Since Zack Polanski secured the Green party leadership with an emphatic 85% vote share on an unashamedly leftwing platform, the political consensus has faced its biggest challenge since the defeat of Jeremy Corbyn's Labour. When Polanksi launched his bid in May, the Greens counted 60,000 members. They've now hurtled past 130,000, eclipsing the number of Conservative members. One poll already puts them on 15%, more than double last year's 6.2% and neck-and-neck with Labour.
"While book borrowing is central to QPL's mission, it represents only one dimension of our work," explained Lisi de Bourbon, a spokesperson for the Queens system. "The growth in library card registrations, and use of e-content, computers and Wi-Fi reflect the growing demand for these services in New York City. Even when a card is not used for traditional borrowing, it provides access to a wide range of resources that advance equity, opportunity, and community connection."
Wanda Gierhart Fearing, Cinemark's chief marketing and content officer, has a unique lens through which to view the film industry - as a longtime retail executive. Fearing, who previously wore the hat of CMO at Neiman Marcus and Limited Brands, joined Cinemark in 2018 and navigated the company's marketing through several years of difficulties due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which brought filmmaking to a standstill and challenged theater chains.