Author Archives: Editor
City Colleges Announces Fund to Support Ongoing Modernization of Career, Tech Education
Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi and City Colleges of Chicago Chancellor Juan Salgado at Wright College announced that funding from the passage of Rep. Krishnamoorthi’s legislation, The Strengthening Career… Read more
Third-Generation, Hispanic-Owned Chicago Food Company Earns Spot on Walmart Shelves
La Guadalupana, a third-generation, family-owned and Chicago-based food company, reached a deal with Walmart this summer to sell their iconic Masa Preparada (the fresh cornmeal used as base for tamales)… Read more
New Preservation Strategy for Pilsen, Little Village
By: Ashmar Mandou Elected officials are banning together in an effort to preserve the culture and character of the Mexican community that has irrevocably transformed the Pilsen and Little Village… Read more
President Preckwinkle Unveils Comprehensive Cook County Policy Roadmap
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle on Wednesday unveiled a comprehensive and ambitious Cook County Policy Roadmap: Five-year Strategic Plan for the Offices Under the President. Uncompromising and directly confronting… Read more
Home and Honor
North Shore Gas and Community Action Partnership of Lake County (CAPOLC) joined forces as part of the company’s third annual ‘Home and Honor’ event, a volunteer effort to make two… Read more
Defendiendo a los Inmigrantes de la Deportación
Pie Foto de Ashmar Mandou En respuesta a la creciente política de deportación del Presidente Trump, el Concilio de la Ciudad de Chicago ha creado un Fondo de Protección Legal,… Read more
Recuperación del Huracán María un Año Después
Por: Ashmar Mandou Durante una rueda de prensa en El Museo Nacional de Arte y Cultura Puertorriqueño, el martes, la Cruz Roja de Chicago y la CEO de Northern Illinois,… Read more
Give of Hope y el Hospital Norwegian American Revelan el Mural “Give Hope – Give Life”
La Red de Donantes de Organos y Tejidos Gift of Hope y el Hospital Norwegian American revelaron y dedicaron un nuevo mural que honra el regalo de la donación de… Read more
El Distrito de Parques de Chicago Busca Artistas y Organizaciones Culturales
Llamando a todos los artistas locales y organizaciones comunitarias, el Distrito de Parques de Chicago está buscando asociarse con organizaciones de Chicago y artistas particulares talentosos que sean parte de… Read more
Foreign Student Enrollment to American Colleges Declining
By Daniel Nardini For the first time since the immediate period after the terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001, foreign student enrollments to American colleges and universities is… Read more »