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Conservatives are targeting suburban Chicago school boards. And the elections are becoming political battlegrounds

Two years ago, at the urging of her teenage daughter, clinical psychologist Donna Marino ran for school board in far west suburban Oswego, Illinois, thinking her background in mental health could help students recover from the isolation, stress and trauma brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic and the actions taken…

Chicago Tribune · Mar 28, 2023

Des Plaines Theatre operator cancels Awake Illinois event after outcry

“What saddens me was the amount of hate that surfaced during all of this,” Onesti Entertainment CEO Ron Onesti said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 20, 2023

Francis Parker evacuated due to bomb threat days after right-wing attacks on sex ed program

The elite Chicago private school in Lincoln Park was targeted with an emailed threat that warned a bomb would be placed on the school grounds, Chicago police said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 13, 2022