Article 13788 Flint water crisis: residents say Hillary Clinton ‘coming for the entertainment’

Flint water crisis: residents say Hillary Clinton ‘coming for the entertainment’

by
Lucia Graves in Flint, Michigan
from on (#13788)

While some praise the candidate's visit for bringing attention to the city as its water crisis continues, others see a candidate plying a cause 'just to get votes'

Hillary Clinton has made every effort to make Flint her own. The water crisis afflicting this predominantly black Michigan city - ignored by Washington politicians for years - has become another battlefield in a progressive war between Clinton and Bernie Sanders. Race, class and the environment matter again in an issues-based, neck-and-neck race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Related: 'It's all just poison now': Flint reels as families struggle through water crisis

Continue reading...

rc.img

rc.img

rc.img

a2.img
ach.imga2t.imga2t2.imgmf.gif
External Content
Source RSS or Atom Feed
Feed Location http://feeds.theguardian.com/theguardian/environment/rss
Feed Title
Feed Link http://feeds.theguardian.com/
Reply 0 comments