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Flint Water Crisis

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    Rick Snyder’s Harvard Fellowship and the Limits of CivilityThe former Michigan governor presided over the poisoning of Flint. But for Harvard’s Kennedy School, it wasn’t enough to disrupt business as usual.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  2. Michigan Health Chief Charged With Manslaughter for Role in Flint Water CrisisNick Lyon may be held criminally liable for suppressing information about a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that killed 12 in the Flint area.
    By Eric Levitz
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    Flint Residents Must Pay Full Price for Water They Can’t Drink Without a FilterAs the water credits ended, the doctor who uncovered the crisis highlighted Flint’s plight as a guest at President Trump’s address to Congress.
    By Margaret Hartmann
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    House Agrees to Stop Playing Politics With Flint, Attempt to Avoid ShutdownPaul Ryan and Nancy Pelosi reached a deal that is likely to dedicate aid for the water crisis and keep the government funded past Friday.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  5. People May Actually Go to Jail for Poisoning FlintThree state and local officials face felony charges for misconduct and conspiracy to tamper with evidence.
    By Eric Levitz
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    Michigan Governor Rick Snyder Will Drink Flint Water to Prove Everything Is FineUnfiltered, even! 
    By Claire Landsbaum
  7. Watch the Public Lashing of Michigan Governor Rick SnyderSnyder testified before Congress on Thursday. It didn’t go well.
    By Samuel Lieberman
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    Flint Residents Protest for $15 Minimum Wage in Face of Water CrisisHundreds rallied outside Sunday’s Democratic debate.
    By Claire Landsbaum
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    Michigan Governor Live-Tweets Debate ReactionsSnyder’s Twitter fingers were busy.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  10. I Went to Flint, Drank the Water, and Saw the Future of Civil RightsLessons from #JusticeForFlint.
    By Rembert Browne
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    Flint Residents Vent Their Anger at Bernie Sanders ForumHe connected the water-contamination crisis to America’s crumbling infrastructure.
    By Jonah Shepp
  12. Michigan Gives Flint Residents $30 Million to Pay Water BillsThe money will pay for clean water through April.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  13. Flint Residents Paid a Premium for Poisoned WaterA new study finds that Flint paid the highest water bills in the country.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. Flint Cases Could Yield Manslaughter ChargesAlso, Flint residents got a boil-your-water advisory Wednesday.
    By Samuel Lieberman
  15. Clinton and Sanders to Debate in Flint, MichiganThe Democratic party hopes to draw attention to the city, which is still in the midst of a massive, man-made environmental disaster.
    By Chas Danner
  16. Next Challenge for Flint: Enormous Piles of Empty Water BottlesTheir recycling program was not ready for this. 
    By Samuel Lieberman
  17. Flint State Workers Got Bottled Water a Year AgoFrom bad to worse.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  18. Michigan Militia Threatens Armed Revolt, Teams Up With Michael MooreWhat kind of issue can bring together Jesse Jackson and right-wing extremists?
    By Samuel Lieberman
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    EPA Regional Administrator Resigns Over Flint Water CrisisThe agency has also ordered Michigan to address the lead contamination immediately.
    By Jonah Shepp
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    Finger-Pointing and Fallout Over Flint Water Crisis ContinuesThe latest in the Michigan water-crisis case.
    By Jaime Fuller
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    Michigan Governor Calls Flint Water Crisis ‘a Disaster’The political fallout from the disaster continues.
    By Jaime Fuller
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    Obama Declares Federal Emergency Over Flint, Michigan, Water SupplyAnd the many failures to protect the city’s residents have now become a presidential-campaign issue.
    By Chas Danner