Interview: Democratic House candidate Nellie Pou
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By NJ Spotlight | Joanna Gagis | 8/30/2024 5:30 PM
Calls for harm reduction centers, better housing as state marks Overdose Awareness Day
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Gaudreau's younger brother was also killed in the accident. Both were riding bikes when they were hit by a car.
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Violations included the improper closure of the landfill
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If elected in November, Pou would become the first Latina to represent NJ in Congress
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AAA anticipates 9% increase in travel bookings, which would set a new record
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By NJ Spotlight | Taylor Jung | 8/30/2024 12:13 AM
Andrew Washington’s death prompted some reforms, but advocates question their implementation
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 8/30/2024 12:11 AM
NJ House members want a study. No need, says an expert. More important is how humans deal with coastlines as waters rise
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 8/30/2024 12:10 AM
The Burlington County Sheriff’s Office will work with police departments in the river towns and NJ Transit Police to deter crime
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 8/30/2024 12:07 AM
Domestic workers remain among the most vulnerable in our economy
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 8/30/2024 12:05 AM
'Guns Down, Gloves Up' arma a los niños de Trenton contra la violencia callejera
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By NJ Spotlight | NJ Spotlight | 8/29/2024 6:30 PM
We bring you what’s relevant and important in New Jersey news and our insight. Watch as the NJ Spotlight News team breaks down today’s top stories. New House candidate may make NJ congressional history Interview: Jean Sinzdak, associate director at the Center for Women and Politics Extra security for Trump strains local resources in NJ […]
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Interview: Epidemiologist Dr. Stephanie Silvera, Montclair State University
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Local officials want clarification if feds will contribute
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Interview: Jean Sinzdak, associate director at the Center for Women and Politics
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Wasim Muhammad has said he won’t step down despite $2M settlement paid to former student
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 8/29/2024 12:14 AM
There are three times more cases nationwide than at this time last year
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 8/29/2024 12:11 AM
Camden has had 13 homicides from shootings this year. The city has also had 29 non-fatal shooting incidents this year
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 8/29/2024 12:09 AM
Pascrell’s upbringing in the industrialized Northeast shaped the 14-term House member’s worldview
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 8/29/2024 12:07 AM
After residents and activists repeatedly call on Wasim Muhammad to quit over sexual assault settlement, meeting ends in chaos
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“The eagerness to vilify ‘the other side’—usually on social media—complicates the less reactionary work that defines our mission.” — Jerry Brewer, The Washington Post, 11 June 2024
Did you know?
It seems reasonable to assume that the words vilify and villain come from the same source; after all, to vilify someone is—in some ways—to make them out to be a villain. Such is not the case, however. Although the origin stories of both vilify and villain involve Latin, their roots are quite different. Vilify came to English (via Middle English and Late Latin) from the Latin adjective vilis, meaning “cheap” or “vile.” Someone who has been vilified, accordingly, has had their reputation tarnished or cheapened in such a way that they’re viewed as morally reprehensible. Villain on the other hand, comes from the Medieval Latin word villanus, meaning “villager,” and ultimately from the Latin noun villa, meaning “house.” The Middle English descendent of villanus developed the meaning of “a person of uncouth mind and manners” due to the vilifying influence of the aristocracy of the time, and the connotations worsened from there until villain came to refer to (among other things), a deliberate scoundrel.