03.02.2017 - By WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR
The Milwaukee metro area has a reputation as one of the most segregated in the United States. A number of studies support that reputation. Yet what's talked about less are the reasons the community is so divided, and the consequences. WUWM is tackling the subject in the series, Project Milwaukee: Segregation Matters . News reports and Lake Effect interviews will address numerous aspects of segregation here, including why it persists and whether there are ways to blur the barriers that separate