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New Hampshire Counties Consider Using Jails to House ICE Detainees
More New Hampshire counties are considering housing detainees for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but the plans are getting some pushback. Featuring quotes from NHCJE’s Grace Kindeke.
Alanna Flood | WMUR | September 17, 2025
Granite State Faces Critical Housing Imbalance, New NHCJE Report Warns
A new report by the New Hampshire Center for Justice and Equity (NHCJE) paints a sobering picture of housing affordability and access across the Granite State.
Lisa Carter | NH Let’s Move to New Hampshire | July 23, 2025
Critical Condition: Amid a Flurry of Hospital Mergers, What is the Effect on Health Care in NH?
Financial pressures, staffing shortages and scarce regulatory oversight have led to a frenzy of consolidations among hospitals in New Hampshire in recent years. Featuring quotes from NHCJE’s Jo Porter.
Meera Mahadevan | NH Business Magazine | June 13, 2025
Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire Juneteenth program ‘Erased Bloodlines’ reclaims lost histories and challenges national narratives
In honor of Juneteenth, the Black Heritage Trail of New Hampshire, in partnership with 3S Artspace, presents a powerful evening of historical truth-telling and ancestral reclamation.“Erased Bloodlines: The Black Descendants of the ‘Founding Fathers’ and Those They Enslaved” will be held on Friday, June 13, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at 3S Artspace in Portsmouth, NH.
The Cabinet Press | March 28, 2025
‘It means I love you’: New Manchester mural celebrates diverse communities
About 30 people attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday for a new mural on Lake Avenue in Central Manchester.
Lau Guzmán | New Hampshire Public Radio | November 26, 2024
Nashua Awarded $44 million Tech Hub Grant for Biofab's ReGen Valley
The city was awarded a $44 million grant, announced Tuesday, which will boost its role in the biofabrication cluster being developed in Manchester. ReGen Valley Tech Hub has a consortium of more than 40 organizations, including the New Hampshire Center for Justice & Equity.
Maureen Milliken | Manchester Ink Link | July 2, 2024
Federal Judge Strikes Down NH’s ‘Divisive Concepts’ Law
A federal judge on Tuesday struck down the state’s controversial ‘divisive concepts’ law, that limited how teachers can discuss issues such as race, sexual orientation and gender identity with students. Featuring quotes from NHCJE’s Anthony Poore.
Nancy West InDepthNH.org | May 28, 2024
Essay: Strength in unity: Community supports Mamadou Dembele after attack
On Nov. 22, 2023, there was an attack on Mamadou Dembele, a prominent business person within our Seacoast community. We immediately came together, and with organizations such as Black Lives Matter, Seacoast NAACP, Manchester NAACP, Black Heritage Trail of NH, NH Center for Justice and Equity, and New England BIPOC Festival, we put on a demonstration at the African Burying Ground in Portsmouth on a cold and rainy Sunday.
Wildolfo Arvello | New Hampshire Magazine | April 24, 2024
People of color incarcerated at higher rates in New Hampshire, but data is limited
Four years after a commission to study law enforcement in New Hampshire produced a series of recommendations about better policing practices, people of color continue to be disproportionally incarcerated in the state at virtually the same rates. Featuring data from the New Hampshire Center for Justice & Equity.
Michaela Towfighi | Concord Monitor | April 24, 2024
As New Hampshire considers cannabis legalization, economic justice fades from view
New Hampshire is the only state in New England that hasn’t legalized marijuana, and several attempts to do so this legislative session have failed once again. Featuring quotes from NHCJE’s Anthony Poore.
Hadley Barndollar & Ethan DeWitt | New Hampshire Bulletin | June 12, 2023
Nurturing diversity in NH is good for kids, schools, and the state
Commentary by Jacob A. Bennett on looking into the meaning and value of diversity in public education. Based on a literature review authored by Bennett for NHCJE.
Jacob A. Bennett | New Hampshire Bulletin | May 22, 2023
'We need to be louder': Crowd in Portsmouth calls for justice in attack against Black man
Standing on the site of Portsmouth’s African Burying Ground memorial in a cold drizzle, dozens of people gathered Sunday to protest and call attention to a recent alleged assault against a Black resident of the city.
NHPR Staff | New Hampshire Public Radio | December 3, 2023