The Department of Justice will probe into claims concerning the state of Alabama's wastewater management program that allegedly discriminates against Black residents. Speaking to the press on a call Tuesday morning, Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the department's Civil Rights Division said they have received various statements that the state and county officials "failed to carry out their responsibilities to abate raw sewage conditions, thereby placing Black residents of Lowndes County at higher risk for disease," Clarke said , according to The Hill. Lowndes County is a predominantly low-income area situated between Selma and Montgomery. The median household income is about $30,00 and 70% of the residents are African American, making the county one of the poorest in the U.S. The people of Lowndes have raised their concerns for years about the inability to connect to the municipal sewer systems, according to The Guardian. Most residents have been forced to install...
