When Red Tape Is a Good Thing

Staff / Truthdig Mar 31, 2016 We don't just need to get money out of politics—we need to get it out of policy, too. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

All Eyes on Flint, but Drinking Water Crisis Stretches Nationwide

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams Mar 17, 2016 A USA Today investigation finds 350 schools and day-care centers failed lead tests about 470 times from 2012 through 2015. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Poisoned City: Flint and the Specter of Domestic Terrorism

By Henry A. Giroux / Truthout Mar 4, 2016 Flint provides a tragic example of what happens to a society when democracy begins to disappear and is surpassed by a state remade in the image of the corporation. Dig deeper ( 29 Min. Read )

Voices From the Front Lines of the Flint Water Crisis

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Feb 18, 2016 The Michigan crisis is, on the surface, about water -- but this debacle is also about democracy.The Michigan crisis is, on the surface, about water—but this debacle is also about democracy. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Welcome to the United States of Flint

By David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz / TomDispatch Feb 11, 2016 The children of Flint, Mich., are hardly the only ones threatened by lead. There’s a crisis in Baltimore, Herculaneum, Mo., Sebring, Ohio, and even the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. And that’s just to begin the list. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Flint’s Crisis Is About More Than Water

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 8, 2016 The thousands of Michigan children who were knowingly poisoned were victims of an American moral malaise: Our nation has bred generations of bureaucrats who are blind to values other than self-advancement and profit. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

The Terror of Flint’s Poisoned Water

By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Feb 4, 2016 Aggrieved Flint residents and their allies are demanding immediate action to ensure safe, clean water to the people of Flint Many are calling for Michigan Gov Snyder to resign or even to be arrested Snyder to resign -- or even to be arrested. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

FBI is Now Involved in the Investigation Into the Flint Water Crisis

By Nadia Prupis / Common Dreams Feb 3, 2016 Federal prosecutors are reportedly "working with a multi-agency investigation team on the Flint water contamination matter." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Pity the Children

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Feb 1, 2016 If we continue to ignore the hunger, poverty and desperate families and communities of our young, we guarantee there will be a huge, violent population plagued by crime, drug addiction and high incarceration rates. If we save the children, we save society. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

People of Flint Call for Pro-Democracy Revolt to Save Their Poisoned City

By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams Jan 28, 2016 Residents and advocacy organizations are seeking outside intervention and a complete overhaul of the state government. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Flint’s Water Crisis Is a Warning to Us All

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jan 28, 2016 We assume as a basic human right the easy access to clean water, and for most Americans it flows from the tap whenever we want But as the lead contamination in Michigan shows, we're more vulnerable than we think We assume as a basic human right the easy access to clean water . Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Flint All Over Again? Lead Poisoning Scandal Strikes Ohio Town

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams Jan 27, 2016 The state's Environmental Protection Agency has asked its federal counterpart to open a criminal investigation into what occurred in Sebring. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )