New Jersey

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Why Cory Booker is mad as hell
Enraged by his city's unfair drug policies, the Newark mayor vows to stop being polite and start making a difference.
Mandating HIV testing for moms and newborns
Early detection is key. But should the state require testing?
Happy and gay
Good news on gay rights around the world.
State of the unions
Religious conservatives seize on New Jersey's ruling for same-sex couples -- but it won't save Republicans at the polls.
Equality in New Jersey
The state's Supreme Court finds that gay couples must be allowed the same rights and responsibilities as straight couples.
New Jersey Supreme Court: State must allow same-sex unions
Is this the break the GOP needed?
New Jersey confronts postpartum depression
A state law mandates screening and education for all new mothers showing warning signs.
The passion of Jim McGreevey
"The Confession" charts the New Jersey governor's path from Nixon-loving Catholic boy to Democratic player to proud "gay American." But his attempt at repentance amounts to little more than an egomaniac's memoir.
Garden State not grooming female politicos
New Jersey's a state of high-achieving women. But they've yet to break the glass ceiling in state politics.
Jersey hustler
Why did former Gov. Kean, once a respected statesman, mislead the public and the press about the accuracy of ABC's "Path to 9/11"?
Destination: Jersey Shore
Bruce Springsteen may provide the soundtrack to your boardwalk stroll, but great novels by Richard Ford and Frederick Reiken should keep you company on the beach.
The Laurel Hester effect
After a dying gay cop's victory, domestic partner benefits are spreading in New Jersey.
A green revolt against Bush
In an embarrassing rebuke to the White House, a group of Republican and Democratic governors is embracing the Kyoto accords on global warming.
Amiri Baraka stands by his words
New Jersey's poet laureate, facing a hailstorm of criticism for his fevered 9/11 poem, tells Salon that 4,000 Israelis really did stay home from the WTC that day.
Welcome to New Jersey, the sunshine state?
Republicans raise the specter of Florida and its notorious military ballots to keep Democrat Frank Lautenberg out of the U.S. Senate race. But this time the law is not on their side.
Torch song eulogy
Robert Torricelli is making it very hard to resist the temptation to kick his butt -- even when he's on all fours.
Great American loser
Dennis Breen was a regular guy, fed up with the crookedness of political campaigns. So he ran one himself, after work and on weekends.
No out Scouts
Plaintiff James Dale, the Boy Scouts, Andrew Sullivan and others react to the ruling that the organization can exclude gays.
The new New Jersey
Manhattan transfer: Meet America's latest financial epicenter.
Jersey boy
Pat Buchanan plows through another convention -- and takes no prisoners.
Save us, Ross
The New Jersey Reform Party chairman resigns in disgust over Pat Buchanan, and waits for Ross Perot.
The millionaire you might like
The pundits seem to have it in for New Jersey senatorial candidate Jon Corzine. Maybe it's because he doesn't need them.
Department of hell on wheels
A DMV nightmare: The other, evil David Goodman was on the loose.
The song that changed New Jersey
The GOP is divided over a humiliated Republican's attempt at a comeback.
From household saint to social pariah
In Sunday's New York Times Magazine, Martha Stewart let it slip that the real reason she's leaving Westport, Conn., is because she's lonely.
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