Tag: Flint
Indignation as Michigan judge drops Flint water charges against GOP ex-Gov...
"The people of Flint deserve justice—and it's unacceptable that the people responsible for Flint's water crisis aren't being held accountable," said Food & Water Watch in response to the development.
Flint residents return to court after city misses deadline to replace...
"The people of Flint won't tolerate any more broken promises from the city, which is under a federal court order to get the lead pipes out of the ground and somehow still can't get the job done."
Former Michigan governor and others in his administration face charges in...
While the nature of the charges are unknown, charges were brought against former governor Rick Snyder, a Republican, Nick Lyon, former health department director, and other officials in his administration.
Flint’s crisis reveals national failure on school ‘leadership’
Flint, Michigan, became a national poster child for incompetence and corruption when a small group of autocratic officials put in charge by...
New search warrants in Flint water crisis probe raise serious and...
"The people of Flint deserve answers. Hopefully this investigation will yield them. And there needs to be accountability for those involved in creating this crisis, including former Governor Snyder."
Flint: 5 years later, and our water is more threatened than...
High levels of lead leached from the old pipes, poisoning a generation of Flint's children, and bacteria responsible for an outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease killed more than a dozen residents.
Judge determines Flint residents can sue US government for water crisis
“The EPA was well aware that the Flint River was highly corrosive and posed a significant danger of lead leaching” into residents’ homes.
Shutoffs continue as the people of Detroit fight for water as...
“That’s why a lot of people in Detroit are choosing water over medicine, water over rent, water over new shoes for their kids." “Because it’s such a huge percentage of people’s income right now.”
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, September 13
Democratic lawmakers demand answers from FEMA , Trump cuts FEMA budget to pay for ICE, Midwest abandons Trump, and more.
Flint water crisis ongoing: ‘We are still suffering’
"Four years later, my son, for example, we still can't safely use our water, he can't take a bath without telling me it burns."
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Israel accused of using aid as bait as over 300 Palestinians killed at food...
Palestinians seeking flour and water have become targets, with Israeli forces killing hundreds at so-called humanitarian aid points backed by the U.S.
Lessons from Vieques: Resisting US militarism, building unity
Our only hope is to learn from and center the past and present struggle in Vieques and everywhere else bearing the brunt of U.S. militarism, to clearly understand where our enemies converge.
Martial Law in the United States
Trump will reverse the equation and use martial law to overcome public protest.
America’s new Industrial Revolution
Will Donald Trump will be remembered ruefully as our country’s very own King Canute, who used the full force of presidential power in a failed, futile effort to halt the tides of technological change?
Conservation innovations: How sustained resistance is saving one of the Earth’s most critical rainforests...
As profit-driven exploitation imperils Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, some unique conservation strategies are working to save it.