Tag: Michigan

The Flint water crisis began when unelected emergency manager Darnell Earley, appointed by Governor Rick Snyder, switched the source of the city’s drinking water from the Detroit system to the corrosive Flint River.

At least 13 former and current state and local officials face criminal charges for their participation in the Flint water crisis.

A teacher in a struggling steel town reflects on the kind of education the next generation needs.

“Federal funding to help begin fixing the pipes at the heart of the Flint water crisis is shamefully overdue.”

Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein requested recounts in three states where Donald Trump narrowly beat Hillary Clinton: Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Flint has received relatively little media and public attention in the last few months, but residents there are still without clean drinking water and have been for years now.

A 63-year-old pipeline runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac. Great Lakes tribes—tapping into the Standing Rock spirit—want it stopped. A “Sacred Water” story.

Residents “are still not drinking water. They are still afraid of the water.”

We cannot sacrifice the planet for profits.

"The people of Flint deserved assistance more than a year ago, and they require assistance now, without further delay."