HINSDALE HS DISTRICT 86 WINS REFERENDUM IN GRASS-ROOT, NONPARTISAN CAMPAIGN by Linda Burke, D86 resident and campaign volunteer A facilities referendum for $139 million passed in Hinsdale High School District 86 by a 60-40 margin, a triumph for public education in Chicagoland. The referendum will implement mandatory life safety upgrades, ADA compliance, new swimming pools,...Read More

PC CORNER:  HOW CAN WE PREP FOR 2020 NOW?  ENGAGE THE SUPER-DEMS! By Anne Sommerkamp Your job as a PC is to turn out the vote. To turn out the kind of numbers we will need to keep this blue wave going in 2020 – we need to get busy NOW. Before the municipal elections...Read More

HATE IS ON THE RISE IN AMERICA… By Carla Feinkind (HAIR ON FIRE IS BACK!)  Data collected by the FBI, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Anti-Defamation League, and various universities have documented that until Trump’s 2015 election campaign, reported hate crimes had never risen above 1500 a year. But by 2018, reported hate crimes...Read More

ENGAGING YOUNG PEOPLE By Reid McCollum We often ask, “How can we get young people more engaged in policy and politics?” Perhaps instead we should ask, “What are young people doing to engage in policy and politics and how can we support them?”  On Sunday, April 28th, four local student-led chapters of March For Our...Read More

LOCAL TEENAGERS ORGANIZE DG RALLY TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE! By Gwen, DG North High School Student, MFOL Organizer Multiple March for Our Lives chapters organized a rally for change to prevent gun violence. The chapters included Downers Grove, Naperville, Aurora, and Geneva. Each of the chapters is organized by middle school and high school students....Read More

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR – MAY EDITION By Kim Savage Summer is coming and the next election seems to be far off in the distance, so it might seem natural to check out for a few months and take a break from politics. While it is true that the pace might be a little slower,...Read More