The Two New Jerseys: The Deepening Divide

Posted OnApril 3, 2025 bynjisj

When the Institute released Making the Two New Jerseys One,¹ we described New Jersey as a modern-day version of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Two Americas.”

Since that last analysis, New Jersey’s approximately $300,000 racial wealth gap has doubled.

We now live in two New Jerseys that are even further apart.

Support First Generation Homebuyer Amendments

Posted OnJanuary 25, 2024 bynjisj

Support Regulations to Help Implement ‘Temporary Workers Bill of Rights’

Posted OnOctober 24, 2023 bynjisj

Prohibit Auto Insurance Discrimination

Posted OnJuly 7, 2023 bynjisj

Support First Generation Homebuyer Program

Posted OnJune 22, 2023 bynjisj

Funding New Jersey’s Future With Baby Bonds

April 2023

Posted OnMay 19, 2023 byJake Girard

Imagine how an annual investment of $600,000 could change a kid’s life.

New Jersey invests this amount to incarcerate each kid in its failed youth prisons1 in which a Black youth is 18 times more likely to be incarcerated than a white youth — the worst racial disparity in America, even though Black and white youth commit most offenses at similar rates.Read More…

FY2024 Budget Testimony

Posted OnMarch 21, 2023 bynjisj

Our Action Agenda 2024

Posted OnJanuary 1, 2023 bynjisj

Our 2024 Agenda to make Black lives really matter in New Jersey. Stand with us in holding elected officials accountable .Read More…

Support Combatting Home Appraisal Discrimination

Posted OnOctober 20, 2022 bynjisj

New Jersey Wealth Disparity Task Force Recommendations for Housing

Posted OnSeptember 7, 2022 bynjisj