The Justice Department ended a deal that had helped fund a solution to the sewage crisis in rural Alabama. “Almost like we are starting all over again,” one activist said.
a plastic pipe carries waste from her toilet through her backyard, discarding it outdoors. Three or four times a year, a spell of heavy rain forces the excrement back up into the house.
what. the. fuck.
Aaaaahhhh America, the totally not third world country. Best third world country in the world, though!
Well that’s what happens when you vote Republican. You get to smell their bullshit ongoing!
The affected people largely did not; it’s their white neighbors who do that so that they can force this kind of living situation onto people who have a darker skin than they do.
Redlining of course.
This sounds bad but it’s not an uncommon problem with septic systems in flood prone areas.
Yes, but at least a septic system is underground and functioning most of the time. They’re living with it literally just pumped outdoors. It’s basically an automated chamber pot that’s getting dumped outside.
The problem is they have no septic systems
Well, you cant’ get good infrastructure because your black in the bad old days. In modern times, you can’t get repairs, because your black. What amazing progress, says John Roberts.
