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Flint

The West Virginia State Capitol building in Charleston sits on the Kanawha River, which is fed in part by the Elk River — the main water supply for nearly 300,000 of the state's residents.
Science
Documentary uncovers contaminated truths behind water crisis in West Virginia, other locations
Rhonada Collier clears away tree branches in front of an abandoned house in an attempt to make her once thriving working-class neighborhood that is now littered with blight look better in Flint, Michigan.
Culture
Want to fight crime? Plant some flowers with your neighbor.
Nestle
Economics
While Flint waits, Nestle pumps Michigan water on the cheap
Water faucet lead?
Environment
An investigation has found lead in 2,000 US water systems
Information about filters at a distribution center table
Environment
One reason undocumented immigrants didn’t learn about Flint’s lead poisoning sooner: There wasn’t much in Spanish
Studies show that communities of color are especially vulnerable to environmental injustice and environmental racism.
Environment
This professor says Flint’s water crisis amounts to environmental racism
Flint water protest
Environment
The water crisis in Flint is ‘an entirely preventable man-made disaster’
flint water
Environment
The mom and the EPA ‘rogue employee’ who exposed Flint’s water crisis
Business, Economics and Jobs
Some Detroit advocates question why feds won’t bailout bankrupt city
Michigan’s Blue Economy
New Ruling in Flint, Michigan