Tag: Michigan

Polls had been showing Clinton ahead in the state up until voting day. Here's how Bernie beat the odds.

Michigan’s voters decided to scrap the kind of super-empowered emergency managers who made questionable decisions in Flint – but state lawmakers found a way to revive the program.

A major victory and "game-changer" for the Bernie Sanders campaign.

A request for documents has been “completely ignored” by Michigan governor Synder.

Snyder has denied he improperly delayed the release of lead testing results in city schools conducted in October.

Flint may be years away from a solution to its current crisis, but in a few cities elsewhere in the country, there is, at least, a modicum of hope when it comes to developing ways to begin to address this country’s poisonous past.

Flint, Michigan, may be in the spotlight for the state of emergency due to lead-contaminated water, but they aren't the only city dealing with lead poisoning.

Genesee County inmates were given bottled water for five days, then told it was safe to consume tainted tap water again.

Flint reveals that there is a much deeper contamination poisoning our country's political morals: namely, an insidious right-wing belief that poor people (particularly people of color who are poor) are underserving moochers whose misfortunes can be ignored.

It is unknown who will be called to testify at the hearing, or why the Governor of the State, whose administration and appointees were responsible for the decisions that led to the public being forced to drink and bathe in contaminated water for so long, isn’t being called to the hearing.