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The Urban School Food Alliance, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation Leverage Purchasing Power for Change in School Meals
The Urban School Food Alliance (USFA), a nonprofit coalition of the largest school districts in the United States that includes New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami-Dade, Dallas, and Orange… Read more
Your Health Counts on Counting Sheep
By: Sylvia Mathews Burwell Secretary of Health & Human Services (HHS) Edited by Lawndale News Are you staying healthy? When we hear this, most of us think about our annual… Read more
New Guidelines Scale Back Breast Cancer Screenings for Younger Women
Concerned about your breast cancer risk? If you’re a woman younger than 45, you may not have to worry just yet. New guidelines for mammograms recently released by the American… Read more
Medical Tourism to Puerto Rico
by Daniel Nardini One thing that is beginning to flourish in Puerto Rico during this island’s difficult economic time is medical tourism. Because Puerto Rico does not have to pay… Read more
American Heart Association Warns Against Stroke Risk
According to the American Heart Association, someone in the U.S. has a stroke every 40 seconds and someone dies from one every four minutes. World Stroke Day is on October… Read more
Chicken and Cashews
Ingredients 3 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce, divided 2 tablespoons dry sherry 4 teaspoons cornstarch, divided 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into bite-sized pieces 1/2 cup fat-free, less-sodium chicken… Read more
Sports Authority to Hire for Holiday Season
Sports Authority announced that it will hire 3,500 temporary Team Members across the country to meet consumer demand during the 2015 holiday season. All Sports Authority locations will begin hiring… Read more
Cook County Democratic Party Endorses Michelle Harris for Clerk of the Circuit Court
The Cook County Democratic Party unanimously endorsed Alderman Michelle Harris (8th) for Clerk of the Circuit Court in the March Primary after pulling its support from the incumbent Dorothy Brown…. Read more
ComEd Extends Credit Agreement and Empowers Local Minority and Community Banks
ComEd and its parent company, Exelon Corporation, have arranged credit lines totaling $123 million with 28 minority and community-owned banks in areas where ComEd and Exelon operate. These transactions help… Read more
Coming Out of the Woodwork
by Daniel Nardini While reading through the newspaper Human Events (a conservative, rightwing publication), I found a section that was advertising the book Minutemen:The Battle to Secure America’s Borders by… Read more »