The managing director of Latino Arts, Inc. reflects on how his gallery’s long-running traditions during Día de los Muertos brings together community members to both learn and create ofrendas — altars for loved ones who have passed.
Opinion: Community Voices
Posted inArts and Recreation, Opinion: Community Voices
OPINION: ‘I give gratitude to life and death all year long’: Reflections on Día de Muertos
The founder of Milwaukee’s Day of the Dead Parade reflects on the importance of importance of Días de Muertos in her personal life and in the community.
Posted inEconomic Development, Opinion: Community Voices
OPINION: The loss of Strauss Brands is a win for Century City residents
Clearly, the neighbors of Century City, who had long hoped for the revitalization that was promised with the birth of the business park in 2009, did not see the proposed slaughterhouse as the type of investment they could embrace, nor did they see the presence of it as a benefit.
Posted inOpinion: Community Voices, Public Safety
OPINION: Here’s how we can fix our budget crisis: Spend more on people, less on police budget
It’s time for the Common Council and the mayor to listen to the will of the people: Reduce the police budget and invest in meeting the needs of their constituents.
Posted inOpinion: Community Voices, Public Safety
OPINION: The Fire and Police Commission needs to scrutinize MPD’s use of confidential informants, coerced confessions and no-knock search warrants
The idea that it is OK for the police to lie to a person, or manipulate or coerce them, to get the testimony they want without honoring that person’s request to have a lawyer present is anathema to any sense of justice.
Posted inOpinion: Community Voices
OPINION: ‘We are heartbroken’: Beans and Barley apologizes to community
Hearing the story of Portia Cobb and other customers experiencing profiling or feeling unsafe or unwelcome at Beans & Barley is incredibly troubling and alarming. We are hearing the concerns of our customers, past and present, and we are listening.
Posted inHarambee, Opinion: Community Voices
OPINION: ‘We are here for the long haul’: Bader Philanthropies’ commitment to Harambee
Bader’s move from the Historic Third Ward into the Harambee neighborhood was not about just moving stuff from one building to another building. We want to help make Martin Luther King Jr. Drive a place of fascinating activities and connections.
Posted inOpinion: Community Voices
OPINION: Now’s the time: What are your priorities for our community?
Milwaukee residents have an opportunity for their voice to be heard in prioritizing the focus of federal funds coming to our city.
Posted inOpinion: Community Voices
OPINION: How questioning a simple checkout procedure led to complex questions of racial profiling and ‘pent up anger against whites’
Portia Cobb, a professor at UWM and a filmmaker, writes about how a $6 purchase at what used to be one of her favorite east side eateries has led her to reassess how she navigates between segregated and privileged communities.
Posted inOpinion: Community Voices
OPINION: Yes, I am watching what happens at St. Joe’s. But I’m using the hospital, too. Here’s why you should as well.
Conversations between SDC and Ascension St. Joseph Hospital have been uncomfortable at times. But the outstanding quality of St. Joe’s medical care has never been in question. We must use the hospital.