Jackson, Mississippi is a Modern Case Study for Environmental Racism

The capital of Mississippi and the highest Black-populated city in the U.S. has endured a severe clean water crisis for decades that even the new infrastructure bill may not adequately fix.

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You can tell a lot about a neighborhood, or town, or city or state in how it treats its most vulnerable citizens, in particular its children.

So what if I told you that in the year 2021 that there are schools in the capital city of a state where students have to use portable restrooms outside because the wat…