by Gary Jones | Mar 10, 2021 | Magazine Article
Ayad Akhtar first came to my attention when I wrote a feature for Peninsula Pulse on Door County’s Big Read selection, American Dervish. This was Akhtar’s 2012 coming-of-age novel about the Pakistani-American son of Muslim immigrants living in Milwaukee. Years later I...
by Jody Clowes, Jesus Salas, Terese Agnew, Patty Loew | Nov 4, 2017 | Videos
DISCUSSION GUIDE: Download questions for Whose Dream Is It? The American Dream is a shared dream of our own creation. The phrase implies the inclusion of all who live here and embrace the promise of a democracy that represents its diverse citizens and communities. Yet...
by Michael Bell, Sarah Lloyd | Oct 17, 2017 | Videos
The phrase “America’s Dairyland” often brings to mind images of cows munching on green grass, a farmer heading out to chop hay, or a nice plate of artisan cheese. You might not immediately picture the people milking the cows, baling the hay, or working in...
by John Gurda | Sep 19, 2017 | Videos
Diversity has been one of Milwaukee’s hallmarks since the city’s infancy. A bewildering variety of ethnic communities have emerged there, including Native Americans and French Canadians before the dawn of urban time; Yankees, Germans, Irish, Poles, and Italians in the...
by Thomas Archdeacon | Sep 8, 2012 | Videos
In Part I of a special series of Academy Evenings talks entitled “Understanding Immigration,” UW–Madison history professor Thomas Archdeacon examines immigration in our nation’s history and how it compares and contrasts with immigration today....
