No clean water in Jackson, Miss.
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How the water crisis in Jackson, Miss., reached its tipping point. Plus, one Peruvian farmer\\u2019s fight for climate justice.
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The capital city of Jackson, Miss., has been without drinkable tap water since late July. But this isn\\u2019t the first time there\\u2019s been a water crisis in the majority-Black town.
\\u201cI think what\'s really been lost is that there was a crisis in Jackson long before,\\u201d reporter Emmanuel Felton says, \\u201cAnd what had been going on for years was really almost constant boil water notifications.\\u201d
Residents say sewage is spilling into backyards and people are getting rashes and lumps from the water. \\u201cIt\\u2019s horrible, it\\u2019s horrible, everything is horrible,\\u201d resident Tammie Williams says. \\u201cAnd it\\u2019s it\\u2019s a disaster, really, you know? Disaster.\\u201d
Today on Post Reports, Felton explains how the water crisis in Jackson got so dire, and whether there\\u2019s any end in sight.
Plus, we bring you to the mountains of Peru, where one farmer is trying to save his city from drowning by suing one of the biggest carbon emitters in the world. The case could set a precedent for holding polluters accountable for harming the planet. Reporter Sarah Kaplan has more.
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