Tag Archives: Flint

Tap runs brown in Louisiana’s impoverished northeast

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Luther Blissett

With infrastructure funds going unspent, residents have lack of drinking supplies and iron sediment flowing from pipes By Lauren Zanolli Source: Al Jazeera ST. JOSEPH, Louisiana – “I’m scared to take a bath,” said Ethel Strum, who lives in St. … Continue reading →

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Report: Flint lead filters provide inadequate protection for residents

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Luther Blissett

By Shannon Jones Source: WSWS.org Federal and state officials are warning Flint residents that the lead filters they are using may be inadequate to protect them from the effects of elevated levels of lead in the city’s drinking water. The … Continue reading →

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Poisoning Black Cities

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Luther Blissett

They drowned New Orleans. Now they have poisoned Flint, Michigan. The corporate campaign to ethnically cleanse U.S. cities knows no bounds. Michigan’s emergency financial manager law is “part of Wall Street’s tool kit to starve, bulldoze, redline, over-price, oppressively police, and even … Continue reading →

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People Over Politics: Michigan Militia Joins Michael Moore to Protest Flint Water Crisis

Posted on January 24, 2016 by Luther Blissett

By Carey Wedler Source: Anti-Media The water crisis in Flint, Michigan has inspired an unlikely partnership: a local militia group is coordinating with outspoken liberal filmmaker Michael Moore to demand accountability and clean water for residents. Moore, a Flint native … Continue reading →

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