VIA Times – December 2015 Issue Vital News, Vibrant Views for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Mark Javier   The city is overwhelmingly focused on the cold-blooded murder of seventeen-year-old Laquan McDonald at the hands of a Chicago police officer and the year-long delay in releasing the heart-wrenching dash board video depicting his slaying. For ...

By: Melody Dizon   And the holiday season has officially begun. Almost all my weekends are booked for parties, shopping for gifts, being glued to online deals, meeting relatives, battling snowy weather conditions to go to the mall, kids being ...

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Young entrepreneurs Edwin Tumlos and Liza Cuison of Bold Star Company.

By: Robert Gard   Americans should not forget the party and the people who brought us to this grim situation. It was hard-core Republican nativists who repeatedly stymied comprehensive reform, most recently killing a bill that passed in the Senate ...

By: Lena Remigio   Dear Ate Lena, Ang aking malaking problema sa aking buhay ay ang aking ina na masyadong conscious sa kanyang itsura, isang taong into herself, materialistic, at ang gusto ay palaging bago ng bago ang kanyang mga damit, ...

By: J0e Mauricio   After the euphoria that hit the Philippines last November, for being a host to the dozens of ASEAN countries that held a historical summit in its own domicile, the country is now back to normalcy. The ...