PBS News Hour | Benton Harbor’s Black Community Fuming Over ‘Environmental Racism,’ Water Crisis

As Congress debates a massive bill to overhaul the nation’s physical infrastructure, one Michigan city is an example of how badly help is needed, and how communities of color are often the last to receive it. John Yang traveled to Benton Harbor, where the water is undrinkable and residents’ anger is at a boiling point.

Watch the video on PBS News Hour’s website.

Related: Great Lakes Now | Benton Harbor Coverage

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