The criminal hearings are coming up.

So, between that and the recent police murder trial, the media that haven't been following the Flint Water Crisis closely, are reviewing the facts for their readership. Other than that, there is not too much going on.

There is still a level of gun violence that causes community trauma. The police believe they have found the suspect who shot someone driving through the neighborhood. Scary stuff. Random shootings don't happen in most of America's neighborhoods.

April 23, 2021
By Hank Winchester

Flint - It’s been seven years (click here) since the water switch that took lives, impacted the health of thousands and exposed dangerous government flaws.

While much has changed in Flint, there’s still a lot left to be done.

Food and bottled water are still being handed out for those who don’t trust the water pipes, but the days of widespread distraction are over.

To date roughly 10,000 lead pipes have been replaced. Officials claim the project is about 90% complete. While the COVID-19 pandemic slowed progress, it also caused the city to take another economic hit.

However, during the last year, there has been progress in the investigation. Former Gov. Rick Snyder were among those who were charged.

There’s also a $600 million settlement deal that will be used to pay victims, improve infrastructure and develop programs to help those impacted physically and financially.

April 21, 2021

By Erica Vella

On this episode of the Global News podcast (click here) What happened to…?, journalist Erica Vella revisits the Flint Michigan water crisis....

The dam broke.

April 22, 2021
By Margaret Bauman

After weeks of stoking fears of a large-scale invasion of Ukraine, (click here) Russia on April 22 announced the withdrawal of military forces from areas bordering Ukraine....

Is Vladimir Putin ready to come home to the G8?

April 22, 2021
By Anne Applebaum

...So far, (click here) the only person who has a coherent strategy for dealing with Putin is Navalny. He described it in a handwritten note he sent to Yevgenia Albats, a Russian journalist and close friend. “Everything will be all right,” he told her. “And, even if it isn’t, we’ll have the consolation of having lived honest lives.” He has already shown his compatriots that it is possible to live an honest life in a dishonest political system. It’s an invitation for others to follow. Dictatorships survive because most people are not willing to pay that high a price.

Alexei Navalny is consenting to end his hunger strike not that his own doctors are allowed to treat him.

April 22, 2021
By Matt Clinch and Holly Ellyatt

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny (click here) said Friday he will start to end the hunger strike he began on March 31.

Via his Instagram account, Navalny said it would take him 24 days to gradually end the strike, but said he was still demanding to see a doctor of his own choice. He also thanked the “good people” of Russia and around the world for their support, according to a Reuters translation.

Navalny, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal critics in recent years, was transferred to a prison hospital on April 19, three weeks into a hunger strike. He had been protesting against his treatment in prison, saying he had been denied urgent medical treatment....

All those that supported the President of Free Russia need to continue to do so until he is we

And keep your damn Russian military fleet out of USA waters! (click here) The Bering Sea is a disaster area and the fisheries are collapsed. It doesn't need Russian war boats in the area to make it worse. Thank you.