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How you can help people in Flint during the water crisis

We recently got this question on Twitter: Chelsea's not the only one asking- so we've started to put together a list of ways that individuals can help in…

Congressman Dan Kildee, D-Flint, has been fighting for the release of Amir Hekmati and other Americans held prisoner by the Iranian government since 2013

Congressman Kildee on Amir Hekmati, Snyder's response to Flint water crisis

At last year’s State of the Union address, Flint Congressman Dan Kildee’s guest seat was unoccupied. It was left empty for Marine veteran Amir Hekmati of…

Rebecca Cunningham, the vice president of research at the University of Michigan and an emergency medical doctor, organized a national conference last fall on the prevention of firearm harm that drew more than 750 academics and public health, law, and criminal justice experts. "You can feel momentum" for change, she says.

Meet the public health researchers trying to rein in America's gun violence crisis

After the 1996 Dickey Amendment halted federal spending on gun violence research, a small group of academics pressed on, with little money or support. Now a new generation is taking up the charge.

The giant white marble boulders that line the Agos River just north of the Philippine village of Daraitan are sacred to the Indigenous Dumagat people. They use the boulders to perform rituals to ward off sickness and keep their village safe. If the Kaliwa Dam is built upriver, the Dumagat say these rocks will be destroyed to make way for the increased water flow.

The Philippines' capital is running out of water. Is building a dam the solution?

Officials say the Kaliwa Dam will help alleviate an impending water shortage in the capital that's being exacerbated by climate change. But the project is plagued with controversies and questions.

Author Peter Annin and the cover of his latest book, Purified.

Book explores efforts to recycle sewage as a tool to help with water shortages

The book, Purified: How Recycled Sewage is Transforming Our Water, looks at regions in the U.S. that are using this process to survive water shortages.

Governor, Flint mayor meet to talk about water crisis, cooperation

Governor Rick Snyder and Flint Mayor Karen Weaver met today to discuss the city’s water crisis, and the state’s role in solving a problem it helped…

The newly built DC Water Headquarters across the Anacostia River and the Dome of the U.S. Capitol Building are visible from the Department of Homeland Security's St. Elizabeths Campus in Washington, Thursday, June 15, 2023.

A boil water advisory has been lifted for D.C. and Arlington ahead of July 4 influx

The water boil advisory had been announced Wednesday night for safety reasons. It had posed a challenge as the nation's capital prepares to stage its annual Fourth of July celebrations.

A woman in the window of a women-only metro car in Mexico City on October 2023.

Despite women-only cars, Mexico City's metro still has a gender violence crisis

Nine out of 10 women who’ve ridden Mexico City’s public metro system claim to have been victims of sexual harassment despite cars that are reserved only for women and children.

“You are our last hope,” Flint resident Tony Palladino told the Michigan Civil Rights Commission.

Civil Rights Commission draft report does not recommend lawsuit in Flint water crisis

The Michigan Civil Rights Commission report on the Flint water crisis will likely not recommend a lawsuit to seek remediation for people affected by the…

Then MDEQ Director Dan Wyant at a press conference last fall.

Task force lays most blame for Flint water crisis on MDEQ

A task force appointed by Gov. Rick Snyder says Michigan's environmental regulatory agency is primarily responsible for the state's failure to ensure safe…

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