Jill Stein’s Recount Effort Raises Millions In Just Hours
Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein’s call to raise funds to support vote recounts in three key states was met with ease late Wednesday, with the https://jillstein.nationbuilder.com/recount"}}">fundraiser quickly exceeding its $2 million goal.
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Our outdated infrastructure will fall apart if we don't invest in repairing it — that's just physics.
Flint, MI Water Crisis Is Proof Positive That We Need Better Infrastructure and a Progressive Budget
The water crisis in Flint, Michigan is the perfect case for why our country needs more funding for infrastructure, not less.
How Michigan's Flint River came to poison a city
To date, over 25,000 children in Flint, Michigan, have been exposed to lead contamination from the city’s water supply. How did the water get that way?
Snyder's Advisers Knew Flint Water Was Toxic
New emails reveal that top advisers knew about problems with Flint water as far back as 2014, reinvigorating calls that 'the Governor must resign'
Professor Who Exposed Flint Crisis Says Greed Has Killed Public Science
Academic pressure and financial motives has prohibited scientists from asking important questions
People of Flint Call for Pro-Democracy Revolt to Save Their Poisoned City
Residents and advocacy organizations are seeking outside intervention, and a complete overhaul of the state government
Senate Democrats Push to Address Flint Water CrisisSenate Democrats said Wednesday they will push to address the water crisis in Flint, Michigan as part of a bipartisan energy bill being debated in the Senate.
Senate Democrats said Wednesday they will push to address the water crisis in Flint, Michigan as part of a bipartisan energy bill being debated in the Senate.
Undocumented immigrants in Flint say they’ve been denied free water and are scared to get help
While the state government mobilizes a massive response to the water crisis in Flint, handing out bottled water and filters to residents affected by lead-contaminated tap water, undocumented residents here feel left out.
Flint Residents Told That Their Children Could Be Taken Away If They Don’t Pay For City’s Poison Water
Not only is the Michigan government poisoning residents, but now they are threatening to take their children for not paying for it.
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