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Lead Levels

Placards posted above water fountains warn against drinking the water at Flint Northwestern High School in Flint, Michigan, on May 4th, 2016.

An additional 18 million kids attended schools where officials didn't test the drinking water for lead, or where officials didn't know whether they had tested.

By Francie Diep

News in Brief

While a settlement in a civil rights complaint brings some relief, residents are still left wondering why hundreds of homes were built on an industrial wasteland.

By Kevin Stark

News in Brief

How one city’s lead crisis has left more than 1,100 people looking for new homes.

By Kevin Stark

Lead Levels

Thirteen Million American Kids Went to Schools Last Year Where Officials Found Elevated Levels of Lead in the Drinking Water

East Chicago’s Housing Crisis, Continued: The Week That Turned the City Upside Down

Behind the Scenes of East Chicago’s Housing Crisis