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Election insurrection
In: In the dawn of this new era Sur: Surfaces a count, so counted on, Rec: Wreck and reek opposed at arms
Is anything clearer than 'Yes' or 'No'?
I write in support of adding the ballot referendum, "Shall the village of Oak Park defund its police department?" for our electoral consideration this spring.
Ranked choice: a simple solution
Re: "Boutet, again, leaves village president race" [News, Jan. 20], I was wondering about Ms. Boutet's comment that "the vote could split to produce a result that the majority … does not...
The three gates
I love to talk to my husband Jeff. No subject is off limits: politics, the meaning of life and how I need to stop eating chocolate. And he's great.
Journal's editorials
Siding with Anthony Clark
Anthony Clark was blocked Monday from the April ballot for Oak Park village trustee. The action came as the three-person local election board met to consider a challenge made to Clark's candidacy...
Defunding a fake question
The call to "defund the police" in Oak Park was a polarizing concept when Trustee Arti Walker-Peddakotla made it months back after the murder of George Floyd by police officers in Minneapolis.
Nexus of power
Oak Park, River Forest, Forest Park, Austin and Maywood are turning into the power vortex of Illinois government.
Letters to the editor
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River Forest Year in Review, take 2
Take 1 seemed accurate, but things were missing that mattered in River Forest during 2020. It blended into the rest of the Journal in a sunless way, when I was sure "a year like no other" had cast at...
Defund the police? Not a simple 'yes' or 'no' question
I am grateful that I live in a community where starting with "we need to reaffirm commitment to democracy and hope" is stating the obvious. Unfortunately, that cannot be trusted today, just days...
Turning outward: Our antiracism journey
When I joined the Oak Park Public Library in 2016, I was one of the first library social workers in the United States. My hiring as director of Social Services and Public Safety was also one of the...
Candidates need skillsets, not skeletons in the closet
Some folks have been up in arms that a white guy filed objections to the nominating petitions of two Black men for village trustee.
Ken Trainor
Bryce and Tyler's Next Big Thing

The past few Sunday mornings, I've been triangulating with my son and my grandsons from Oak Park to Carol Stream to Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti, Africa.
Extending a hand to Trump supporters
Instead of desecrating the halls of our Capitol, let us, on this Inauguration Day, consecrate our democracy.
What would be a just verdict for Trump?
What would justice look like in the case of The American People v. Donald Trump, currently being adjudicated in the court of public opinion?
Where 'Me' meets 'We,' a better country awaits
The "Seven Social Sins," attributed to Mahatma Gandhi (which someone retitled, "Things That Will Destroy Us")
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