William Faulkner wrote, "The past is never dead. It's not even past." I've been thinking about that quote in relation to the George Floyd and Black Lives Matter protests, particularly in my Oak...

We'll know in the coming weeks if Carol Kelley, currently superintendent of Oak Park's District 97 public elementary schools, will be named to the same role in Madison, Wisconsin. We reported last...

To its credit, Fenwick High School has shattered the façade of racial well being at the college prep school on Washington Boulevard. With our divided nation taking stock of just how deep are...

You can rip down a pride flag. You can rip down six pride flags on a single Oak Park block. Knock yourself out. 

Meanwhile in Oak Park, a divided village board is not so much addressing issues of racism and police reform as it is attempting to study it, surround it with consultants and data.

Across this country, an uprising has been ignited by the murder of George Floyd — his death one in a long line perpetrated by police officers on unarmed Black people. And yet the tinder for...

I see Joe Biden as the stepping-stone candidate. Biden was not my first choice during the primaries (that position went to Mayor Pete Buttigieg). Nor was he my second choice. At the time, Biden...

On behalf of equity allies across our community and the Committee for Equity and Excellence in Education, we express our sincere thanks to Dr. Ammons and Dr. Pruitt-Adams who have guided the drafting...

This is what it looks like on an Oak Park playground when Black and Brown lives don't matter: