Monthly Archives: August 2012
Access, Reach Out and Read Engage Young Patients with Literature
Primary care physicians at Access Community Health Network (ACCESS) have been able to help young patients not only with their health care needs, but also with providing an encouraging nod… Read more
La Liga Nacional Urbana y Walgreens ofrecen la Gira de Salud ‘Way to Well’
Por sexto año consecutivo, la Liga Nacional Urbana y Walgreens se asocian en la Gira ‘Way to Well’ para ofrecer pruebas de salud gratuitas a los residentes de Chicago. La… Read more
Susan G. Komen Chicago Raises $3.4 Million in Three Days
A single white tent amid a field of pink says it all. It is here where the memories of lives taken by breast cancer are solemnly remembered. The Remembrance Tent,… Read more
War Against the Puerto Ricans in Alabama
By: Daniel Nardini The State of Alabama has become a place full of sad, tragic and atrocious stories of how poorly Latinos are treated there since that state passed its… Read more
The Eugenics Program in the United States
By: Daniel Nardini An exhibit from Germany is making its way through the United States on an aspect of the Holocaust where millions of people were slaughtered by the Nazis…. Read more
The Bring Jobs Home Act
By: Daniel Nardini Previously, I had written about the workers at Sensata Technologies, located in Freeport, Illinois, losing their jobs. They were informed about their jobs being outsourced back in… Read more
About the Massacre at the Sikh Temple
By: Daniel Nardini I am as equally horrified and saddened at the slaughter of six innocent people at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, as anyone. My heart truly… Read more
Historic Moment in Chicago
By: Ashmar Mandou As a true testament to the importance of immigration reform, close to 13,000 undocumented youth descended upon Navy Pier Wednesday, Aug. 18 to apply for deferred action… Read more
Jose Cuervo Beach Volleyball Series Brings Top Star to Chicago
By: Ashmar Mandou Top athletes across the country descended onto Oak Street Beach last month in the third stop in a seven-event series for the Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball… Read more
Fault Line in Anaheim
By: Daniel Nardini A friend of mine explained it to me this way. The majority of the residents living in Anaheim, California, are Latino—53 percent of all Anaheim residents are… Read more »