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Gentrification and the crippling of the black community in
Jersey City | Opinion
by Rev. Willie J. Keaton, Jr.. Guest Columnist
Jersey Journal, June 23, 2018
The thing about gentrification is this: Most people who are on the positive end of it talk
as if they made out so well because they were either smart or the tooth fairy just
happened to leave excellent investment acumen under their pillow one night. However,
those who are on the "pushed-out" end of gentrification can smell a rat. They just can't
find that rat's corpse. [Rest of the Article]
Jersey City, Hoboken councils approve plastic bag bans
Jersey Journal -- Updated Jun 28; Posted Jun 28 by Terrance McDonald
Plastic bag bans have now been adopted by Jersey City's and Hoboken's councils, just as New Jersey
prepares to stop municipalities from enacting local bans.
Both measures, which passed with unanimous support, would largely require retailers to provide only
reusable and/or recyclable paper bags to customers. There are exemptions, including bags to wrap
newspapers, dry cleaning items, frozen foods, meat and fish. [More]
