On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, we mark Martin Luther King Day by discussing the chronic drinking water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi.
The city’s aging water system and low water pressure has left mostly Black residents without running water. The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating whether state agencies discriminated against Mississippi's majority Black residents by refusing to fund improvements to the water system.
Guests:
Dr . Mustafa Santiago Ali, vice president of Environmental Justice, Climate & Community Revitalization for the National Wildlife Federation
Earnest McBride, contributing editor for the Jackson Advocate
Web Resources:
Jackson Advocate, Earnest McBridge: 'When will water crises end?’ South Jackson Town Hall wants to know
The Guardian: ‘This is no way to live’: Mississippians struggle with another water crisis
USA Today: Jackson, Mississippi, water crisis closed school campuses (again). What is the path forward?
The Guardian: Revealed: the ‘shocking’ levels of toxic lead in Chicago tap water
