Figuring Flint Out

For over a year, Flint, Michigan's water crisis has unfolded largely without national attention. State officials denied and dismissed claims that city water was poisoned with lead, even as evidence mounted from independent water researchers, a pediatrician, and a muckraker from a non-profit advocacy group. Curt Guyette, investigative reporter for the ACLU of Michigan, tells Brooke how his reporting helped get the story out, and why it took so long for Flint to make headlines.

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"White Man Sleeps" by the Kronos Quartet