Yearly Archives: 2011
Arde el Chicago Fire
Por: Ashmar Mandou Se puede decir que los entusiastas del fútbol sóccer están condicionados desde su nacimiento a ir por su equipo favorito. La lealtad y la pasión son características… Read more
Cortes en Medicaid Perjudican a Pacientes de Centros de Salud Comunitarios
En respuesta a negociaciones del presupuesto ocurridas a nivel federal, el Centro de Salud Esperanza declaró su oposición a cualqier corte importante a reembolsos del Medicaid para los centros de… Read more
Summer Celebrations! : what’s on YOUR plate?
Chances are you heard that the food pyramid (mypyramid) was replaced this month by My Plate ( www.choosemyplate.gov ). This exciting new meal planning tool is a simple, easy to… Read more
Illinois Students Spend Summer Searching for a Cure
Selected Illinois students are trading in their bathing suit and sun block for a lab coat and test tubes. One local junior, Mark Rizko, attending Nazareth Academy High School, will… Read more
Fumadores Adolescentes se Enfrentan a ‘Truth’
Por: Ashmar Mandou Es verdad, la mayor campaña de prevención contra el tabaco para jóvenes y Vans Warped Tour llegaron a Chicago el sábado, 9 de julio, para dar a… Read more
¡A celebrar el verano! – ¿Qué traes en tu plato?
Tal vez te has enterado de que la pirámide alimenticia (mypyramid) ha sido modificada este mes por My Plate ( www.choosemyplate.gov ). Esta nueva y emocionante herramienta para planificar las… Read more
Immigrant Community Gets ‘Ready to Lead’
Thirty-five Latino, Polish, Arab, African and Asian immigrants and children of immigrants were selected to participate in a statewide non-partisan immigrant candidate training program Saturday, July 9th. The Illinois Coalition… Read more
Latino or Indigenous?
By: Daniel Nardini Here is a fact. More Latinos in the United States are registering themselves as Amerindians. An Amerindian is a native indigenous person who was born into a… Read more
On Mandating Sick Leave
By: Daniel Nardini The State of Connecticut will require that all workers, both in the public and private sectors, be granted by their employers paid sick leave. Yes, the state… Read more
Some Things are Best Left Unsaid
By: Daniel Nardini In a bid for his 2012 presidential reelection campaign, U.S. President Barack Obama said that Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans have the right “to choose statehood or… Read more »