State lawmakers warmly celebrated West Side High School Principal Akbar Cook and toured innovative programs the Newark native set up.

It's New Jersey's most prestigious business event of the year. More than a thousand political and business leaders ride the rails, rub elbows and network. ...

Marley Dias is the founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks, a book drive to collect 1,000 books that feature women and girls of color as the protagonists.