VIA Times – June 2021 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Doug Nguyen   Celebrating our nation’s independence every year on July 4 is a point of joy and pride. For more than 85 years, our programs have helped provide fi nancial independence to millions of hardworking people. We have three ...

By: Kayla Tejero   Happy summer! This month marks half of the year passing by. Children are finishing up school, people are going on vacation, and, in general, families are enjoying the summer. This summer is different from last summer and ...

By: Edward Cortez   When Abraham Lincoln was asked how he was going to treat the rebellious south after the Civil War he said he would treat them as if they never tried to secede from the Union. Considered the bloodiest ...

By: Maria Girlie Pascual   Imoved to Illinois back when Kristoffer was barely three months old. We had just purchased a home in Pasadena, a small 1200-square-foot 2-bedroom, 1-bath ranch with a killer view on the hills overlooking the city. This ...

By: Ryan Tejero   The University of the Philippines Alumni Association in America (UPAAA) Inc. had successfully unveiled one of the most pressing issues confronting Asian American communities across the country. The recent forum on Asian anti-hate crimes held virtually on ...

By: Richard Hanus   What do you get when you combine a motor voter system that too easily registers non-citizens to vote and federal laws that impose extreme immigration consequences for unsuspecting, inadvertent registrants and voters? I call it government assisted ...

By: Elsie Sy-Niebar   FOR YEARS and YEARS, as I grow “physically older”, I’ve tried to snob the thought that, indeed, I am growing old. Telling myself, that, “Age is just a number. Until when I’m UP on the 7th ...