Jordan Chariton

We the Poisoned (eBook, PDF)

Exposing the Flint Water Crisis Cover-Up and the Poisoning of 100,000 Americans

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

As the ongoing Flint water crisis marks its tenth anniversary, Chariton reveals shocking new evidence of the major government cover-up that resulted in the poisoning of Flint-and shatters what you think you know about what caused the water crisis. Kirkus Reviews calls it an "impassioned and enlightening work of current events" and Publishers Weekly praises it as "a vital report on a horrific scandal." From crooked Wall Street financial schemes to political payoffs, destruction of evidence, witness tampering, falsified water data, threatened whistle blowers, and panicked phone calls, We the Poisoned: Exposing the Flint Water Crisis Cover Up and the Poisoning of 100,000 Americans reveals, for the first time, the real story behind how the government poisoned a major American city-and how they are still getting away with it. As the cover-up continues a decade later, innocent residents have been arrested, surveilled, threatened, and gaslit to feel like they are crazy. With more and more sick residents slowly dying every year, Flint's lead levels again on the rise, and cancer rates surging across the city, it is time for the true, sinister story of the Flint water cover-up to be told. Based on eight years of reporting, thousands of confidential documents from the criminal investigation, and the former governor of Michigan's own words under oath, Jordan Chariton takes readers on the road to crisis before the Flint River switch-when government officials blew through all stop signs and orchestrated a financial scheme that allowed a nearly bankrupt Flint to borrow $100 million for a controversial new water system. As brown, smelly water flowed through Flint homes and residents grew sick, politicians intentionally and knowingly allowed Americans to drink poison as they prioritized their own political ambitions and survival. Just when you think the levels of callousness and disregard for the people can't drop any lower, Chariton digs even deeper to expose one of the biggest government cover-ups of the twenty-first century. We the Poisoned is a cautionary tale about "run-government-like-a-business" leaders who champion privatization and economic development at the expense of the environment, public health, and vulnerable citizens. Perhaps even more important, with water and environmental contamination surging across the US, Chariton's revelations provide a road map for how to fight back and prevent similar tragedies from happening to other communities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798216332862
• Artikelnr.: 74842061

Autorenporträt

Jordan Chariton is an independent investigative reporter known for reporting on-the-ground across America on significant stories that often fall through the cracks of mainstream media. Chariton has made twenty reporting trips to Flint since 2016 investigating the water crisis and cover-up. He also covered the indigenous-led protests at Standing Rock in North Dakota against the Dakota Access Pipeline, the United Auto Workers strike across the Midwest, and the 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns, and he has reported across the US on union drives,worker exploitation, poverty, homelessness, and protest movements. He is the CEO and lead reporter for Status Coup News, an independent news outlet on YouTube. His work has been featured in The Guardian, VICE News, The Intercept, CNBC, The Hill, and more. He lives with his wife and daughter in the New York area.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Erin Brockovich
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Governor's Henchman Comes to Town
Chapter 2: Flint's Shadow Government
Chapter 3: Water Wars
Chapter 4: Flint Down the Drain
Chapter 5: Snyder's Warning
Chapter 6: Economic Terrorism
Chapter 7: River of Fraud
Chapter 8: Scream for Help
Chapter 9: Don't Believe Your Lying Skin
Chapter 10: Killing the Story
Chapter 11: Urgent Matter to Fix
Chapter 12: Snyder's Sin
Chapter 13: Governor's Briefings
Chapter 14: Update for the Governor?
Chapter 15: "Political Implications"
Chapter 16: "Make Their River Water Safe"
Chapter 17: Insane
Chapter 18: "Wiped Clean"
Chapter 19: Shredded
Chapter 20: Stonewall Snyder
Chapter 21: Bad for Business
Chapter 22: Flushing Flint
Chapter 23: Cold Cooperators
Chapter 24: Flint Fatigue
Chapter 25: Department of Injustice
Chapter 26: Get Out of Jail Free Card
Epilogue
Notes
Index
About the Author