Flint water story embodies crises of lost democracy, Hanna-Attisha tells national journalists
By Jan Worth-Nelson The story of Flint is a story of many deep crises the country is facing, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha asserted to a crowd of about 400 national reporters at the Riverfront Banquet Center in downtown Flint Wednesday night. She said the Flint story “is the most emblematic, environmental and public health disaster of the young century–a story of people who were charged with keeping us safe who failed and who...
East Village Magazine – October 2018
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Driver in Dort Highway protest collisions won’t be charged, Flint police chief says
By Meghan Christian The driver of the red pickup truck that collided with protesters on Dort Highway around 7 a.m. Tuesday will not currently face any charges, according to Flint Police Chief Timothy Johnson at a mayoral press conference at City Hall the afternoon after the incident. “It wasn’t found that he had any intoxicants in his blood… He was pretty shaken up about it, in tears,” Johnson said. “The driver was not drunk, so...
A New Generation: Millennials, young adults like Flint’s Santino Guerra embracing politics
By Meghan Christian According to Ruth Milkman’s analysis “A New Political Generation: Millennials and the Post-2008 Wave of Protest” in the January, 2017 American Sociological Review, the media has perpetuated an idea that millennials (who range between 22 and 36 years old currently) are lazy, entitled, and less engaged overall. This was demonstrated by the 2013 Time Magazine cover story claiming millennials as the “Me, Me, Me”...
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