VIA Times – June 2014 Issue Vital News, Vibrant Views for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Joe Mauricio   Independent – Freedom from outside control or support, a time when a country gains political freedom from outside control. During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the thirteen colonies from Great Britain occurred on July ...

By: Maria Victoria A. Grageda-Smith   There’s a place in me where no one goes, but I. That I’ve kept only for myself—that not even my husband or mother or friends know, or that my children could drink up dry, or ...

By: Mark Javier   Last month Chicago restaurateur, and Filipino American, Billy Dec, was appointed to President Obama’s Advisory Commission on Asian American Pacific Islanders (Commission). This commission works under the President’s Initiative on Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPI) and ...