03.08.2017 - By WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR
It’s widely understood that Milwaukee is a segregated metropolitan area. But what’s less-appreciated is how segregation connects to other social issues the area faces. Soon-to-be-released research by UW-Milwaukee professor Marc Levine links segregation to a key factor that overlays it – poverty. Levine is the director of UWM’s Center for Economic Development . READ: Measuring Black/White Segregation in Metro Milwaukee “The overlap is very strong between the level of segregation in any