Makani Themba on Jackson Crisis
Jackson, Mississippi, residents who have been harmed many times over are being told that the appropriate response is to take away their voice.
‘The People of Flint Are Still Suffering’
“The media…basically regurgitated falsified data that was being said to them by the very state government that presided over the poisoning.”
Jordan Chariton on Flint Water Crisis, Maurice Carney on Lumumba Assassination
While corporate media have largely let the water crisis in Flint go, the story isn’t over, nor has justice been served.
Flint ‘Really Comes Down to People Not Being Listened To’
“Flint is a failure on a number of different levels, a failure from the city level to the state level to the federal level.”
Chris Savage, Talia Buford & Peggy Case on Flint Water Crisis
Conversations about Flint on CounterSpin, in its particulars and in terms of how it fits into bigger questions around environmental racism, resource control and local governance.
‘Millions of People Lose Water Service Because They Can’t Afford Their Water Bills’
“The first thing that the CDC tells you to do to help prevent the spread of disease is to wash your hands. But if you don’t have water at home, you can’t take that simple action to protect yourself or your family or your community.”
Mary Grant on Water & Covid-19, David Cay Johnston on the Last Bailout
Along with many other things, Covid-19 has underscored the individual and communal harms of a water affordability crisis in this country that usually remains hidden.
‘People Have to Strengthen the Laws Protecting the Water’
“Before the Flint crisis, the state had cut Flint off of revenue-sharing money that could have been used to fix their infrastructure. They get money taken away from them. Nestlé gets profits given to them, in the form of free water. It’s just completely unjust.”
YouTube as Conspiracy Conduit
While radio hosts like Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and Michael Savage indoctrinated older demographics in conspiratorial right-wing politics in recent decades, right-wing YouTube videos serve the same purpose for younger age groups.
