Arts & Entertainment - Nov. 3, 2007
Milwaukee comes alive on Día de los Muertos
I headed down to 10th and National last night for “Día de los Muertos” and found Milwaukee's South Side to be very much alive.
Tags: Dia de los Muertos, Walker's Point Center for the Arts, United Community Center, Latino, Mothers Against Gun Violence, Latin music

Politics - Dec. 15, 2006
Illegal immigration issue standoff likely to linger
Republicans sought to draw attention to the immigration issue in the hope of passing legislation to stem illegal immigration and return undocumented workers already here. But as Congress adjourned this fall, there was no movement on the issue, despite it dominating discussion during the last weeks of the session.
Tags: immigration, latino, republican, democrat, dennis shook

Movies & TV - Aug. 24, 2006
A girl's trip to womanhood not a "Quinceanera"
MTV looks at the world of rich kids and their birthday parties in the reality show "Sweet Sixteen." Girls of Latin descent have experienced big celebrations of their own, called Quinceañeras, when they turn 15. "Quinceañera," the film, follows one girl's troubled journey from childhood into womanhood.
Tags: quinceanera, latino, latina

Politics - June 30, 2006
Latino convention puts Milwaukee in middle of immigration debate
Thousands of people and top national politicos have been gathering this week for the national League of United Latin American Citizens convention, making Milwaukee and area Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner central figures in the national immigration debate.
Tags: Latino, immigration, WisPolitics

Politics - April 28, 2006
May Day march preceded by rumors
In the wake of recent arrests of illegal immigrants by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents throughout the nation, it didn't take much to spread concern that the same was about to happen in southeastern Wisconsin.
Tags: Latino, Hispanic, protest, immgrant, immigration, Neumann-Ortiz, customs, INS

Politics - April 18, 2006
Milwaukeeans march in protest of Jude verdicts
More than 3,000 Milwaukeeans of all races marched Downtown Tuesday morning to protest the not guilty verdicts handed down by an all-white jury in the Frank Jude, Jr. beating case last Friday.
Tags: Jude, police, McGee, African-American, latino

Marketplace - March 15, 2005
Que Pasa serves up books, coffee y literacy
Que Pasa Coffee & Books, 611 W. National Ave., is Wisconsin's first and only Spanish bilingual bookshop. The cozy retail outlet is also a cyber cafe, literacy center and a popular space for business meetings and cultural events.
Tags: Que Pasa, books, Latino, Hispanic

Milwaukee Buzz - March 6, 2005
Sunday Sound-off: Should all Milwaukeeans strive to learn Spanish?
With the local Latino community growing by leaps and bounds, should Milwaukeeans who don't already speak the language make more of an effort to learn it? Also, what you thought of last week's Oscars.
Tags: Latino, sound-off

Milwaukee Buzz - Sept. 9, 2004
Candidates ignore Hispanics at their peril
Both political parties have launched efforts to reach out to Wisconsin's Hispanic population -- a group that has nearly doubled in the last decade and increased by about 8 percent in the last two years.
Tags: Kerry, Democrat, campaign, Bush, Republican, Latino, Hispanic, Hegerty, Election2004

Arts & Entertainment - July 26, 2004
Local Latinas share life through literature
Michelle Herrera Mulligan and Robyn Moreno share their experiences editing the new essay collection, "Borderline Personalities: A Generation of Latinas Dish on Sex, Sass & Cultural Shifting," at the Latino Arts, Inc.
Tags: Latino, Latina, Hispanic, Spanish

Travel & Visitors Guide - March 15, 2004
Urban Anthropologists dig up local culture
Urban Anthropology Inc., a non-profit organization of cultural anthropologists and community activists, will offer community tours of African-American and "Old South Side" neighborhoods this spring.
Tags: Urban Anthropology, anthropologist, tour, neighborhoods, Irish, German, African-American, Latino, Polish, Hmong, Italian, ethnic, Indian

Kids & Family - May 24, 2003
Milwaukee Achiever Program works for solutions
In 1982, a study called "Milwaukee 2000" revealed that one in every six Milwaukeeans was functionally illiterate. In response to this information, Alverno, Mount Mary and Cardinal Stritch colleges formed a not-for-profit organization called the Milwaukee Achiever Program, and today, have served almost 7,000 Milwaukee residents.
Tags: Latino, Hispanic, Outcare, non-profit, latinospeaksout

Marketplace - March 12, 2003
Market Place brings Gringo dollars to Latino artists
Six times a year, Susan or Elliott Sanders travel to Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia or Colombia to purchase handcrafts and clothing to sell in their 33-year-old shop, The Market Place (2034 E. North Ave.)
Tags: Central America, Latino, Guatemala, Nicaragua, South America, Mexican