flint water crisis
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Sen. Duckworth Introduces Bill Addressing Environmental Racism
U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) introduced a bill Thursday that aims to provide health equity and climate justice for underserved communities and communities of color that have historically been impacted by environmental injustices. The Environmental Justice for All Act acknowledges that communities of color face public health challenges that make them much more susceptible to…
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#Flint: Judge Denies Former Michigan Governor Request to Dismiss Charges Regarding the Flint Water Crisis
Former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is currently facing charges for his role in the ongoing Flint water crisis. A request by Snyder’s legal team to have those charges dismissed was rejected by a judge on Thursday. According to the Associated Press, Snyder’s legal team attempted to get the charges dismissed on a technicality, arguing that since…
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From Shreveport to Jackson, Water Woes Reveal Infrastructure and Racism Inextricably Linked
Many residents in Jackson, Miss., are closing out their third week without clean water after record-breaking freezing temperatures froze plant equipment and burst much of the city’s water pipe systems in the state’s largest city. Activists on the ground are frantically running around Jackson and the nearby Delta area to ensure that residents have access…
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#Flint: Several Former Michigan Officials, Including Ex-Governor Rick Snyder, to Face Charges Over Flint Water Crisis
Michigan’s former governor, Rick Snyder, as well as several other former officials have been informed that charges will be filed against them following a probe into the Flint water crisis. According to the Associated Press, the state attorney general’s office has informed defense attorneys about the pending charges, and initial court appearances are expected to…
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#Flint: Michigan Expected to Pay $600 Million to Victims of Yearslong Water Crisis
It has been 2,309 days—or over six years—since the people of Flint, Michigan have been without a clean and reliable water system. Now, Michigan officials are expected to announce this week that the state will pay around $600 million in damages to the victims of the crisis. The New York Times reports that the settlement…
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People Keep Vandalizing Michael Bloomberg's Campaign Offices and the Blame Is Being Pinned on Bernie Sanders
Somebody doesn’t like Michael Bloomberg. Actually, no. That would imply that it’s just a single person. Many people don’t like Michael Bloomberg. Throughout the country, actually. There’s Salt Lake City, Utah, and Knoxville, Tenn.: And don’t forget Ann Arbor and Flint, Mich.: Basically, his campaign offices keep being mistaken for piñatas. But who would do…
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Flint Asks for Extension to Test Vulnerable Homes for Lead in Water
As part of an ongoing effort to keep its water safe, Flint, Mich. has filed an extension to allow officials more time to submit water tests for the homes most likely to have lead water lines. Michigan state and federal laws require the city to test for lead lines every six months—a more frequent timetable…
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How Black Flint Residents Are Fighting the Water Crisis Despite Government Inaction
“They want Flint to die.” —Liberty Bell text Walking around Flint, Mich., the epicenter of one of America’s most prominent self-inflicted environmental tragedies, residents feel that its water crisis was purposefully allowed to happen. State officials, from the former GOP governor on down, are letting the mostly black city suffer through lead-laced water as a…
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Flint Water Crisis Worsens, City Spills 2 Million Gallons of Sewage Into Flint River
As if residents of Flint, Mich., haven’t endured enough when it comes to the city’s water supply, they now have millions of gallons of raw sewage to contend with. From MLive: The city dumped an estimated 2 million gallons of untreated sewage into the Flint River Sunday, Aug. 18, just months after officials warned wastewater…