Local Archives - Chicago Mundo Hoy

Storied recycling company General Iron poised to relocate to East Side

June 26, 2020 9:17 am

A metal recycling company with roots stretching more than a century is poised to move across town in Chicago. But residents in the East Side neighborhood aren’t exactly rolling out the welcome mat. Plans are in motion for General Iron...

Mundo Hoy Profile: Alderman Gilbert Villegas

January 20, 2020 8:26 amJanuary 21, 2020 9:01 am

“I’m excited that I’m working in the floor leader capacity and I look forward to working with my colleagues in the city council and the mayor to make Chicago successful,” declared Alderman Gilbert Villegas in an interview with Chicago Mundo...

As Latino population surges, José Miguel Acosta-Córdova takes stock

November 22, 2019 7:18 amNovember 26, 2019 11:18 am

Chicago’s sharpest demographer can’t stop won’t stop. José Miguel Acosta-Córdova talks so fast and knows so much that a reporter calling him for comment literally cannot keep up. Acosta-Córdova was the author of the Latino Neighborhoods Report: Issues and Prospects...