'Fundamentally, we must recognize water as a universal human right, rather than a commodity reserved for the few.'
The water drips lethargically from the tap, if at all. Its appearance shifts from chemical brown sludge to ghoulish clouds. The accompanying stench is revolting.
Fundamentally, we must recognize water as a universal human right, rather than a commodity reserved for the few. Unsafe tap water is unacceptable in any modern society. But from Michigan to Mississippi to Tribal communities in the West, people across the United States are with it as climate change, environmental racism, and privatization take their toll on this resource that sustains all life.of Indigenous Americans, whose communities have been harmed and impoverished by decades of racialized federal disinvestment.
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