A 150-Year Timeline of the Flint Water Crisis
Lessons about Flint’s long history of dirty water—from 1873 to the latest revelations about toxic taps.
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Flint Is What Happens When a Small-Government, Anti-Spending Philosophy Rules the Day
The crisis in Flint, Michigan, reveals the dangerous downside of treating public safety as just another line item.
Now That Its Children May Suffer Permanent Damage From Lead Exposure, What’s Flint Doing About It?
Thanks to the Flint water crisis, the city's kids could experience terrible, long-lasting consequences.
Led Astray: When Looking for Lead Contamination, Flint Failed to Test Homes With Lead Pipes
Flint made many mistakes, but its haphazard lead monitoring system was the worst of them.
New Jersey’s Water Problem, in One Graphic
Children in 11 municipalities and two counties in New Jersey have higher levels of lead in their blood than children in Flint, Michigan.
The Bureaucratic Malfeasance That Created Flint and Sebring’s Water Crises
A new report on lead contamination in an Ohio city underscores the severity (and ubiquity) of the town's health disaster.
Flint’s Horrifying Water Crisis Is Bigger Than Just Flint
The Rust Belt city's disaster is a sign of things to come.