It has been an up-and-down season for the Oak Park and River Forest High School boys soccer team. The Huskies finished the ...

I am voting Yes on the referendum because boycotting is a non-violent and powerful tool to pressure systemic change. I am voting Yes for the children of Palestine, to counter all the No’s that have ...

Aiming a genocide-support charge at Jewish community members because of their identification with Israel is abhorrent: it deliberately tars local Jews with the crime that led to the murder of six ...

For those of us who remember the days of Blockbuster Video, we also remember the slogan: “Be Kind, Please Rewind.” ...

Earlier this year, Oak Park residents attended the Oak Park Township meeting to vote on whether to place a boycott referendum on the ballot.

Most of us chose Oak Park for the same reason: everyone can feel like they belong here. In 1968, Oak Park was among the first communities in the country to adopt a Human Rights Ordinance. In 2017, we ...

Over 10 years ago, the Illinois General Assembly unanimously voted to ban our state pension systems from investing in any company that boycotts Israel.

Illinois law currently prohibits our state pension funds from investing in companies that boycott the state of Israel.

The good news is that, in multiple states, political parties and other organizations are waging voter registration campaigns and have signed up many new voters.

The law in question – part of the Illinois Pension Code – governs investments by Illinois Pension Funds. Proponents are pitching this as a free speech initiative.

On Nov. 3, Oak Park residents will consider a ballot measure asking whether Illinois should repeal its law banning state pensions from investing in companies that boycott Israel.

Should the State of Illinois repeal laws that ban state investment in businesses that boycott the State of Israel?” ...