Co-founder of Words Beyond Worlds, Eza Iqbal, is shown teaching young boy at the TongYan Chinese School. (Photo Courtesy of Eza Iqbal for Public Square Amplified) Jersey City teenagers Eza Iqbal and ...

There are almost 2 million people currently incarcerated within the US prison system. Rarely does the public have a window into the lives and living conditions of the people inside prison walls beyond ...

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Sixteen-year-olds can drive cars. They can make confidential medical decisions. They can change their names or emancipate themselves. They can sign off on blood and even organ donation. In many states ...

Public Square Amplified is an award-winning, grassroots news organization that centers the community voice, reports from the periphery, and places the work in historical context. We will celebrate our ...

Image credit: Illustration of Kolkata and New York City coming together to protest the Moumita Debnath rape-murder (Designed by Ishani Bakshi) When trainee doctor Moumita Debnath’s half-naked, ...

The community journalism pilot class, “Citizen as Journalist,” is designed to explore themes of narrative construction, systems of power, media literacy, practical journalism skills, multi-media ...

Welcome to the third episode of "Countdown to 1.5," a podcast about the environmental justice movement. For this audio report, Public Square's engagement editor, Esther Paul, spoke to Martha Arencibia ...