A Wilmette resident reflects on his empathy toward the ‘innocent’ Chicago family in Hitler’s Berlin who might have stood up against the Nazis. By Gulnaz Saiyed For the past two decades, Holocaust survivor Walter Reed, 88, a retired PR consultant…
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World food prices plateau and aren’t going down, experts say
What do you get when you combine global warming with biofuels and more than 6 billion humans? High food prices. By Gulnaz Saiyed Heshima Kenya – a Chicago nonprofit that provides shelter, education and resources for unaccompanied refugee girls and…
Posted in Africa, The Breakdown
Faced with Defense of Marriage Act, mixed-nation gay married couples want a half-solution
Immigration sponsorship is not a federal benefit available to LGBT Americans with foreign spouses. But activists say a temporary policy would ‘mean the world.’ By JR Tungol Last April, Illinois residents Sveta and Andi Apodaca, partners for the past 11…
Posted in North America, The Breakdown Tagged with: benefits, federal, gay marriage, gay rights, immigration
Weiwei or the highway
Take an uncensored look at the Chinese modern artist whose outspoken nature landed him attention — and the ire of his government. By Bethany Leggett Click here for a trailer of the documentary. He embodied Andy Warhol meets Malcolm X…
