jrefior, 
In unsafe drinking water in majority-black communities, we're reaping the rewards of Reagan-era politics:
"Over the last 50 years, the federal funding of local water systems has declined by something close to 75% or 85%. And it was really accelerated and spurred on by a change in the 1980s, which switched federal support for water projects at the local level from a grant system to loans."
https://www.marketplace.org/2023/06/19/water-contamination-in-black-communities-doesnt-stop-at-flint-or-jackson/