Broken by Design.

FEATURES EVERY MARCH, CARDINALS ARRIVE IN KALI AKUNO'S FRONT YARD IN Jackson, Miss., to build nests in his trees. Days after the state Senate introduced a bill to take over Jackson's water system, it passed another - clearly targeting Jackson - that mandates how cities calculate their water bills. Meanwhile, federal funds flow through state coffers, leaving cities like Jackson at the mercy of state politics. A recent NAACP civil rights complaint against Mississippi for mishandling the Jackson water crisis points out that the state has granted DWSRF money to Jackson only three times since the program began 25 years ago. [Extracted from the article]