Illinois Court swears in first elected Latino

Dec. 4, 2012
Judge Jesse Reyes is the first ever Latino elected to the Illinois Appellate Court.

For Latino families, trading the couch for the curandero

Oct. 21, 2011
According to the latest Youth Risk Behavior Survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, over 15 percent of Latino youth in the United States have considered attempting suicide. By comparison, rates for black and white youth were 13 percent.

FMEL shocks Chicagoans into a new world of Latino electronic music

Aug. 23, 2011
Stephanie Manriquez and Charly Garcia, co-founders of the Latin Electronic Music Festival - called “FMEL” from its initials in Spanish - are taking Chicagoans into the brave new world of electronic music.“We want to have new digital contemporary art and music from Latin America, so we created this s

Teatro Vista up for New York and Chicago honors

Apr. 1, 2011
 You just can't get away from Teatro Vista these days, the little Off-Loop Latino theater troupe that could.

Making Movies on whiskey, touring and their sound

Mar. 5, 2011
Kansas City indie Latin rock band Making Movies are on a tour that brought them through Chicago.

Mayoral candidates respond to Latino issues questionnaire

Feb. 10, 2011
Of the candidates running for mayor, two come from the Latino community. But Latinos are the city’s third largest population.

Chicago mayoral candidate Miguel del Valle campaigns as a reformer

Feb. 8, 2011
The 2011 Chicago municipal election is two weeks away. Tuesday, Eight Forty-Eight begins its one-on-one conversations with the candidates for mayor.

Mayoral candidates could split Chicago vote

Jan. 11, 2011
The two prominent Latinos running for Chicago mayor say they won't unify around a consensus candidate as several African-Americans who once eyed the job have done.Gery Chico and Miguel del Valle are among a crowded field in a campaign that has a chance of producing Chicago's first Latino mayor.