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Flint water poisoning
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How Wall Street Caused a Water Crisis in America’s Cities
Vulnerable residents are paying the price for dangerous financial deals.
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It Takes A Flint To Start A Fire
It takes something truly egregious to catalyze public action – we all now know the harm that was done and the toxic combination of neglect and manipulation that led to it. Will Flint be the tipping point?
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Goodnight, and Good Luck: Al Jazeera America Shutters Its Doors
The core principle driving the journalism that distinguished Al Jazeera America online as a unique voice in a cluttered news landscape was the simple – yet radical – proposition that no single human life is worth less than any other.
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As They Drank Contaminated Water, Flint Residents Charged Highest Water Rates In The Country
A Flint resident paid $864.32 a year for water in January 2015 – about $500 more than what the typical family in the rest of the country paid for water from other public utilities, and more than twice the average rate paid in Michigan.
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Michael Moore: 10 Things They Won’t Tell You About the Flint Water Tragedy, But I Will
The media, which came to the story so late, can only process so much – but if you live in Flint or the State of Michigan as I do, you know all too well that what the greater public has been told about the water crisis only scratches the surface.
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Government’s Newest Trade Deal Is PPP: Poison the Population for Profit
Incidences of poisoned water, not isolated to Flint, are snowballing into a colossal emblem of government's prioritization of corporate interests and profit over the basic health and human rights of citizens.
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Flint Water Crisis: Michigan Officials Ignored E.P.A. Warnings About Toxicity, Expert Advice Dismissed
The federal agency warned of an unfolding toxic water crisis in Flint but was “met with resistance” by Michigan authorities, a fiery congressional hearing into the city’s public health disaster revealed Wednesday.
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Michigan Alters Water Testing Rules In Wake of Flint Lead Poisoning Crisis
The state changed its water testing rules as a lawsuit filed by residents and advocacy groups sought to compel city and state officials to follow federal requirements for testing and treating water for lead content.
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Arrest Michigan Governor Rick Snyder: An Open Letter from Michael Moore
To poison all the children in an historic American city like Flint is no small feat – even international terrorist organizations haven't figured out yet how to do something on a magnitude like this.
