by Claire Thompson | May 31, 2011 | Back Home, Culture Shock, Family, What's New
[Read the story as published in Spanish or in English in Extra, as a collaboration with Immigrant Connect, and listen in on a discussion of the issue that aired on Vocalo 89.5 FM in Chicago on July 11, 2011. Also read a companion story – Community programs...
by Claire Thompson | Apr 24, 2011 | Back Home, Family, Learning the Language, Our Staff, What's New
It was a hot day in 2003, and it seemed even hotter in my neighbors’ house. Maybe it was the lower ceilings, or the never-updated shag carpeting, or the spanakopita Sandra cooked in the small kitchen. I don’t think it was actually called spanakopita. Sandra and...