Yusuf Salaam, a member of the Exonerated Five, is on the verge of winning the Democratic nomination for the 9th Council District seat covering Harlem. He
Yusef Salaam, a member of the exonerated “Central Park Five” who was wrongfully convicted of the rape of a female jogger in Central Park, is on track to win a seat on the New York City Council. Salaam holds a significant lead over his opponents to win the Democratic primary for the seat representing the…
Meanwhile, first-time candidate Chris Banks is ahead of City Council Member Charles Barron in the Democratic primary for Brooklyn’s 42nd Council District.
(TOMS RIVER, NJ) Award-winning author, editor and educator Ibi Zoboi, whose novel Pride is in development as a mini-series, makes a virtual appearance in the Ocean County Library’s “Dive Into YA: It’s Not Just for Teens” series on Thursday, October 28 at 6:00pm. The program aims to show how real issues, vivid writing, diverse characters and imaginative concepts propel Young Adult literature beyond traditional age categories.
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