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May 11, 2016

‘Third world state’ and other accolades keep rolling in for Michigan

I’ve written before about what an embarrassment the state of Michigan is turning out to be, given its long list...

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March 6, 2016

We should learn our lessons from the sad history of the Flint River

Technology news site The Verge recently asked a good question about the Flint water crisis: How did the Flint River...

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February 11, 2016

My day handing out water and supplies in Flint with the Red Cross

If you really want to disrupt people’s lives in a fundamental way — not to mention endanger their health —...

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January 17, 2016

Flint water crisis, Detroit schools a major reckoning for a once-proud state

In case you didn’t notice, the lead poisoning water crisis that is right now engulfing Flint is playing out in...

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