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The War On Drugs have dropped their support acts from their US tour amid continued concerns about the Omicron variant of COVID.

The band are set to begin a run of dates behind 2021 album I Dont Live Here Anymore next week (January 19), and in a message posted to their website, Adam Granduciel also asked fans to wear masks throughout the performance.

Granduciel began the message by revealing that the bands shows in Toronto on February 5 and 6 have been cancelled due to restrictions on the capacity of indoor events in the Canadian state of Ontario.

Weve always loved playing for you in Toronto and have had some of our most memorable nights as a band there, the message said. Were so disappointed to be doing this, but we promise well make it up to you in 2022 (and beyond). Wheels are already in motion as they say

The War On Drugs Adam Granduciel CREDIT: Gus Stewart/Redferns

Going on to discuss the remaining tour dates, and new plans that are being put in place, Granduciel added: Were also requesting that as many of you as possible wear a mask when you come see us play this tour especially if youre in the first few (50) rows. I know were all over masks but for one, it makes me more at ease cuz now I dont get self conscious (and dark) when I see yall yawn out there but also because we want our fans, our crew and our band to stay healthy so we can honour the commitments weve made to every city on this tour. Seriously, we would really appreciate it.

Of support acts, he added: Second, due to this latest Covid surge and our need to exist within the tightest possible tour bubble, there will be no support acts on this run. We know how excited all of the opening acts were for this tour and we sincerely appreciate them being so fn understanding.

A host of gigs have been cancelled worldwide due to the surge in Omicron cases. Most recently, Rina Sawayama cancelled her upcoming European tour and Wolf Alices UK run of dates is also off.

For shows that have been going ahead, a number of acts have been relying on specially trained dogs to sniff outCOVIDbefore a show needs to be cancelled.

As reported byRolling Stone, Eric Church,Tool,MetallicaandThe Black Keyshave brought dogs on board that are able to sniff for traces of the virus in anyone involved backstage, including members of their crew and entourage. If they detect the virus after sniffing peoples hands and feet, they sit down.

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This is an audio transcript of the FT News Briefing podcast episode: US shifts from the war on drugs

Marc FilippinoGood morning from the Financial Times. Today is Tuesday, January 11th, and this is your FT News Briefing.

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The Federal Reserves second-in-command has resigned. Companies kicked off the new year with a frenzy of bond issuances. And US banks are set to report, yup, more record profits. Plus, the US waged a war on drugs for five decades, now its shifting to a softer approach.

Jamie SmythI think whats driven this shift in, this pivot in US policy at state and federal level towards harm reduction is really the extent of the crisis here.

Marc FilippinoIm Marc Filippino, and heres the news you need to start your day.

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Fed vice-chair Richard Clarida is stepping down from his post just as his boss, Jay Powell, is set to appear before US lawmakers. Claridas departure comes after recent disclosures show hed been more active in financial markets at the beginning of the pandemic than he had previously divulged. Clarida is the third senior Fed official to resign in the past few months. They all came under scrutiny for personal trades they made as the central bank was actively loosening monetary policy back in 2020. Clarida will leave the Fed on Friday, just weeks from the formal end of his four-year term. Jay Powell is scheduled to appear before Congress today over his renomination as head of the US central bank.

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Companies are eager to raise money before central banks raise interest rates. In the first week of this year, they raised more than $100bn on global bond markets. Its not a record though, its still trailing behind last years blockbuster start, but US deals reached a record pace. Most have been banks and foreign financial institutions issuing in the US, but bonds are also issued by blue-chip names like MetLife and heavy machinery maker Caterpillar. In the lower-rated junk bond market, cruise operator Royal Caribbean launched one of the first deals this year with a $1bn bond.

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US banks are starting to report earnings, and were likely to see more of the stellar performance weve seen throughout the pandemic. Profits for 2021 are set to hit record highs thanks to a surge in investment banking fees. Banks have also been releasing the financial cushions theyve set aside at the start of the pandemic in case of mass loan defaults. That money boosted profits as well. Our US banking editor Josh Franklin says earnings are expected to slow a bit this year, but Wall Street remains bullish.

Joshua FranklinAnd the biggest reason for that is because of the rising interest rate environment that were anticipating for 2022. So this will really mean that banks will be able to make loans at higher rates than they have been able to do. And thats something that banks are eagerly anticipating for sure. During the pandemic, because there was all of this kind of rush of stimulus from the Fed and from the government, bank deposits really did swell during the pandemic. I think in the last two years, JPMorgan, which is Americas biggest bank, saw its number of deposits increase by more than 50 per cent to almost $2.5tn towards the end of 2021. So banks really do like to, you know, use these deposits to make loans, but they havent been able to do that nearly to the degree and at the rates that they would have liked to. So theyre really geared towards being able to make loans in a rising interest rate environment.

Marc FilippinoSo Josh, what else are you looking out for as US banks start to report this week?

Joshua FranklinTwo areas Id flag, one is just on loan demand. So because companies have been able to borrow and raise so much money during the pandemic, because markets were so accommodating, they havent needed to take out as many loans from banks in 2021. But theres an expectation that that will improve in 2022, so corporate lending is gonna pick up. So what banks saw in the fourth quarter and what theyre expecting to see in 2022 is going to be interesting there. And then also just on compensation, you know, it really was a a banner year for investment banking fees, and a lot of that money is going to go into the pockets of the investment bankers, so they will be expecting to get paid big bonuses this year. So itd be interesting to see kind of how the rise in compensation tracks with the rise in investment banking fees overall.

Marc FilippinoJosh Franklin is the FTs US banking editor.

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The US government has waged a war on drugs for five decades. Through that time, overdose deaths soared. Last year, they hit a record 100,000. The war was all about enforcement and incarceration. But the US is shifting away from that. Were seeing states legalise marijuana and adopt other strategies. One new effort has become especially contentious. The FTs US pharmaceutical correspondent Jamie Smyth joins me now to talk more about this. Hey, Jamie. Welcome to the show.

Jamie SmythHi.

Marc FilippinoSo Jamie, youve been writing about something called supervised injection sites. Can you tell us a little bit more about this?

Jamie SmythYes. So supervised injection sites are really a key part of this harm reduction strategy. And what they do is they provide a safe location where drug users can attend, they can bring their stash of typically an illegal drug, they can get it tested to see whats in it, and they can consume these drugs in a monitored setting with often health professionals or people present who are able to intervene and reverse overdoses if they, you know, if they happen. In Canada, for instance, they say that since they started introducing these sites several years ago, they have intervened and saved thousands of lives, you know, through reversing these overdoses. So theyre a very important sort of new policy which the US is looking to introduce.

Marc FilippinoJamie, what are the economics of harm reduction strategies versus something like enforcement, you know, police arrests, incarceration and things like that.

Jamie SmythI think what the last 50 years has proven is that vast sums of money that are spent on policing and particularly in terms of incarceration of people in prisons just havent worked. So I think what were seeing is that state authorities and federal authorities are beginning to look at high prevention, education and harm reduction can cut costs. And there have been some studies done which show that for every dollar spent on supervised injection sites, its more than two dollars return. In terms of the fact that you dont have to spend so much money on health, you know, these interventions, emergency interventions to save people from overdosing, the chronic health problems that they develop if they have an episode or an overdose. So I think its a bit of a no brainer in terms of education and prevention and even harm reduction that its actually going to save money.

Marc FilippinoSo why is this strategy politically controversial?

Jamie SmythYes. So whats happened is that some Republican politicians have targeted these sites and said that they actually encourage drug use. This came to a head a couple of years ago when, under the Trump administration, the attorney-general in Pennsylvania took a case against a Safe House Philadelphia project, which was planning to set up the first legally sanctioned supervised injection site in the US. That lawsuit was successful. So that really set back the whole prospect of introducing these supervised injection sites in the US. However, what weve seen is that in New York, theyve opened two supervised injection sites, which city authorities have backed. They are operating, and they say theyve reversed already over 50 overdoses. So these sites are operating at present. However, theyre operating under a grey area because theyre actually contrary to federal law to ban it. So its brewing into a big battle.

Marc FilippinoHow about the White House, Jamie? Where does it stand on all this?

Jamie SmythThis puts the Biden administration in a bit of a tricky spot because the Biden administration has really embraced harm reduction strategies, and it has begun to look at whether supervised injection sites should be funded and introduced on a national scale, but it hasnt taken a decision on this yet. And really, what were looking to see is will the Biden administration embrace these supervised injection sites or is it too much of a political risk to do so, because its likely to face a very strong backlash from conservative Republican elements.

Marc FilippinoJamie Smyth is the FTs US pharmaceuticals correspondent. Thanks, Jamie.

Jamie SmythThank you.

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Marc FilippinoYou can read more on all of these stories at FT.com. This has been your daily FT News Briefing. Make sure you check back tomorrow for the latest business news.

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Here are our top picks among live music options in the Austin area for Jan. 13-19. Check venue websites for COVID-19 protocols and any possible pandemic-related postponements or cancellations.

KVN, Jake Lloyd, Eimaral Sol at Mohawk outdoor. KVN (pronounced Kevin) is a triple-threat, indie-pop supergroup that combines the talents of Austin artists Dossey, Primo the Alienand Lady Heartwing. Bonding over a shared love of 90s R&B and pop girl groups and modern dance music, the ultra-blonde trio began collaborating on upbeat dance-pop numbers with tight harmonies in the summer of 2020. For the second installment of their monthlong residency at the Mohawk, the group presents Jake Lloyd (rapper, R&B artist and half of the ATX hip-hop power duo, Geto Gala) and sultry soul singer Eimaral Sol along for the ride. $10. 7 p.m.mohawkaustin.com. D.S.S.

Anglica Rahe at 3Ten.The Spanish American singer-songwriter released her excellent solo debut album, Reina, in February 2020 right before the world shut down. Two years later, shes still plotting the tour that will introduce the project to the world, but in her down time, shes been hard at work on the follow-up. She plans to debut a new song or two at this show, which will be her last Austin appearance before she showcases at the South by Southwest Music Festival in March. She also produced and engineered the upcoming debut EP for recent Dallas transplant Cameron Cloud, who opens the show. $15-$18. 8 p.m. 3tenaustin.com. D.S.S.

More: Anglica Rahe claims her crown with dreamy release Reina

Jeff Plankenhorn with Scrappy Jud Newcomb at Central Market North. One of Austins most accomplished musicians of the past decade for his work with Joe Ely, the Resentments and many others, Plankenhorn has largely relocated during the pandemic to western Canada. But he comes back for extended stretches now and again, including a January stay that kicks off with this acoustic duo gig alongside his Resentments pal Newcomb (free, 5:30 p.m.). Hell also rejoin Sunday residencies with the Purgatory Players at El Mercado Backstage (11:30 a.m., donations to Central Texas Food Bank accepted) and the Saxon Pub (7:30 p.m., $15) for the rest of the month, and will play a full-band show at the Saxon on Jan. 21. P.B.

Solo Flamenco at Esquina Tango. A nonprofit cultural center that promotes awareness of Latin American traditions, Esquina Tango has presented music and dance classes and performances since 2006. This event, billed as a BYOB and family-friendly evening of flamenco dance and music, will feature guitarist Jose Manuel Tejeda with singers Guille Gonzalez and Celia Corrales, plus dance from Drea Pacot, Genevieve Obregon, Sabrina Latigo andMaria Oribio. $25-$30. 8 p.m. esquinatango.org. P.B.

Austin Symphony Orchestra with Ifetayo Ali-Landing.At just 19, cello prodigy Ali-Landing has already racked up an impressive resume of performances. The 2017 Sphinx Competition Junior Division winner has appeared with symphony orchestras across the country including in Pittsburgh, Detroit and her hometown, Chicago. For Austin Symphony Orchestras 2022 kickoff performance, she will play Edward Elgars Cello Concerto in E Minor.The program also includes selections from Anna Clyne, Richard Strauss and Johann Strauss Jr. $19-$100. 8 p.m. austinsymphony.org. D.S.S.

More: Luck Reunion plans SXSW return, adds new shows with Jason Isbell and Shakey Graves

Red Young Organ Trio at Monks Jazz. At 73, Fort Worth native Young ranks as one of Austins most accomplished musicians, with a resume that ranges from Delbert McClinton to Sonny & Cher to Linda Ronstadt to Joan Armatrading. Hes often found at the Continental Gallery on Wednesdays with drummer Brannen Temple; for this trio show, hell also be joined by saxophonist Michael Malone. Monks Jazz has found a good home for its live music presentations with a sound stage at East Austin Piano Shop. $20. 7:30 p.m. facebook.com/monksjazzclub. The performance also will be livestreamed on the Monks Jazz YouTube page. P.B.

The War on Drugs at ACL Live. The Philadelphia indie-rockers drew widespread acclaim for their October release, I Dont Live Here Anymore, the bands fifth album and first since 2017s Grammy-winning A Deeper Understanding. Co-founder Kurt Vile departed after the bands first album for a fruitful solo career, but Adam Granduciel has continued to guide the group through a series of adventurous and emotionally resonant explorations ever since. A second show follows on Thursday, Jan. 20. $36. 8 p.m. acl-live.com. P.B.

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After a weather-related cancellation last year, the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival is returning to Manchester, Tennessee from June 16-19. Today (January 11), the festival has announced its full lineup, which includes headlining spots from J. Cole, Tool, and Stevie Nicks, as well as sets by the War on Drugs, Japanese Breakfast, Chvrches, the Chicks, 100 gecs, Herbie Hancock, Tierra Whack, Stevie Nicks, the Weather Station, Denzel Curry, Slowthai, Sons of Kemet, Indigo De Souza, Tinashe, and many more. Check out the complete roster on the poster below.

Bonnaroo, like many music festivals, has faced a number of setbacks in recent years. Its 2020 edition was canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The festival was pushed to September of last year. A number of artists then withdrew from the event, and the 2021 edition of the festival was eventually canceled for unrelated issues, namely the immense flooding from Hurricane Ida.

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Mayor Michelle Wu announced this month the City of Boston, in collaboration with the Core Empowerment Social Justice Cannabis Museum in Jamaica Plain, will offer a series of free introductory informational sessions beginning Tuesday, January 18 on the cannabis industry and entrepreneurship for those who intend to operate a cannabis business in the City of Boston.

Wu said the objective of these January sessions is to increase the number of equity owned cannabis business licensees and applicants in the City of Boston.

As we build a cannabis industry in our City, its crucial to uplift the communities that have lived the harms of previous marijuana laws and enforcement, said Mayor Michelle Wu. I encourage all interested entrepreneurs to use these resources to ensure equitable growth for this emerging industry.

In November of 2019, the City of Boston passed an Ordinance Establishing Equitable Regulation of the Cannabis Industry, which requires the development of procedures and policies that encourage participation in the regulated cannabis industry by communities that have been disproportionately affected by the War on Drugs particularly the Black and Latino communities.

In March 2021 Jamaica Plains first adult-use cannabis dispensary and the nations first Social Justice Cannabis Museum opened in Hyde Square.

Core Cannabiss Seed Dispensary and attached Social Justice Cannabis Museum opened at 401 Centre St. in Jamaica Plain. Eighty-two percent of Core is owned by locals, 72 percent women owned and the owners of the company have spent collectively over 10 years incarcerated by the war on drugs.

The Core Social Justice Cannabis Museum is pleased to partner with the City of Boston to host Boston CannaBiz 101, said Cores Chief of Staff Tomas Gonzalez. The three day seminar will provide participants with the tools they need to navigate the legal cannabis industry. The event will include a keynote address from the Cannabis Control Commission as well as a guided tour of the current exhibition, American Warden. We look forward to furthering our mission to educate citizens and elucidate the injustices of American drug policy in our unique space.

These three day-long informational sessions will be held at the Core Empowerment Social Justice Cannabis Museum at 401A Centre St. on January 18th, 19th, and 20th, and will be a resource to benefit all cannabis businesses and entrepreneurs, including Boston Equity Applicants.

The informational sessions will cover every aspect of the industry that are integral to opening and maintaining a successful cannabis business, ranging from: Legislative history of the legalization of cannabis and the need for social justice within the industry; Various Licensing types available from the Cannabis Control Commission (CCC); Financing; How to create a corporation; City of Boston Host Community Agreements (HCA); Site Control; as well as standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for all license types offered by the Cannabis Control Commission.

In August of 2020, the Boston Cannabis Board held its first transactional hearing. In accordance with Massachusetts Zoning Law, Boston must have a minimum of 52 licensed cannabis establishments.

With that, Wu said she is committed to ensuring that all of Bostons diverse communities are able to benefit from this emerging industry. These informational sessions will help identify a pipeline of equity applicants and cannabis entrepreneurs.

For more information about this free series for cannabis entrepreneurs in Boston, including the schedule and list of presenters, interested attendees can RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/boston-cannabiz-101-tickets-208635092177?aff=ebdsoporg- profile.

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The Wombats mark the next chapter in their ever-evolving success story today with the release of their fifth studio album Fix Yourself, Not The World, out now via AWAL. The album was included in Vulture Magazine's "33 Albums We Can't Wait to Hear in 2022" and Inside Hook's "The Best Movies, TV,Books and Music for January." Associated Press name-checked it as a notable release and Stereogum picked it as their album of the week.

The LP includes "If You Ever Leave, I'm Coming With You" which is the #1 most played song at AltNation and #7 on their top 18 countdown and "Everything I Love Is Going To Die," which hit #3 at AltNation. New single "This Car Drives All By Itself," is also out today with a playfully fitting video. The three piece will be playing songs from the album, as well as hits from their celebrated catalogue on their headline US tour which kicks off next Thursday, January 20.

Recording remotely from their respective homes, the band have been working hard to produce some of the most captivating, inventive and forward-thinking music of their career to date. With frontman Matthew "Murph" Murphy in Los Angeles, bassist Tord verland Knudsen in Oslo and drummer Dan Haggis in London, they discussed each day's plan via Zoom, then recorded separately, sending individual files to producers Jacknife Lee (U2, The Killers), Gabe Simon (Dua Lipa, Lana Del Rey), Paul Meaney (Twenty One Pilots, Nothing But Thieves), Mark Crew (Bastille, Rag'n'Bone Man) and Mike Crossey (The 1975, The War on Drugs, Yungblud) to mix into the finished tracks. "It was pure madness, to be honest," explains Murph. See the eboy designed album artwork below.

"We're so excited for people to hear this new album! We've explored new genres and pushed ourselves further than ever musically. It will always stand out for us in our memories from our other albums as we recorded it across three cities during lockdown, and we weren't all in the same room at the same time!" says Dan Haggis.

New single "This Car Drives All By Itself" is also out today. A melting pot of space pop, acid house, Talking Heads and gang chant punk, the infectious track is a metaphor for coming to terms with humanity's helplessness. The metaphor is brought to life by the hilarious accompanying video, which sees the band frantically racing around a scalextric track in cars controlled by children.

"The song's about how maybe we're not as in control of our lives as we think we are, and that time and entropy are pretty powerful things. We row but the universe steers, and I want to learn to be ok with that. It all just came together and I'm so proud of how it turned out," Murph explains.

Over 15 years into their career, The Wombats are pulling in bigger audiences than ever before. The viral success of Oliver Nelson's remix of their 2015 hit "Greek Tragedy" on TikTok has enraptured a whole new generation of fans, a feat they've managed to continually repeat since their 2007 debut A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation.

Used in over 600,000 videos (some of which have over 100 million views), the remix has rocketed to over 50 million streams, propelling the original to 140 million streams and sending it Gold in the US. It's helped the band surpass 1.5 billion worldwide streams, also amassing an extra 2.5 million monthly listeners on Spotify in just 6 months; further illustration, if any were needed, of The Wombats' ability to reach new generations of fans through the timeless power of their songwriting and lyrics alone.

Fix Yourself, Not The World is already being lauded by fans and critics alike, the most exciting chapter in the story of one of Britain's most adored bands is well and truly underway.

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January 20 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC

January 21 - 9:30 Club, Washington, DC

January 22 - The Fillmore, Philadelphia, PA

January 25 - Terminal 5, New York, NY

January 26 - House of Blues, Boston, MA

January 28 - Empire Live - Albany, NY

January 29 - Ovation - Newport, KY

January 31 - St. Andrew's, Detroit, MI

February 1 - Newport, Columbus, OH

February 3 - Park West, Chicago, IL

February 4 - The Fillmore, Minneapolis, MN

February 5 - The Truman, Kansas City, MO

February 7 - Cannery, Nashville, TN

February 8 - Buckhead, Atlanta, GA

February 10 - House of Blues, Houston, TX

February 11 - Emo's, Austin, TX

February 12 - House of Blues, Dallas, TX

February 14 - Ogden, Denver, CO

February 15 - Union, Salt Lake City, UT

February 17 - Showbox Market, Seattle, WA SOLD OUT

February 19 - Revolution Hall, Portland, OR

February 21 - The Regency, San Francisco, CA

February 22 - The Observatory, Santa Ana, CA

February 25 - The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA

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By Linda McDonald Carter

I was almost 13 in the summer of 1967. I remember it as particularly hot and humid. I lived in the E.W. Scudder Homes Public Housing Projects, one of many buildings in a public housing community in the Central Ward. I grew up around Black and Puerto Rican families, working-class factory workers, maids, taxi drivers, beauticians, barbers, laundry workers, laborers, dishwashers, and babysitters.

This is my Newark, before the rebellion, before drugs and guns were brought into our community. I remember the Central Ward as a close-knit neighborhood with lots of jobs, resources, and opportunities for success. We were a family where no one went hungry or unhoused.

In recent years, the city has embraced progressive approaches to community policing by prioritizing violence prevention and a working relationship with the community. But as we reimagine public safety in Newark, its important to remember these tools are not new or foreign to our city. In reality, its a return to our roots; back when public safety was an investment in the public.

Growing up, drugs, guns, and homelessness were foreign concepts. A Home Economics class could turn into an apprenticeship with the neighborhood seamstress. Folks relied on historical cultural skills, their talents, and the survival skills that helped our ancestors navigate through the Atlantic Slave Trade, chattel slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, and the Great Migration. We took care of our community. This was the Newark Central Wards Black community. A thriving ecosystem within itself.

On July 12, 1967, everything erupted. After years of disrespect, dehumanization, and mistreatment outside the Central Ward, the Newark Rebellion began. I remember seeing police sharpshooters positioned on the roofs of the projects, aiming into our apartment, and my mother yelling for us to get down on the floor.

I remember hearing the older men in the neighborhood say that the National Guard was told to shoot to kill. I remember the same army tanks I saw in Vietnam news footage surrounding Scudder Homes. I thought to myself, Are we the enemy like the Viet Cong?

In the aftermath, numerous commissions convened to examine the root causes of the Newark Rebellion and other similar uprisings across the country. President Lyndon Johnson and former New Jersey Governor Richard Hughes both held special commissions which concluded that addressing racial tensions, economic inequality, social disparities, and police brutality were necessary to prevent similar civil disturbances.

However, instead of heeding these recommendations, the Johnson administration ramped up policing under the guise and justification of the ongoing War on Crime. His Republican successor, President Richard Nixon, continued the escalation during the War on Drugs.

Year after year, police departments received federal funds that ballooned their budgets from $10 million to more than $300 million annually, triggering poverty, inequality, and racial oppression in my hometown while scapegoating local residents to justify the militarization of police.

This is one of the reasons I became an attorney and eventually opened my own law firm, not necessarily to practice law and make money, but rather to help make a difference in my community. As a lawyer, I could assist with interpreting the language of law and providing direction on how to navigate and negotiate the justice system.

Its also why I joined with Lisa Hendricks-Richardson, Rhonda Pope Stephenson, and Vanessa Williams Powell, to form one of the first and largest African American womens law firms in New Jersey, Richardson, Stephenson, Powell and Carter, LLC in 1996.

All weve ever wanted is to live in peace. We wanted to live in a nice home, make a living wage and take care of our families. So as we look to the future of public safety, its important to remember there was a time in our history where people didnt routinely struggle with poverty, and crime was isolated. There was a time where resources for advancement were well-funded and readily available. And our community flourished as a result.

Newark will always thrive when it invests in its people. An investment in the people is the best money youll ever spend.

Linda McDonald Carter has been an advocate, historian and active member of her native Newark for more than five decades. Linda is the eldest of six brothers and two sisters; aunt of 17 nieces and nephews; grand-aunt of over 20; and the wife of a cool husband.

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