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Flint Water Crisis: Ongoing Justice

“The word "ongoing" is doing a lot of work here. Flint's pipes were replaced. The mayor moved on. The cameras left. But the children who drank that lead water are still living with the neurological damage. The rot at the center doesn't clean itself up when the headlines stop.”Why Glen chose it

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A decade-long crisis exposing systemic failure in protecting public water safety, affecting predominantly Black and low-income communities Source · michiganpublic.org

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A decade-long crisis exposing systemic failure in protecting public water safety, affecting predominantly Black and low-income communities

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The word "ongoing" is doing a lot of work here. Flint's pipes were replaced. The mayor moved on.

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It was published by michiganpublic.org as “Flint Water Crisis: Ongoing Justice”, at https://www.michiganpublic.org/criminal-justice-legal-system/2025-12-23/first-claims-paid-from-600-million-flint-water-crisis-settlement-fund.

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