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Brooklyn
fromBrooklyn Paper
1 week ago

'An answered prayer': Officials celebrate opening of Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center in East Flatbush * Brooklyn Paper

A $141 million, 74,000-square-foot Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center opened in East Flatbush offering a pool, gym, classrooms, and free access for under-24s.
fromLos Angeles Times
6 months ago

More and more books are being banned. SoCal libraries find a solution

"So many books for young people are being taken off the shelf," said Fritzi Bodenheimer, spokesperson for the Brooklyn Public Library in New York. "If you're a young person, you know, you're 14 or 15 years old and you're just discovering yourself and maybe you think that you might be a member of the LGBTQ community and all those books are taken off the shelf. What message does that send to you? That you're a bad person? That you're dangerous?"
LGBT
fromBusiness Matters
6 months ago

MPs call for free bus travel for under-22s in England to boost access to jobs and training

Under-22s in England should be given free bus travel to improve access to work and training and encourage long-term public transport use, MPs have urged.
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UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
7 months ago

Addictive nicotine pouches can legally be sold to children in shops

Nicotine pouches currently have no age restrictions, allowing children to purchase these potentially addictive products.
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