Coalition calls on the DNC to focus on racial and environmental justice in March 6 Flint Democratic presidential debate (Friends of the Earth USA)

(Source: Friends of the Earth USA) Posted Mar. 2, 2016 / Posted by: Kate Colwell WASHINGTON, D.C. - A broad coalition of environmental and racial justice groups call upon the Democratic National Committee to focus the March 6 debate solely on racial and environmental injustice -- and will be delivering more than 80,000 petition signatures to the DNC in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, March 2 at 11:30 a.m. The water crisis in Flint has captured the conscience of the world. Everything about it -- callous bureaucrats, so-called cost-cutting measures, disregard of science -- shows the institutionalized, systemic racism faced by low-wealth communities of color nationwide. Groups calling on the DNC...