Monthly Archives: March 2016
Worried About Diabetes? Try Adding Barley to Your Diet
Barley, a versatile high-fiber cereal grain with a distinct nutlike flavor and chewy, pasta-like consistency, may help reduce the risk of diabetes and lower blood sugar levels, suggest new findings… Read more
Cranberries May Help Fight UTIs Naturally, But Not in Juice Form
Ever rush out to buy a bottle of cranberry juice when you get a urinary tract infection? Well, new research published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology suggests… Read more
How to Knock Out Sugar for National Nutrition Month
Type “sugar” and “culprit” into your favorite search engine and you’ll find no shortage of health reasons to knock sugar out of your diet. For example, three authors argue in… Read more
Tabares-Backed Legislation Creating a Chicago Elected School Board Passes House
State Rep. Silvana Tabares, D-Chicago, issued the following statement after House Bill 557 passed the House Wednesday, which would create an elected school board in Chicago: “Currently, Chicago is the… Read more
CTU President Addresses Parent Mentor Convention
By: Ashmar Mandou A pool of influential leaders, including State Representative Elizabeth Hernandez and State Representative William Davis participated in the annual Statewide Parent Mentor Convention at Banquet Hall Apostolic… Read more
Marquette Bank Announces its 50th Annual Scholarship Program
Marquette Bank has announced the 61 local high schools selected for the 2016 Marquette Bank Education Foundation Scholarship Program. The program, started in the 1966-67 school year, is in its… Read more
Latino Art Beat Launches Youth Arts Competition
Latino Art Beat is launching its 19th consecutive annual art competition by offering scholarship support to currently enrolled high school juniors and seniors anywhere in the USA who win in… Read more
R Cary Capparelli Eyes Commissioner Seat at MWRD
By: Ashmar Mandou Chicagoan R Cary Capparelli is an independent candidate running for the six-year term as commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District (MWRD), which governed by a nine-member… Read more
Taylor Made for Justice
By: Mable Taylor Mable Taylor, a successful litigator with over 40 years of legal experience with 20 years in private practice and 19 years as a Cook County Mandatory Arbitrator,… Read more
