The scandal over Flint’s water is a tale of poverty and race
“Flintonians are proud of their home town and resent its status as an emblem of urban decay. ‘It is so important to come and see,’ implores Karen Weaver, the mayor, regretting the damage inflicted by the water scandal on Flint’s already grim reputation. As well as ranking among America’s poorest and most violent cities, Flint is now known as a place where the government poisons its citizens with brown, foul-smelling water—and then lies about it until the evidence is irrefutable.”