Elementary School in NJ Latinx Community Fights Displacement by Robert Wood Johnson Cancer Center

In New Jersey, hundreds rallied at the New Brunswick Board of Education meeting Tuesday night against plans to demolish a public school to make way for Robert Wood Johnson Hospital and Rutgers University to build a new cancer center. Protesters included families and more than 30 children, who held signs reading "Save our School!" and "Stop Gentrification." If approved, 760 third-through-eighth-graders at Lincoln Annex School would be moved to a former warehouse building on the outskirts of town as they await construction of a replacement school. Even worse, the proposed new school site is located on a "brownfield site" with possible contamination from hazardous chemicals. We speak with Democracy Now! co-host and Rutgers professor Juan Gonzilez, who has been following the fight closely.