Story of the Week: The Water Crisis in Flint
News / January 21st, 2016 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

The tap water in Flint, Michigan has become toxic. Around half of the water service lines to Flint homes are made of lead, and it appears that the water wasn't adequately treated, so the pipes corroded and allowed lead to leach in. How and why did such a thing happen in this country? It’s...