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The Chicago City Council’s only Jewish member is facing a bit of resistance to her plan to champion a “resolution in solidarity with Israel” in response to the attack by Hamas that has killed 1,000 people in Israel and subsequent Israeli airstrikes that killed 900 in Gaza.

Harsco Rail has reopened its refurbished plant in Pere Marquette Township on South Jackson Road in Michigan.

Chicago’s City Council is becoming embroiled in the political fallout from the armed conflict between Israel and Hamas, as aldermen prepare to consider a resolution backing Israel following the attack launched from the Gaza Strip. Far North Side Ald. Debra Silverstein, the City Council’s lone Jewish member, plans to introduce the “Israeli Solidarity Resolution.” The symbolic document supports ...

Literature is key to a healthy democracy, but schools are leaving books behind.

Ald. Rosanna Rodriguez-Sanchez volunteered to work with Ald. Debra Silverstein on a resolution that provides “a more nuanced understanding” of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

We see the faces of hate and that they are on the Human Relations Commission. This commission, operating like this, is not serving me and other members of the public.

Asheville residents challenging membership requirements for the city’s Human Relations Commission hope to pursue a class-action case. Paperwork filed Friday in federal court seeks to extend the suit to anyone disqualified by race from

Pittsburgh City Council will consider a measure to offer additional protection for renters who face domestic violence in the city. This bill would require landlords to permit domestic abuse victims to exit their leases early without penalty and would require them to change victims’ locks within five days upon request.

About 250 people attended the banquet at the Best Western Plus Coeur d’Alene Inn.

Book bans aren't the only threat to literature in American classrooms.