VIA Times – April 2020 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

During Coronavirus we must take silver linings where we can. A new study shows during the pandemic, spam phone calls – a non-medical epidemic – have declined 58% nationally and Illinois ranks No. 42 seeing the largest decrease of any ...

Every 10 years, the United States counts everyone living in the country on April 1, no matter where they are from, what language they speak, or why they are in the country. The count includes children and newborn babies, citizens and noncitizens, and ...

By: Veronica Leighton   Like a thief in the night, Coronavirus caught millions of people by surprise, and left some paralyzed with shock and fear, and some dead, unfortunately. The COVID-19 is not stealing our properties but our people’s precious ...

By: Veronica Leighton   Heartbreaking is the word that describes our feelings for what is going on with our lives these days. Sad to say, our current lives (and no one is exempted) have been stricken with sudden changes that’s ...

By: Janice Dantes   Through this trying time in our nation’s history, I am proud to be a Chicagoan in a city that has demonstrated that it is committed to “flattening the curve” to protect its citizens, particularly the elderly ...

By: Joe Mauricio   The Super Virus COVID-19 is upending the 2020 Census, disrupting an already-fragile operation that faces immense challenges in counting the minorities and mainstream groups in America (of course, including the Filipinos and Filipino-American groups), before the ...

KANKAKEE, IL (April 9, 2020)—The National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) and Sidley Austin LLP filed lawsuits this week in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois against the Jerome Combs Detention Center in Kankakee, Illinois, on behalf ...

By: Doug Nguyen   Andrew Saul, Commissioner of Social Security, reminds the public that Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefit payments will continue to be paid on time during the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency also reminds everyone to ...

By: Ryan Tejero   The pandemic strike of COVID 19 became a world awakening for countries that lost several hundreds, and to some thousands of their population. The virus outbreak led to a lot of life-changing events on economies, businesses, ...

By: James DC   Your Choice… 6.ft Distancing or 6-ft Underground? __________ WHEN YOU LIVE IN A DUMB COUNTRY WITH SUPER-IGNORANT CITIZENS… Lack of common sense is eroding society…Toilet paper aisle-EMPTY; But the vitamin aisle to boost your immune system: FULL. __________ After NCOV ...