A marcher saw me looking out the window and, with a megaphone, asked if I was “ready for peace in the neighborhood” and asked me to join the march....
( 10/25/2007 4:35 PM EST )

Over 5,000 newspapers were contacted, along with the top editors. Two men responded.

The top magazines in the U.S. were contacted and the top editors received high-quality letters, pe....
( 10/18/2007 2:30 PM EST )

After 15 day....
( 09/07/2007 3:33 PM EST )

Having bilingual information about resources in the community that can help us to be healthy is so valuable.

Regarding Ms. Finkel’s article ....
( 07/27/2007 11:53 AM EST )

Three years ago, the General Assembly passed the “7 percent la....
( 06/21/2007 3:17 PM EST )

A good example of this....
( 06/07/2007 5:28 PM EST )

The reality, I have found, is that most companies are using temporary, contract and part-time wor....
( 05/24/2007 3:50 PM EST )

Per....
( 05/24/2007 3:49 PM EST )

I am outraged by the actions taken by the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency this week in Little Village. The agency’s actions were designed to terrorize residents and intimidate people in their own neighborhood shopping and walking freely. Agents barged into L....
( 05/03/2007 5:23 PM EST )

It is the goal of my administration to serve our residents to the best of our ability and promote excellent communications through extraordinary public service. As you know, Cicero takes great pride in our clean streets. Clean streets improve public safety and public h....
( 03/29/2007 3:13 PM EST )

In addition to that note, I disagree with both Hector Concepción, founder of Estadista of Illinois, and Elida Cruz [who opposes the mural].

Th....
( 03/22/2007 5:02 PM EST )

The gang fight inside Wells High School on Friday, where both a teacher and students were injured, is a perfect example. What is taking place....
( 03/01/2007 2:42 PM EST )

• He could have given the money to the Cook County Board so doctors, nurses and public defenders don’t have to lose their jobs.
• He could b....
( 02/15/2007 3:50 PM EST )

As you know, Cook County Board President Todd Stroger has proposed sweeping 17-percent cuts across Cook County’s budget. If enacted, these cuts would devastate the county’s already strapped health care system and likely lead to the closing of many community health centers. The....
( 02/01/2007 1:34 PM EST )

Then imagine that despite making only two payments in nearly a decade, you still owned your home. If you’re an ....
( 01/25/2007 4:55 PM EST )

There is an important financial problem affecting thousands of Illinois residents that is just now beginning to touch the collective nerves of our state legislators and their voter constituents. This issue may already affect someone in your family, a co-worker, a neighbor’s fami....
( 01/18/2007 2:42 PM EST )

The real reason the education system fails so miserably is that so-called ‘experts’ don’t understand what is going on. No matter how you look at it, it has to be all about the students.

Children believe that if certain simple things were done, all the problems of the world ....
( 01/11/2007 1:35 PM EST )

Thank you for covering the story on Windy City Gym. I trained there for many years. It’s a shame that a great Chicago sports institution – one that upheld the highest standards of boxing – is being so thoughtlessly evicted.

Ted Goeglein

Dear editor,

Th....
( 01/05/2007 3:29 PM EST )

We pray that with your help, another angel will....
( 12/27/2006 7:38 PM EST )

They do reduce accidents, but almost all of the widely reported cases where a child shot themselves, the gun belonged to a relative that was a gang member.

So have a trigger lock (or gun....
( 12/21/2006 3:34 PM EST )

I would like to first thank the people again for their support in securing my re-election as Illinois State Comptroller. Because of your help, I will continue fighting for working families, life saving medical research and real ethics reforms in Illinois. I am excited and inv....
( 12/14/2006 3:42 PM EST )

Elevar el salario de $7.50 en 2007 e incluir un aumento al costo de vivir de 25 centavos por hora cada añ....
( 12/07/2006 2:31 PM EST )

Laser sights would allow police to maim, rather than kill, suspects, even in heat-of-the-moment situation....
( 11/30/2006 4:45 PM EST )

The CTA should hold a photography contest. It would provide ....
( 11/16/2006 3:34 PM EST )

Today, President George W. Bush signed into law the Secure Fence Act, which authorizes 700 miles of barriers to be built on the U.S.-Mexico border. Even though President Bush and the Senate have each supported comprehensive immigration proposals that combine a guest worker program, family ....
( 11/02/2006 3:41 PM EST )

Almost seven years ago, I graduated with an undergraduate degree in Early Childhood Education. I took methods, psychology and educatio....
( 10/19/2006 10:24 PM EST )

For many, the issue has beco....
( 09/21/2006 8:17 PM EST )

I think I have found a solution for the Elvira Arellano situation. Give her a student visa. Her political buddies may have to pull some strings. Her supporters will have to pay her tuition. But she can raise her son in Chicago. She could even still work in the immigration rights ....
( 09/08/2006 10:45 PM EST )

In so....
( 08/31/2006 5:15 PM EST )

The August 3 issue of Extra had an article on preparing children for academic success.

One of the suggestions was to create a reading culture. It gave many examples on how to have your child improve their reading skills. What it didn’t mention was that video games can be u....
( 08/25/2006 05:33 AM EST )

The CTA’s Brown Line has been integral to the revitalization of many the neighborhoods that it serves on Chicago’s North Side. But since the announcement of the project to update and expand the Brown Line stations that was made about eight years ago, the project has been mired i....
( 08/17/2006 4:31 PM EST )

The city has created a number of good things to address the need for affordable housing. However, even with these programs, our ....
( 08/10/2006 5:37 PM EST )

Many historic buildings are being destroyed by development. However, without development, many people wouldn’t have a way to earn a living. Luckily, we already have a way to save buildings but still allow something else to be erected on sites.

I am talking about house mov....
( 08/02/2006 6:03 PM EST )

While the good news about early education is its increased acceptance, an important caveat is often ignored. Just attending a preschool program does not ....
( 06/15/2006 4:36 PM EST )

[Tocante a “Obesidad Epidémica: Su Efecto en Niños de Chicago (Extra, 1º de Junio de 2006)] Si los niños caminaran (o al menos fueran en bicicleta) a la escuela, eso haría una diferencia. Padres o abogados pro ciclismo podrían organizar viajes tal que los niños estuvieran se....
( 06/08/2006 1:34 PM EST )

Alderman Colon also supported approv....
( 05/10/2006 6:57 PM EST )

The government has gotten into the business of administering prescription-drug insurance plans through the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003. But it turns out the government already buys some prescription drugs ... for the Veterans Administration. Why not mod....
( 04/27/2006 7:01 PM EST )

This bill would consolidate three separate programs into on....
( 04/13/2006 1:29 PM EST )

In case you skipped civics class in order to protest on the streets of Chicago on the 10th of March, you need to understand this: the United States is a sovereign nation operating in accordance with the rule of law.

No one – be it a Ph.D. chemist or toilet bowl c....
( 03/30/2006 12:08 AM EST )

Aunque un 1% parece no ser gran logro, en un mercado impredecible lo es. Sin embargo, nuestro mercado en línea ha probado ser muy exitoso.....
( 03/23/2006 1:18 PM EST )

There are nine cand....
( 03/16/2006 1:42 PM EST )

As a medical condition, diabetes is a disease where the body has trouble turning food into....
( 03/02/2006 1:32 PM EST )

Los programas festivales de la ciudad pueden ir al rescate. Pueden promover actividades que causarían que la gente pierda....
( 02/23/2006 2:40 PM EST )

But what about the things that aren’t being talked about? There are ....
( 02/16/2006 12:46 AM EST )

I believe in the President’s current course for the country. I support our troops and believe in their mission. ....
( 02/02/2006 2:56 PM EST )

But seniors should not give up. One reason they are confused is ....
( 01/27/2006 12:00 AM EST )

Dear Mr. President:

The undersigned national Latino organizations write to express our extreme disappointment with the Statement of Administration Policy (SAP) issu....
( 12/29/2005 2:59 PM EST )

When Bin Laden and his “boys” are quoting Kerry, Durbin, Kucinich, Kennedy and Dean....
( 12/22/2005 4:00 PM EST )

I would like to give a response to this editorial.....
( 12/22/2005 1:59 PM EST )

During recent years, we Mexicans abroad have become a main factor in Mexico’s development. Thanks to our contributions (among others, $20 billion for 2005) we are building a bi-national community worried about....
( 12/15/2005 4:05 PM EST )

I’d like to encourage more folks to volunteer as platelet donors at their local blood bank.

Like many others, I only used to donate whole blood two to three times per year when drastic appeals went out or when a blood drive was convenient ... especially because donating caused m....
( 11/30/2005 6:26 PM EST )

Greetings to you and your honorable families.

I am writing this letter because I was recently invited to minister in a church at Aguascalientes, Mexico. While many of us waited at the border in Laredo, some two and a half days, I saw more than five elderly persons waiting, as w....
( 11/30/2005 6:25 PM EST )

Medicaid is not only the prime source of health care for millions of Americans....
( 11/17/2005 5:08 PM EST )

This is a troubling statistic.

These men and women served our nation during its times of need and man....
( 11/03/2005 2:57 PM EST )

First, the painting, which is beautifully reproduced, titled “Mother Nature,” painted by Violeta Rendon, formerly a student and....
( 10/12/2005 4:47 PM EST )

We saw it over Houston roads: thousands and thousands of drivers lost on the roads, with no gas in their cars and exhausted by the heat.

In New Orlea....
( 10/06/2005 2:21 PM EST )

Katrina was a natural disaster – the worst in U.S. history – that uncovered a social disaster that had separated tens o....
( 09/29/2005 4:07 PM EST )

I’m Elvira Arellano and the President of the United Latino Family. Today marks 22 years since the assassination of Rudy Lozano and in his honor and legacy we the families that have suffered separation by deportation because of the broken immigration laws announce that w....
( 06/16/2005 11:24 AM EST )

The phrase “Puerto Ricans inviting Puerto Ricans home” captures the nature of our “Return to El Barrio Initiative.” As reported by Extra, young Puerto Ricans concerned with the future of their community launched the initiative. Aware that gentrification and displacement....
( 06/16/2005 11:20 AM EST )

I would like to thank Extra for helping inform your readers of Coqui- TV’s current situation.

As you know Coqui-TV is the first and longest airing Hispanic/Caribbean television program on cable in Chicago. For almost 17 years we have been very active in the H....
( 02/10/2005 11:24 AM EST )

Mayor Richard M. Daley has joined other home owners in criticizing the property tax assessment system. Hopefully, changes will be made to improve the system, eliminating the property tax would probably be the best change of all.

A fairer means of assessing property w....
( 01/14/2005 11:16 PM EST )

Extra and former paper Citylink deserve community recognition for public notices and objective reports on Logan Square parks. Extra article last week on Palmer Square park meeting mentioned “The Center at Logan Square” which has significant community support yet the City ex....
( 01/06/2005 9:44 PM EST )

Practically every government body is crying poor. They pretend they are tightening their belts, while daily scandals prove that they are really wasting and stealing money left and right.

This inspired me to think of how government’s excesses and outrages could be use....
( 01/06/2005 9:40 PM EST )

“All I want for Christmas is a home.” For the women and children who arrive at Chicago Abused Women Coalition (CAWC), this is their wish. It is hard to imagine spending the holidays without family, living in a shelter because your home is not safe.

According to a 2....
( 12/23/2004 10:10 PM EST )

The CTA chooses to put all of its eggs in one basket, playing power games in Springfield. The reality is they need more money. This could come from greater advertising revenue, more riders, or sale and leasing of property.

The CTA could gain more riders immediately....
( 11/04/2004 1:30 PM EST )

The FAA is right in demanding fines and the return of O’Hare funds that were illegally spent on the destruction of Meigs Field. The one who should pay, however, is Mayor Richard M. Daley. While it is proper to hold the City of Chicago responsible for the negligent actions of....
( 10/14/2004 11:37 AM EST )

We are looking forward to the upcoming elections and fulfilling our civic duty and voting for our Democratic candidates, State Senator Barack Obama running for the United States Senate and Senator John Kerry running for President of the United States. We encourage you to j....
( 10/02/2004 7:22 PM EST )

In an outstanding display of Democracy, Chicago’s Puerto Rican community has resoundingly voted no to a referendum that would have abolished democratic elections for President of the Puerto Rican Parade Committee of Chicago. Elections for President of the Puerto Rican Parad....
( 09/16/2004 10:50 AM EST )

For over 30 years, the Mexican Civic Society has been the preeminent civic group spearheading the Fiestas Patrias events. Its rich history and legacy of success can be attributed to the tireless efforts of countless dedicated professionals, business owners, and private citiz....
( 09/10/2004 10:47 AM EST )

I direct myself to you with all due respect expecting the same from you. As in a newspaper there should be truth and firmness.

I wish to inform you that I really think that in last week’s article, Mr. Velazquez was a hero of the Korean War, that although his medals came ....
( 08/12/2004 2:46 PM EST )

The Latino Theater Festival just ended with a great success to the satisfaction of those of us who love and admire these types of events.

The great City of Chicago hosted this great show that moved crowds during its presentations. Very warm congratulations to the d....
( 08/05/2004 11:47 AM EST )

As America has become our new home, so the traditions of democracy become what we must practice. Last Thursday, the Logan Square Neighborhood Association, along with the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, brought a busload of constituents to meet with our....
( 07/15/2004 4:06 PM EST )

At an emergency hearing before Judge Lynch of the Cook County Circuit Court on Tuesday morning, July 6, lawyers for Jeff Dietrich, the owner of the derelict buildings at 2826-42 North Kimball—2815-29 North Dawson, stated that Mr. Dietrich would have the buildings torn down ....
( 07/15/2004 3:58 PM EST )

I applaud Mayor Richard M. Daley, School Board President Michael Scott, CPS CEO Arne Duncan, and the Civic Committee of The Commercial Club of Chicago on their ambitious plan for the Chicago Public Schools. Renaissance 2010, with its spirit of innovation and proactive change ....
( 07/01/2004 3:47 PM EST )

This letter is in regards to the Extra’s section on Ward News published in your June 17th edition of the newspaper. At the very beginning of the Ward News section, its states that, “Ward News is Extra’s new monthly feature focusing on the services offices of local alde....
( 06/24/2004 4:54 PM EST )

I have been involved in planning and organizing civic activities in Chicago for the past fifteen years and reside in the Humboldt Park community. I am Puerto Rican and Mexican and very proud of my dual heritage. My recent volunteer and board activities have been with group....
( 06/17/2004 4:38 PM EST )