The continuing injustice of Flint should be a wakeup call. With billions flowing from Washington and millions of lead pipes still in place across the country, now is the time to establish access to clean water as a human right.
The threat of lead pipes is nothing new, of course. Before the world learned that tens of thousands of people in Flint, Mich., were being poisoned, officials had dismissed residents’ concerns that their water was making them sick. This astounding neglect shone a light on systemic inequities that have been baked into too many of our communities for far too long. It was a moment of reckoning, underlining the question of who gets to be healthy in America and who is left behind. Read More
