Melita M. Garza

The Nigerian cabdriver, the Polish housekeeper and the Mexican gardener are familiar images of the jobs held by many immigrants in the Chicago area. But now add the Pakistani doctor...

As of Aug. 1, for the first time, this rural New England state has an official language: English. Such a legal declaration, particularly in a state peopled almost entirely by...

President Clinton said Wednesday night that he hears a clamoring among Americans for health-care reform. But around Chicago and its suburbs, the desire for improved health coverage is tempered by...

A Logan Square civic group is set to unveil a wide-ranging plan it says will expand the near Northwest Side community's educational services, housing and job opportunities. Twelve local banks...

It is hard to miss the signs defining Little Village. West 26th Street becomes Calle Mexico and passes under a pinkish arch of concrete and Spanish tile, offering the welcome,...

History was made Tuesday in Chicago and the suburbs when voters sent the first Hispanic to Congress from Illinois. The real battle in the 4th District had been fought and...

Mayfair Bank, the first Korean-American-owned bank in Chicago, was declared insolvent Thursday and seized by Illinois banking regulators. Federal regulators said 36 depositors stand to lose a total of almost...

Jae Choi of the Korean American Citizens Action Committee calls them the ''1.5 generation.'' She is referring to the children of Korean immigrants whose parents came to America in the...

The shuttering of schools by the Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago is becoming a common event. Too common for Marta Cruz. Two years ago, two of her sons transferred to another...

A three-day FBI stakeout of a stolen car led to the capture of a suspected bank robber Monday and a chase and shootout across Schaumburg and Hanover Park that resulted...