The Impact of Systemic Racism on Jackson’s Water Crisis (opens in new tab)

A prominent question that keeps coming up since the beginning of the Jackson, Mississippi, water crisis is, “How did we get to this point?” If you’ve been tuning in to the Strong Towns Podcast, you’ll know that Chuck has talked about the water crisis in Jackson a couple of times working to answer this question. He’s gone in depth about the financial fragility of our water systems, how they work, and why we even have them. After hearing Chuck’s analysis, some Strong Towns members felt there wa...