NNS reporter Jabril Faraj, goes on the air with Lake Effect’s Joy Powers to discuss Voces de la Frontera, and a Day without Latinos, Immigrants and Refugees.
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NNS on Lake Effect Radio: The victims of Greenfield Avenue
NNS reporter Edgar Mendez, goes on the air with Lake Effect’s Joy Powers to discuss some of the challenges facing Greenfield Avenue on Milwaukee’s south side. The area has become the city’s main prostitution hub, and a place where prostitutes and residents alike are victimized.
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NNS on Lake Effect Radio: Panhandling Laws in Milwaukee
NNS reporter Andrea Waxman, goes on the air with Lake Effect’s Joy Powers to discuss the new laws regarding panhandling. Panhandling on street medians and highway ramps in Milwaukee became illegal on Oct. 28, 2016. A new city ordinance calls for violators to be fined or imprisoned.
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NNS on Lake Effect Radio: More police is not the answer for Milwaukee
NNS reporter Jabril Faraj goes on the air with Joy Powers to discuss Milwaukee’s message to the Common Council at a recent Public Safety Committee hearing: More police will not be sufficient to reduce violence and crime in the city.
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NNS on Lake Effect Radio: Doulas of Color Collective
NNS reporter Naomi Waxman goes on the air with Lake Effect’s Joy Powers to talk about Doulas, pregnancy, and infant health and mortality.
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NNS on Lake Effect Radio: Unrest in Sherman Park
NNS reporter Jabril Farij goes on the air with Lake Effect’s Joy Powers to talk about protests in Sherman Park in the wake of the police shooting of 23-year-old Silville Smith
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NNS on Lake Effect Radio: Westlawn residents move out, ahead of September demolitions
After winning a $30 million federal grant to rebuild the second half of the Westlawn public housing development, the city of Milwaukee’s housing authority is relocating the first group of residents.
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NNS on Lake Effect: Depression in Latina teens
Reporter Sophia Boyd discusses why Latina teens are disproportionately affected by mental health problems including cutting and suicidal thoughts. The Sixteenth Street Community Health Center has started a support group called SEEDS, which stands for Self-Esteem, Empowerment, Empathy and Discovery of Self.
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NNS on Lake Effect: Lead-poisoning risk in Milwaukee
Reporter Wyatt Massey discusses how diminished federal funding for lead-abatement efforts has prompted the city to limit subsidies to six North Side ZIP codes, leaving owners of old homes in other neighborhoods scrambling for help.
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NNS on Lake Effect: Human trafficking in Milwaukee
Reporter Allison Dikanovic discusses the extent of human trafficking in Milwaukee, with a particular focus on the difficulties of apprehending and prosecuting those who purchase sex.