VIA Times – May 2019 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: Doug Nguyen   The Social Security Board of Trustees recently released its annual report on the long-term financial status of the Social Security Trust Funds. The combined asset reserves of the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Disability Insurance (OASI ...

By: Elsie Sy-Niebar   *AMERICA celebrates May as ASIAN/PACIFIC HERITAGE MONTH *ABCTV scored the top overall grade of B for the second year in a row given by APMC, while Fox received an “F” re media coverage of ASIAN AMERICAN ...

By: Joe Mauricio   Even if you have a small space living in an urban setting, you can still benefi t from growing anything, from fl owering shrubs to vegetable/ fruit gardens. After downsizing to a small apartment with a ...

By: Victoria Smith   Having recently sold our home, and to save on moving costs, my husband and I conducted a garage sale—something we hadn’t done in years and should have held sooner, in paced multiples, not the crazy one ...

By: Lou Maningas Cabalona   For the Asian American Community in Chicago, spring comes alive even more in May as events are lined up throughout the month in celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month. May just started ...

By: Pureza Ramiro Pacis   Dear Tita Eza: Naaliw ako sa mga kuwento ng pag-ibig sa inyong column. Eto naman ang aking love story. Deretso galing sa atin, mga bandang ‘70’s, sa Minnesota ang aking first job, sa St. Paul’s newspaper ...

By: Nancy Abiera   “He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in ...

By: James DC   Me: (Sobbing my heart out, eyes swollen, nose red)…I can’t see you anymore. I am not going to let you hurt me like this again. TRAINER: It was just a sit up. It was just 1 sit ...

By: Elaine Lehman   May. It’s Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Yet amidst the celebrations of our cultures and place in American society, there is one group that has received scant attention. More so, this one group has received little ...

By: Dominick Geraci   “Welcome to Pampanga, sir, you have to try Tocino here before you go back to Manila.” A middle-aged woman at small shop tells me. There are so many things to experience in Pampanga. It’s an hour-and-half ...