Welcome back to another week of KK&F! We’re talking to Jordan Chariton about his bombshell reporting on the Flint water crisis. After years and years of government cover-ups and feet-dragging, and a hundred thousand lives affected, Jordan’s reporting gives us the answers we’ve been waiting for. Watch below:

Think of this episode as a deep dive into one of the most grievous public health crises in our government’s history. Jordan Chariton is an independent reporter known for his coverage of left movements and protests like those at Standing Rock, the grassroots organizing around the Sanders campaign, and much more. Over repeated trips to Flint, Jordan has been on the ground, understanding how local government actively covered up its failure to protect the public, poisoning the Flint community as a result of its active negligence. Back in 2021, Jordan even co-published a report in the Intercept revealing that top officials wiped their phones to cover up private internal conversations about how to (not) deal with the crisis. Then-governor Rick Snyder and his people made sure there were no traces of their awareness and refusal to act as the lead contamination of the community’s water source became increasingly clear.

We hope you’ll enjoy this urgent and serious conversation revealing the true story of what happened in Flint, Michigan before and after the government announced the water crisis, how the local community continues to be affected by the tragedy, and who’s still paying attention to the suffering of working-class people when national public interest has long since turned away. We’re so grateful to Jordan for sharing his necessary reporting and insight with us. This episode will be available as a podcast tomorrow on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Pandora, and more.