Today on Lake Effect, Milwaukee’s Hunger Task Force explains how federal funding cuts could affect food assistance for people in Wisconsin. Then, students at UWM’s branch campus in Waukesha are preparing for their school’s closure, and we speak with the superintendent of Milwaukee County’s Community Reintegration Center about her approach to rehabilitation. Plus, we talk to a sociologist about why poverty persists in a country as rich as the US, and what needs to change to end it.
Guests:
- Matt King, CEO of the Hunger Task Force
- Vanessa Harris, student at UWM-Waukesha
- Chantell Jewell, superintendent of the Milwaukee County Community Reintegration Center
- Matthew Desmond, sociology professor at Princeton University and the author of “Poverty, By America”
