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A Supreme Court check on Trump

On Feb. 20, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the legality of a slew of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump under…

by Tom Healey

Anabel Mendoza is the answer

After years of working on progressive campaigns, I have learned not to make endorsements lightly. I worked on Anthony Clark’s campaign in…

by Scott Sakiyama

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Zoning changes and equity

Calls to eliminate single-family zoning have become a familiar refrain in progressive municipalities across the U.S., including Oak Park. The stated goal is laudable: to expand housing options, address affordability, and correct the racial inequities embedded in 20th-century land-use policy.…

by Bob Milstein

My Black history

In writing this, I am sharing my own experience as an identified white suburbanite. I think back to growing up in the South, 40 miles from North Carolina more than 60 years ago. The red clay of Virginia was my…

by Cynthia Breunlin

Racism, antisemitism, ethnocentrism take hold

Part II of our series on the history of Oak Park housing as it relates to racial diversity and equity in the village.  The 1920s were a decade marked by the village’s greatest period of commercial and housing development. Oak…

by John Duffy

In defense of dignity and the rule of law

We have all born witness to what happens when federal power is weaponized against the very people it is supposed to protect. Over the past months, communities across Chicagoland – our communities – and Minneapolis have been shaken by scenes…

by Don Harmon

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