Food, Health, and GMOs By: Whiskey Tango In the order to provide faster and cheaper food, executive decision makers at major food companies are sampling science, but they don’t want anyone to know. On any day in a grocery store, … read more
Metro Minutes Reader: Social Security and Venezuela By: Tam, 2005 Reader 1 THE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL SECURITY CONTINUES TO TAKE SHAPE AS NEBRASKA SENATOR CHUCK HAGEL SUGGESTS A RISE IN THE RETIREMENT AGE TO 68. SENATOR HAGEL SAYS … read more
Metro Minutes Broadcast News Reader: Toxins in Health & Beauty Products By: Tam, 2005 A POTENTIAL HEALTH ISSUE THAT’S AN EVERYDAY THREAT CAN BE CHANGED … IF YOU JUST PAY CLOSER ATTENTION … METHO-CHLORAL SOMETHING, COCA-MIDE M-E-A, AND DI-METHI-CONE … DO … read more
IT AIN’T OVER TILL THE FAT LADY… EATS? Study On Diets and How They Coincide with Human Development By: Tam, 2005 An order of French fries, onion rings, one cheese-coated hamburger, a chili coated hot dog and two soft drinks, … read more
Handling Panhandlers in the Chicago Loop By: Whiskey Tango, 2004 According to city officials, there is no study to prove the Loop may have more panhandlers than any other location in Chicago. But Corey Pittman, 32, a manager at the … read more
Outsourcing the Outlook By: Tamara, 2004 No matter which way this year’s popular opinion swings, outsourcing stands constant on the shoulders of American’s unemployment woes. This year’s presidential candidacy has galvanized a prominently ignored issue putting it front and center … read more
Employment Status for Women and Minorities in Illinois By: Tam, 2004 Illinois residents hope for a more favorable employment rate as this year’s presidential election shifts into high gear. As the job market limps along, minorities and woman continue to get hit the … read more
Representing Chicago’s First Black Mayor By: Tam, 2005 Americans identify with Chicago as the city of giant shoulders and not so modestly, the city that works. Naturally, like any other prominent metropolitan area, a majority of Chicago was built on … read more
I’m updating this thing, finally. Killing some childishness, updating some other childishness. Adding better ish. This is what writers do. Every three-years we get ticked off at our points of views and our styles of writing. It’s about that time … read more
Body Worlds, Chicago By: Tam, 2005 Bones, ligaments, hearts and lungs, are all exposed for your personal inspection at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. Plastinated human remains, which were voluntarily donated to this scientific cause, sit perfectly preserved on … read more