Jimmy Soni, Brooklyn Author, Honored with a 2026 Christopher Award

The book, “When the Light Finds Us,” is one of 10 winners

He Fled Death Threats For Being Gay, Applied For Asylum And Married A U.S. Citizen. ICE Arrested Him Anyway.

Mamadou fled violence and hatred in Guinea and found a supportive LGBTQ community in New York City before Trump’s mass deportation push.

Journalists Barred From Brooklyn College Demonstration To Sue CUNY

When public safety officers blocked four reporters from entering campus, the school violated the First Amendment, the suit will claim.

Torrey Maldonado Wins Second Christopher Award for the book “Hands”

A 12-year-old learns to box to protect himself from an abusive stepfather. He must protect his hands for his future as an artist. What to do

Inside A Brooklyn Sweatshop That Processes Tobacco For Bodegas

“My husband works, and it makes me sad that I work, and I work, and I work, and have nothing to show for it.”

Brooklyn's Hall Street Migrant Shelter Grows To 3,000, Testing Neighbors In Clinton Hill

“Hall Street was a no man’s land. It’s a dead end street. [Now] it’s like Grand Central Station,” said resident Monique Gramby, 55.

Loud Loo? Park Dwellers Want City to Pay for Quieter Public Bathroom

A couple that lives in a condo in Brooklyn Bridge Park say toilet sounds are keeping them up at night.

Jyoti Thottam wins Christopher Award for the book "Sisters of Mokama”

Sr. NY Times Opinion editor wrote about pioneering American and Indian women--like her mother--who cared for all who came to their hospital

5 Banned Books That Are Now Classics

Yul Kaseman discusses five books that were once banned and are now classics.