Outrage About Flint, but Not Chicago

At Sunday’s Democratic presidential debate, Hillary Clinton said that she “spent a lot of time last week being outraged by what’s happening in Flint, Michigan,” where state officials were slow to respond to elevated levels of lead in the city’s drinking water. Mrs. Clinton’s outrage may be heartfelt but it is also politically calculated.

Flint’s water problems date to 2014, when the cash-strapped city stopped buying treated Lake Huron water from Detroit, located about 60 m