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Story by Albert Corvera Part Two: ChicagoTalks’ urban affairs series May 27, 2009 – Seventeen years is the average amount of time it takes for an immigrant to legally come and live in the United States. For some, it’s 17 years too long. Louis, who didn’t want his last name revealed because of an...
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Feb. 10, 2009 -
Gloria Campos and her three-month-old son
were the only members of her family to board the last Red Cross plane
out of Nicaragua during the revolutionary war in July 1979.
Campos, then 21, was the daughter of a
high-ranking government official, who also owned a cotton farm and
electricity generators. Since her father worked for...
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Jan. 19, 2009 – In a recent story, we noted that A group of Illinois students will embark on a once in a lifetime trip on Sunday to witness a piece of history – the inauguration of the country’s first African American president. The “Witness to History Bus Tour,” organized by Clarence Davidson at...
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Story by: Curtis Black August 15, 2008 – While Great Lakes advocates are pressing for swift congressional approval of the Great Lakes Compact, groups concerned about water privatization are working to close what they call “loopholes” in the international agreement. A coalition including Food and Water Watch, Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation, and the...
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