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Monthly Archives: June 2011

Happy Father’s Day!

Happy Father’s Day!

June brings warmer weather, summer vacation, and celebrations for the special people in our lives from graduations through Father’s Day! The summer months also bring a refreshing change to the… Read more »

Illinois Dream Act: A Dream Come True

Illinois Dream Act: A Dream Come True

By: Daniel Nardini The Illinois House of Representative passed the Illinois Dream Act. It has gone before Illinois Governor Pat Quinn who said he will sign it. When signed into… Read more »

Fascist Police State Alabama

Fascist Police State Alabama

By: Daniel Nardini It is my unfortunate experience to know what a fascist police state is like. I discovered this while living in Taiwan. Under the one-party system of the… Read more »

Wisconsin’s Infamous ID Voter Law

Wisconsin’s Infamous ID Voter Law

By: Daniel Nardini They are at it again. Wisconsin’s Republican and some reactionary Democratic legislators decided that there was “too much” fraud at the voting polls. Never mind the fact… Read more »

The Dark Side of the Libyan Rebels

The Dark Side of the Libyan Rebels

By: Daniel Nardini No, I am not for Muamar Gaddhafi. In my view he is a bloody dictator and a murderer who has been in power too long. How much… Read more »

Bring on the Tequila Party!

Bring on the Tequila Party!

By: Daniel Nardini No I have not flipped. I am referring to a growing political movement among Latinos being called the Tequila Party. Being modeled after the Tea Party, the… Read more »

Lest We Forget the Holodomor

Lest We Forget the Holodomor

By: Daniel Nardini I have been following in the news about attempts to bring former Nazi war criminals to justice. These cases include former concentration camp guards such as John… Read more »

An Unlikely Immigrant Ally

An Unlikely Immigrant Ally

By: Daniel Nardini Alabama is now one of the handful of states that have joined Arizona in creating their own state immigration laws. The others are Georgia, Indiana and Utah…. Read more »

Las Fiestas Puertorriqueñas

Las Fiestas Puertorriqueñas

By: Ashmar Mandou With an estimated 1.8 million attendees at last year’s Puerto Rican Festival, the second biggest festival behind Taste of Chicago, it is no wonder why Angel ‘Tito’… Read more »

Las Fiestas Puertorriqueñas

Las Fiestas Puertorriqueñas

Por: Ashmar Mandou Con un estimado de 1.8 millones de asistentes al Festival Puertorriqueño el año pasado, el segundo festival más grande después del Taste of Chicago, no es de… Read more »