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Weaponizing antisemitism

The national turmoil about antisemitism and Israel’s attacks on Gaza has come home to Oak Park in a series of recent events. At the end of the OPRF school board campaign, the Democratic Socialists of America handed out a flyer calling one of the candidates, Nate Mellman, an “Israel-first Zionist fanatic,” said he is “an…

Posted on by Jim Schwartz

We find joy. We feel pain.

February is Black History Month, where we honor the triumphs and achievements of Black culture across this country throughout our history. Last Saturday, Lunar New Year observances began, a time when many Asian cultures recognize family, culture, and the dawning of a new year. Sunday was the Super Bowl, a secular American commemoration of capitalism…