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

By: Victoria G. Smith   One of my favorite novels of all time is Gabriel García Márquez’s “Love in the Time of Cholera.” In that story, the main character, Florentino Ariza, falls head over heels in love with Fermina Daza during ...

By: Bob Boyer   On March 17 I received an email from a close friend in the Philippines, a retired UP-Diliman professor. A couple of days later I received a Facebook message from his wife, an artist, also a close ...

Reelected in 2018 with 82 percent of the vote, Pappas cleaned up an office inherited from a corrupt predecessor. But she’s done more than right a listing ship. She’s responsible for Cook County’s debt disclosure ordinance, which requires all taxing ...

By: Elsie Sy-Niebar   *Although Pope Francis says ‘COVID-19 is not God’s judgment…’ I chose ‘Prayer/ Conversation with the Lord’ as my main subject in NOTEBOOK’s Holy Week issue. The time when the whole Christendom is celebrating His Life and Death ...

By: Kayla Tejero   Happy April! This month, we are celebrating Easter and the resurrection of Jesus Christ. If it weren’t for this pandemic, coronavirus, I am sure most of us would be preparing for this holiday and festivities with family, ...

  New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that nearly 20 percent of confirmed COVID-19 cases between mid-February and early April were health care workers. That number is expected to rise, the agency says, “as ...