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The Conversation

The Conversation: Learning from the Flint water crisis; Adaptive reuse for downtown housing

By Catherine Cruz

Published March 22, 2023 at 1:28 PM HST

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The Flint Water Plant tower is shown in Flint, Mich., Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Author and activist Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha from Flint, Michigan, on environmental racism and drinking water contamination | Full Story
Avalon Group CEO Christine Camp fights downtown housing codes to develop Honolulu financial district | Full Story
Neal Milner and The Long View and the question of ethics when it comes to imprisonment | Full Story
Honolulu Civil Beat reporter Thomas Heaton gives a Reality Check on invasive species | Full Story

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