I heart Newark.

• Author: Booker, Cory
• Position: Letter to the Editor

I thank you for inclusion in "The Great Black Hope" by Benjamin Wallace-Wells (November). While the article provided an accurate and encouraging portrayal of the future of young African-American politicians, it provided a woefully inaccurate description of my great city. Newark is not "a heap-of-junk port city"--to the contrary, it is a city of limitless strength and unbounded potential with hope and promise. The nickname Brick City is representative of the characteristics of its citizens--strong, resilient, and enduring. Its community activists are some of this nation's greatest heroes. Newark is a major transportation hub with an international airport, the largest deep water port on the East Coast, and the intersection of major roadways and rail lines. Newark has strongly committed corporate citizens (Prudential, IDT, and...