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Home » Entries posted by Nancy Traver
Midwest Urban Farmers Meet at the Plant in Back of the Yards
Andrea Crary watched as a volunteer harvested chard from the aquaponic farm in the darkened basement of The Plant, located in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood. Alongside the vegetables, tilapia swam lazily in cloudy tanks. Crary said aquaponic farming uses no soil; instead, chard, kale and chili peppers are growing organically in water from […]
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Students Watch and Hope as Congress Discusses DREAM Act
December 14, 2010 Comments Off on Students Watch and Hope as Congress Discusses DREAM Act
By Nayeli Santoyo Born in Manila, Carla N. was 5 years old when her family brought her to this country. “Our papers haven’t been fixed, and I have been undocumented since,” she said. Now 21, Carla N., who asked that her full name not be used, attends the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she […]
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Mayoral Candidate Rahm Emanuel Calls for Ethics Reform
December 6, 2010 Comments Off on Mayoral Candidate Rahm Emanuel Calls for Ethics ReformMayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel on Thursday presented a list of ethics reforms he will bring to Chicago if elected mayor. Standing alongside him as he talked about cleaning up the city’s image was David Hoffman — the corruption-fighting inspector general who often embarrassed Mayor Richard Daley by calling for new ethics rules. Emanuel said he […]
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Ald. Carrie Austin Calls on Educators, Parents to Curb Youth Violence
October 20, 2010 Comments Off on Ald. Carrie Austin Calls on Educators, Parents to Curb Youth Violence
Educating people of all ages would be the most efficient way to curb violence on Chicago’s Southside, according to Ald. Carrie Austin. “We’re trying to work at the core of why our areas are so violent now,” said Austin, 34th Ward alderman and chairwoman of the city council’s budget committee. Austin, 61, talked with a […]
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Lots of high school bands and many politicians joined the Columbus Day Parade on Monday, Oct. 11, on Columbus Avenue in Chicago. Video produced by Nayeli Santoyo and Reginald Williams. Like this: Like Loading…