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Bella Calleja Group Dance Winner Quadratic Four, featuring Tylah Dorsonne, 14, Shannon Millan, 13, Ariannah Wright, 15, and Azariah Wright, 13. All are students at Arthur & Polly Mays Conservatory of the Arts. (MarkaJames Photographer Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre, in partnership with The Children’s Trust, recently announced the winners of this year’s 2024 Read More…
Stepping into a ‘successful future’: How this Staten Island student earned prestigious Gates Scholarship Yaden Scharf, who lives in St. George, was recently named a Gates Scholar. The student, who is currently home-schooled, will be attending New York University in the fall. (Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel)Jan Somma-Hammel By Annalise Knudson | aknudson@siadvance.coM STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. Read More…
UNFORGETTABLE BLACK HISTORY: 2018- The Youngest Judge in Pennsylvania at Age 27 In 2018, at the age of 27, Judge Hanif Johnson made history as the youngest judge ever elected in the state of Pennsylvania, driven by his personal encounters with law enforcement. During his teenage years, Johnson found himself in handcuffs on multiple occasions, Read More…
U.S. District Judge and Donald Trump appointee William Jung is presiding over the challenge. A federal Judge won’t rule until at least May on Florida’s lawsuit against the federal government that challenges rules associated with the state’s subsidized children’s health insurance program. Court records show that U.S. District Judge William Jung, who was appointed by Read More…
Barrington Salmon Florida Phoeni Florida State University student activists in November 2023 demonstrated outside a university board of trustees meeting to demand divestment from Israel. (Christian Casale) Last year, a survey by the Pew Research Center conducted before the 60th anniversary of the landmark March on Washington showed that 81% of American adults believe that Read More…
Nationwide — Alicen M. Felder, a 16-year-old author from Detroit, has released her latest book Don’t Count Me Out, to teach young people to always believe in themselves regardless of what others may say. She says that it is perfect for when others’ opinions of you often overrule your beliefs about yourself. Don’t Count Me Read More…
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