Buenos Aires Celebrates the Money in the Year of the Monkey
By Xiumei Dong [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/247565029″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is a day that’s typically filled with celebrations, cultural activities and quality family times. When the traditional holiday is imported to a foreign country like Argentina, it is the golden period for small Chinese vendors to […]
Protesters fight for undocumented immigrants
By Nikita Mandhani Chicagoans woke up Tuesday morning to word that demonstrators were blocking traffic on Congress Parkway at LaSalle Street. They were protesting the nation’s deportation policies. Twelve were arrested. Here’s what’s left behind after the protests for undocumented families who are fighting for #Not1More deportation. [vimeo 155726722 w=474] Individuals protest against ICE raids […]
Black male teens cautious but HIV rates high among same-sex encounters
By Ruojing Liu A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on HIV-related risk behavior among male high school students who had sexual contact with other males reveals that black males are more cautious in their sexual behavior, despite a higher black male HIV infection rate than white males. The findings are based […]
South Side Diabetes Project Changing Nutritional Norms
By Anna Boisseau Passersby at an Auburn Gresham Save-a-Lot sport a mixture of confusion and annoyance as they squeeze past the small gathering of 10, who are listening to Mary Lucy, a dietetic technician, speak about the appropriate daily portion size for servings of fruit. “Bananas have a lot of sugar, right?” asks Gregory Thompson, […]
Proposed tax and REGULATORY CRACKDOWN outrages AIRBNB HOSTS
By Yixuan Chai The City of Chicago wants to crack down on Airbnb and other home-sharing services, not the warm welcome many hosts expected. “The proposed ordinance will make it easier for hosts who periodically rent out their living space … and in the process generate more than $1 million annually to support affordable housing […]
Logan Square Protesters Fear Gentrification
By Harry Huggins On a freezing cold Thursday morning, a dozen protesters gathered outside a Blue Line station in Logan Square. They handed out flyers to the commuters sidling by them, and they chanted. “We are many! We are tough! Ten percent is not enough!”
First Chicago Black Restaurant Week celebrates community and brings in new business
By Marisa Endicott The first annual Chicago Black Restaurant Week concluded Saturday. Seventeen restaurants from the city and suburbs participated in the event launched by social media specialist Lauran Smith. Smith chose the second week in February to correspond with Negro History Week, the precursor to Black History Month founded by Carter G. Woodson. “It […]
Illinois Tech coach focuses on the positive despite losing record
By Grant Miller The good news is the Illinois Tech men’s basketball team doubled its win total from last season. The bad news? The Scarlet Hawks lost their final home game Saturday and currently hold a 4-20 record with just one match-up left. But coach Todd Kelly remains optimistic. “Last year we just had an […]
Analysis: Lack of depth leading to energy woes for Wildcats
By Michelle R. Martinelli The Northwestern women’s basketball team has a big problem. It’s not the fact that the Wildcats are on the verge of dipping below .500 for the season. It’s not that they once were ranked as high as No. 12 for two weeks and are now nowhere to be seen. Not even […]
State budget cuts leave college students in limbo, some tweet Kanye West for help
By Branden Hampton Students and faculty at public colleges are furious about being left without state funding as a result of an eight-month state budget standoff that could force layoffs and program cuts. “[Legislators] can’t continue to use the taxpayers’ money and then look at the taxpayer and say, ‘Well, we don’t have any money.’ […]