The Prophet Next Door
In 2015, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a pediatrician in Flint, Michigan, stood before city officials and announced what nobody wanted to hear: the water was poisoning...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Luke 4:21-30.
In 2015, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a pediatrician in Flint, Michigan, stood before city officials and announced what nobody wanted to hear: the water was poisoning their children. She had the data. She had the credentials. But Flint's own leaders dismissed her. A state spokesperson called her results "unfortunate" and accused her of causing "near-hysteria." She had grown up in this community, trained in their hospitals, cared for their kids — and that very closeness made her easy to ignore.…
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