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Annual Gala to recognize Mrs. Pat Van Slyke, the late Lieutenant Tony Contreras, Dr. Patricia Campos-Medina, and Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman By The Plainfield Symphony Society Inc. One of New Jersey's most treasured cultural institutions is preparing for an...

A recent Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for the Trump administration to end a humanitarian program that has allowed about one million immigrants to work legally in the U.S. The Supreme Court decision last month allowing the Trump administration to end Temporary...

TRENTON — Latina Civic Action joins the family of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, community advocates, and elected officials nationwide in demanding a full, independent investigation into his fatal shooting by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent during a traffic...

Latina Civic Action Stands in Solidarity with the Hunger Strikers Inside Delaney Hall Demanding Humane Conditions and their Immediate Release from Detention We Thank Governor Mikie Sherrill for Visiting Delaney Hall, Demanding Access Inside the Facility and Standing...

Patricia Campos-Medina ’96, MPA ’97, executive director of ILR’s Worker Institute and senior extension associate, will be honored as a Changemaker Champion by the YWCA of the City of New York on Oct. 22 at the Salute Gala fundraising event. The YWCA’s annual...

By: Patricia Campos-Medina Progressives are flexing their muscle in NJ this week and winning. But the process to upend the political system in NJ began back in 2017 when a group of organizers under the banner of Our Revolution, first ran a Bernie slate of county...

Building & Construction Trades Council of Greater New York Launches Peer Support Network, Aiming to Curb Suicide Rates in Unionized Construction New initiative with The Worker Institute at Cornell and New York Building Foundation represents a unified, multi-trade...

By Patricia Campos Medina and Katharine Pichardo   Analilia Mejía did it. She’s not the first, and she won’t be the last. Defying all odds in the fiercely contested race to replace Gov. Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District, Analilia has given a...

By Julie Greco Some of the most pressing issues facing low-wage immigrant workers of color in the U.S. include persistent forms of disrespect and abuses of power, according to a new book co-authored by ILR School researchers. These imbalances, as well as poorly paid...

By Julie Greco Some of the most pressing issues facing low-wage immigrant workers of color in the U.S. include persistent forms of disrespect and abuses of power, according to a new book co-authored by ILR School researchers. These imbalances, as well as poorly paid...

By Julie Greco Some of the most pressing issues facing low-wage immigrant workers of color in the U.S. include persistent forms of disrespect and abuses of power, according to a new book co-authored by ILR School researchers.  These imbalances, as well as poorly paid...

By Joey Fox Campos-Medina, longtime activist and ’24 candidate for Senate, weighs in on crowded primary Patricia Campos-Medina, a longtime activist and labor leader who ran for U.S. Senate last year, is endorsing Brian Varela for the Democratic nomination in New...

By Dr. Patricia Campos-Medina Let’s be clear about what those words really mean. In the cold reality of law and policy, this “path to recognition" for immigrants, leads nowhere. It is an empty promise. A political mirage designed to sound compassionate while offering...

By Bridget Bowman The governor's race in New Jersey is an early testing ground for both parties, as Republicans try to sustain Trump’s gains among Latino voters and Democrats try to win them back. PASSAIC, N.J. — With an empanada in one hand, Republican Jack...

By John Van Vliet Latinas make up an increasingly large part of New Jersey society, but still occupy a disproportionate measure of elected leaders, and should be supported not just by their own communities, but by the broader voting base, and steps need to be taken to...

The election highlights the challenges in traditionally blue areas where the party’s decline in this racial demographic has been more pronounced than in battleground states. By Associated Press Rep. Mikie Sherrill, D-N.J., greets people during a "Get Out the Vote"...

By Braden Campbell Pope Leo XIV said Saturday in his first address to the College of Cardinals that he will confront "new challenges for the defense of human dignity, justice and labor" posed by a new industrial revolution and the rise of artificial intelligence....

By Tre'Vaughn Howard Construction workers at a job site during a heat wave in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, on Friday, July 28, 2023. Photographer: Matthew Hatcher/Bloomberg via Getty Images Administration grapples with growing push to act on rulemaking Teamsters...

By Farida Jhabvala Romero The REI store in Berkeley on March 28, 2025. REI’s Berkeley employees claim the company has stalled contract negotiations and harmed unionized workers by excluding them from bonuses and pay raises. (Martin do Nascimento/KQED) When the REI...

From left, U.S. Rep. Josh Gottheimer, Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, U.S. Rep. Mikie Sherrill, NJEA President Sean Spiller, and former State Sen. President Steve Sweeney, all Democrats running for NJ governor.Read moreAnton Klusener/ Staff...