New Jersey Tag

Princeton Announces New ‘Culture and Difference’ Requirement for Fall 2020

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 13, 2020 7 Comments

“perspectives of groups who have historically been excluded from dominant cultural narratives or structures of social power”...

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SKYNET Exists: City in New Jersey Using Drones to Enforce Social Distancing Rules

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 08, 2020 43 Comments

First, we find out that Google will hand over location date to health officials. Now we have a city in New Jersey using drones to enforce social distancing rules. The city is using drones from a company headquartered in China, too.

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Princeton Students Petition for Changing Grading System to Pass/Fail for Spring 2020

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 19, 2020 1 Comment

"The Daily Princetonian Editorial Board is leading the charge."...

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Princeton Grad Students Demand Mandatory Diversity Course

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 03, 2020 9 Comments

"being led by a three-year-old student group known as Students For Educational Equity and Diversity"...

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New Jersey Attempting to Expand ‘Free’ College Programs

Posted by Mike LaChance on March 01, 2020 0 Comments

"The plan, if approved, wouldn't start until fall 2021."...

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Caldwell University to Pay U.S. Government $4.8 Million for Defrauding Program for Veterans

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 05, 2020 0 Comments

"Caldwell University tried to hoodwink the Department of Veterans Affairs and, worse, veterans themselves"...

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Rutgers University Hosts Event With Puppies and Kittens to Help Students Through Exams

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 16, 2019 6 Comments

"It kind of gives you a break from thinking about finals."...

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Rashida Tlaib Deletes Tweet Erroneously Blaming White Supremacy for NJ Jewish Market Shootings

Posted by Stacey Matthews on December 12, 2019 39 Comments

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) posted and then quickly deleted a tweet this morning erroneously blaming white supremacy for the Tuesday mass shooting at a New Jersey kosher market that left four people dead, including a detective.

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College of New Jersey Advises White Students to Think About Their Racial Privilege

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 10, 2019 7 Comments

“Racial Privilege: A Primer”...

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Rutgers University Students Place Dead Lobster in Tree and Make ‘Pilgrimages’ to it

Posted by Mike LaChance on October 23, 2019 5 Comments

“It’s gotten like a cult and religious following”...

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New Jersey Taxing Decorative Pumpkins

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on October 21, 2019 29 Comments

Fall is upon us and to celebrate New Jersey is taxing decorative pumpkins.

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Four Years at Princeton University Now Costs Nearly $300,000

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 10, 2019 1 Comment

"Getting schooled at a top school may come with some serious sticker shock."...

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April Ryan’s Bodyguard Charged With Assault on New Jersey Reporter

Posted by Mary Chastain on August 20, 2019 28 Comments

Officials charged CNN political analyst April Ryan's bodyguard with assault after he allegedly physically removed a local journalist from an event that featured Ryan. Ryan has not spoken about the incident. She has become one of the loudest voices to bash President Donald Trump over his words against the media. She has also contributed to the hyperbole that Trump's administration presents a danger to the free press.

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New Jersey Gave Over $3.8 Million in Financial Aid to Undocumented College Students Last Year

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 20, 2019 2 Comments

"Students at Rutgers University received the largest portion of the aid"...

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Princeton Student Laments Lack of Political Activism on Campus

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 14, 2019 4 Comments

“I expected [Princeton’s] widespread academic interest in political science and public policy to extend into extracurricular life"...

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Rutgers Hosting Event Titled ‘Recognizing and Dismantling White Organizational Culture’

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 24, 2019 7 Comments

"from the New York-based Center for Racial Justice in Education"...

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New Jersey Giving $250K to Law Schools to Represent Illegal Immigrants

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 11, 2019 2 Comments

"law school clinics at Seton Hall University and Rutgers University each received $125,000 for these purposes"...

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CDC warns that superbug fungus is infecting hundreds across the U.S.

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 09, 2019 8 Comments

At Legal Insurrection, not only do you get hard-hitting legal analysis of current events, you also are exposed to the cutting edge of emerging disease news! Readers may recall that in November, 2016, I reported that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) indicated that the first cases of a drug-resistant and potentially fatal fungal infection known as Candida auris was recorded in the United States. In 2019, doctors diagnosed hundreds of people with it, hitting New York area the hardest.

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