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How Michigan's Flint River came to poison a city
Written by Tafline Laylin | The Guardian
To date, over 25,000 children in Flint, Michigan, have been exposed to lead contamination from the city’s water supply. How did the water get that way?
Judge approves nearly $1 billion settlement between U.S. and tribes
Written by Mary Hudetz | Associated Press
A nearly $1 billion settlement between the Obama administration and Native American tribes has been settled over claims the government shorted tribes for decades on contract costs to manage education, law enforcement and other federal services.
Top Snyder aides urged going back to Detroit water
Written by Matthew Dolan and Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press
The city of Flint, Snyder's top legal aide wrote in October 2014, “should try to get back on the Detroit system as a stopgap ASAP before this thing gets too far out of control.”
Snyder's Advisers Knew Flint Water Was Toxic
Written by Nika Knight | Common Dreams
New emails reveal that top advisers knew about problems with Flint water as far back as 2014, reinvigorating calls that 'the Governor must resign'
To Protect Flint's Children, Get Them Out of There
Written by Andrea Germanos | Common Dreams
Public health expert argues for temporary resettlement to protect children from further risk of poisoning
A Concrete Plan to Make Black Lives Matter
Written by Mychal Denzel Smith | The Nation
This is a plan for pressuring whoever is in office, whether they are sympathetic to the causes of racial and economic justice or not.
'Part 1984. Part Enemy of the People': Flint Residents Share Outrage on Capitol Hill
Written by Lauren McCauley | Common Dreams
As affected families pack halls and overflow rooms in Congress, people want to know why Governor Snyder is hiding
Professor Who Exposed Flint Crisis Says Greed Has Killed Public Science
Written by Lauren McCauley | Common Dreams
Academic pressure and financial motives has prohibited scientists from asking important questions
Black Lives Shattered: How the Clintons Built Their Legacy on White Supremacy
Written by Amanda Girard | US Uncut
The Clinton family likes to portray themselves as champions of black Americans. That couldn’t be further from the truth. Going back almost three decades, the Clintons have a consistent track record of exploiting, targeting, and trampling on the black community, using government as the means to perpetuate white supremacy.
People of Flint Call for Pro-Democracy Revolt to Save Their Poisoned City
Written by Lauren MacAuley | Common Dreams
Residents and advocacy organizations are seeking outside intervention, and a complete overhaul of the state government
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Senate Democrats Push to Address Flint Water CrisisSenate Democrats said Wednesday they will push to address the water crisis in Flint, Michigan as part of a bipartisan energy bill being debated in the Senate.
Written by Matthew Daly | Associated Press
Senate Democrats said Wednesday they will push to address the water crisis in Flint, Michigan as part of a bipartisan energy bill being debated in the Senate.
Undocumented immigrants in Flint say they’ve been denied free water and are scared to get help
Written by Casey Tolan | Fusion.net
While the state government mobilizes a massive response to the water crisis in Flint, handing out bottled water and filters to residents affected by lead-contaminated tap water, undocumented residents here feel left out.
Flint Residents Told That Their Children Could Be Taken Away If They Don’t Pay For City’s Poison Water
Written by John Vibes | The Free Thought Project
Not only is the Michigan government poisoning residents, but now they are threatening to take their children for not paying for it.
7 Toxic Assaults on Communities of Color Besides Flint: The Dirty Racial Politics of Pollution
Written by David J. Krajicek | AlterNet
The lead poisoning of children in Flint is only the latest example of environmental racism in the U.S.
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