2025-08-05
31 分钟This is The Guardian.
Today, how did a sewage crisis in Alabama get caught up in Trump's war on woke?
Lowndes County is a rural county in southern Alabama.
It's about an hour south of Montgomery, which is a state capital.
It's a pretty sprawling, very rural place.
Really beautiful, you know, lots of forests and woods and really green.
Nina Lakhani is a senior reporter for Guardian US, whose beat covers environmental justice.
It's a majority black county, about 80% of the population are African-American and,
you know, has a really high rate of poverty.
It's actually one of the poorest counties in the US.
Nina was in the Deep South investigating a story that has spanned generations.
All right, all right.
Hello, Mr Perryman.
Yes, ma'am.
Nice, lovely to meet you.
I'm Nina.
You have a whole road named after you.
Yes, that's my grandfather making it a deal.
I lived on this land all my life.
How old are you, sir?