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Seniors can feel especially isolated in the winter months. Snow can make seniors homebound, according to Maureen Nellis, a registered nurse who works in an outpatient mental health program in Door County ..read more
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After years of piecemeal projects, joint plan will increase staff support, use data to find long-term solutions to high rates of homelessness ..read more
Wisconsin Public Radio » Social Issues
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s viewpoints are sometimes sanitized or simplified around the holiday named after him. An African American studies professor joins us to discuss why this happens and what we lose when it does ..read more
Wisconsin Public Radio » Social Issues
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We preview the upcoming regional chess championship being held in Wisconsin and learn some new tactics. Then we hear about bipartisan legislation to combat sex trafficking and why the state has earned a failing mark for its efforts so far. ..read more
Wisconsin Public Radio » Social Issues
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The public history project Wisconsin 101 is a platform that tells the history of the state through hundreds of objects. For free, people can read about an 1800s ballot box or the 1970s bra flag. We hear from one of the co-founders on the unique perspective of history through objects ..read more
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Former Washington Post features reporter Bethonie Butler has released a comprehensive and perhaps definitive book, "Black TV: Five Decades of Groundbreaking Television from Soul Train to Black-ish and Beyond ..read more
Wisconsin Public Radio » Social Issues
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Studies show that early intervention and integrated, team-based mental health services are an effective way to treat schizophrenia. However, many patients still can't access the new approach to care ..read more
Wisconsin Public Radio » Social Issues
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In less than six years, the number of dugout canoes known to exist in Wisconsin rose from 11 to nearly 100. Locating and studying these vessels, ranging from about 150 to 4,000 years old, is the mission of the Wisconsin Dugout Canoe Survey Project. The two researchers heading up the effort join us ..read more
Wisconsin Public Radio » Social Issues
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As opioid-related deaths continue to increase, Wisconsin’s only recovery high school struggles to meet demand. But with the latest state budget including $500,000 to fund new and existing schools, we hear from the Association of Recovery Schools on helping students with substance-use disorder. ..read more