Yet some things are, of course, far from fine in our cities, and there is a lot we should be doing to help black communities. To be sure, there’s a lot less lead poisoning in today’s America than there was back in what Trump supporters regard as the good old days. Indeed, some analysts believe that declining lead pollution has been an important factor in declining crime. For we’ve known about the harm lead does for generations; yet action came slowly, and remains highly incomplete even today. What with everything else filling the airwaves, it may be hard to focus on lead poisoning, or environmental issues in general.

Source: New York Times September 02, 2016 07:18 UTC