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Armed members of the National Guard patrol on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 26, 2025. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)

Troops in the streets: A short history

Andrew O'Hehir
Mayor Ras Baraka of Newark confronts ICE agents at a demonstration outside an immigrant detention centre in Elizabeth, New Jersey, May 7, 2025. (Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images)

ICE seized the mayor — his city united

Bob Hennelly - Work-Bites
A plate of food from the restaurant at the Marriott Orlando Airport Hotel. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

NYT writer roasted for $78 airport meal

Ashlie D. Stevens
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (Andrew Burton/Getty Images)

COVID in Newark: A legacy of neglect

Bob Hennelly - InsiderNJ
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Newark remains a city of widespread urban blight and neglect. (Bob Hennelly)

The economics of racist neglect

Bob Hennelly
Series Star James Gandolfini in "The Sopranos," HBO's Hit Series About A Modern-Day Mob Boss Caught Between Responsibilities To His Family And His 'Family' (Getty Images)

"Sopranos" prequel "Newark" coming, 2020

Zack Sharf - Indiewire

Comedy as a salve for pain

Alli Joseph
(AP/Manu Fernandez/Charlie Neibergall)

"Reformers" forget students

Jennifer Berkshire
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Newark's chaotic schools mess

Rebecca Nathanson
Police advance after tear gas was used to disperse a crowd Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. (AP/Charlie Riedel)

More Fergusons are coming

Robert Hennelly
(Reuters/Philip Andrews)

Feds: Newark cops

Elias Isquith
Chris Christie, Cory Booker (Reuters/Lucas Jackson/AP/Mel Evans)

Look out, Chris Christie

Jeff Bryant
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Mark Zuckerberg (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)

Zuckerberg's Newark adventure

Andrew Leonard
Chris Christie stands on stage before being sworn in for his second term as governor in Trenton, New Jersey, January 21, 2014. (Reuters/Lucas Jackson)

"People are disgusted"

Josh Eidelson
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Nurses avert working sick

Josh Eidelson
Cory Booker (Reuters/Eduardo Munoz)

Cory Booker's liberal test

Josh Eidelson
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Cory Booker (AP/Seth Wenig)

National Review sues Booker

Alex Pareene
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Prachi Gupta
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Prachi Gupta
(AP/Mel Evans)

Associated Press
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(Jeff Malet, maletphoto.com/AP/Paul Sakuma)

Zuckerberg likes Christie

Andrew Leonard
(Facebook/Corybooker)

Jillian Rayfield
(AP/Mel Evans)

Cory Booker's hunger game

Mary Elizabeth Williams
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