Flint

#FlintLivesMatter

More than 100 water rights activists from Flint, Mich., and Detroit made the overnight bus journey to Washington, D.C., to…

February 8, 2016

Demonstration to demand: ‘Justice for Flint! Make GM pay!’

General Motors announced Feb. 3 gargantuan profits for 2015. The auto giant netted $9.7 billion after what little it pays…

February 4, 2016

Flint water crisis grows: State, GM give no assistance

As its two-year anniversary approaches, the Flint Water Scandal keeps growing. In April 2014 Flint dropped the Detroit Water and…

February 3, 2016

Solidarity brings water to Flint

Water You Fighting For? It’s more than a great play on words. It’s a grassroots organization in Flint, Mich., founded…

January 26, 2016

Black Lives Matter extends solidarity to people of Flint, Mich.

The Black Lives Matter National Network on Jan. 22 issued the following statement of solidarity with the people of Flint,…

January 26, 2016

Flint’s people deserve REPARATIONS

The writer is the 2016 Workers World Party presidential candidate. Her vice presidential candidate and running mate is Lamont Lilly.…

January 26, 2016

Flint demands water justice

Each new day brings more front-page headlines about the Flint, Mich., water crisis. The latest outrage is the admission that…

January 19, 2016

Behind the poisoning of Flint’s children

The lead poisoning of children in Flint, Mich., now a national scandal, was entirely preventable. Lead is poison. People exposed…

January 13, 2016

Detroit to Flint water march ends

A week-long, cross-state march, organized under the theme “Clean, Affordable Water for All: Detroit to Flint Water Justice Journey,” ended…

July 18, 2015

Detroit to Flint, Mich., ‘Justice Journey’ for water begins

The Water Justice Journey, a 70-mile, eight-day walk from Detroit to Flint, Mich., began July 3 with a gathering on…

July 8, 2015