republican Rep. Tom Kean is running unopposed in the primary. There are four Democrats squaring off to run against him this fall. They are Rebecca Bennett, Michael Roth, Tina Shah and Brian Varela.
Congressional District 8
For the Democrats, Rep. Rob Menendez will face off against Mussab Ali, a former Jersey City school board member.
Congressional District 9
Democratic Rep. Nellie Pou is running unopposed in the primary. Republicans Tiffany Burress and Rosie Pino will square off in their primary.
Congressional District 10
Rep. LaMonica McIver is facing one challenger in the Democratic primary, Lawrence Poster. Carmen Bucco is running unopposed for the Republicans.
Congressional District 11
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This seat is currently vacant after Gov. Mikie Sherrill resigned to run the state. Democrat Analilia Mejia won a special primary in February and is on the ballot for a special election in April to fill her seat. Mejia is running in the primary in June against Justin Strickland, Donald Cresitello and Joseph Lewis. Republican Joe Hathaway, who is also on the ballot in April, is running unopposed in the June primary.
Congressional District 12
There are 13 people running in the Democratic primary to fill the seat being left by Bonnie Watson Coleman, who announced earlier this year that she would retire at the end of her term.
They are Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson, Brad Cohen, Squire Servance, Samuel Wang, Sue Altman, Sujit Singh, Adrian Mapp, Adam Hamawy, Elijah Dixon, Kyle Little, Jay Vaingankar, Matt Adams, Shanel Robinson and Gregg Mele.
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Hospitals are an important need in the world.
And finding a facility with high-quality medical care that’s reliable is also important.
Newsweek, the premier news magazine and website, has partnered with Statista to release a dependable guidance list of the World’s Best Hospitals – United States for 2026.
In it’s eight year, these ranking highlights the leading hospitals around the globe so readers can find information tailored to their needs and location the report stated.
Each hospital was reviewed and given a score based on four data sources: recommendations from medical experts; hospital quality metrics, existing patient experience data and Statista’s Patient-Reported Outcome Measures Implementation Survey.
In typical New Jersey fashion, the Garden State makes the list among the 2,500 hospitals that were evaluated this year.
Nine hospitals from the Garden State made the list with one representing Monmouth County. With an overall score of 61.79% and the Infection Prevention Award, Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch made the top 9 list for roster in World’s Best Hospitals 2026 from Newsweek.
World’s Best Hospitals 2026 in New Jersey
- No. 53: Atlantic Health Morristown Medical Center in Morristown; overall score: 70.74%
- No. 56: Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack; overall score: 70.07%
- No. 134: The Valley Hospital in Paramus; overall score: 65.36%
- No. 186: Atlantic Health Overlook Medical Center in Summit; overall score: 64.42%
- No. 254: Englewood Hospital and Medical Center in Englewood; overall score: 63.13%
- No. 320: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick; overall score: 62.26%
- No. 364: Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Newark; overall score: 61.82%
- No. 366: Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center in Plainsboro; overall score: 61.80%
- No. 367: Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch; overall score: 61.79%
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