It's a cruel irony that the same week of the anniversary of one of the worst disasters in our nation's history – Hurricane Katrina — there's another one unfolding in Jackson. About 160,000 people in and around the city – which is 82 percent Black – don't have any running water.
Yes, Jackson experienced severe storms and subsequent flooding – but this crisis was decades in the making. Underinvestment in critical infrastructure, white flight, and the prioritization of nonsense issues like critical race theory have created a perfect storm that is now ravaging the largest city in Mississippi.
