Every morning, 180 students at a school in Jackson, Mississippi have to board a bus to be taken to another nearby school. The reason? Their school lacks the water pressure needed to flush its own toilets. Jackson, the capital of the southern US state, is undergoing a severe water crisis -- not as rare as one might think in the world's leading superpower. Late last year, President Joe Biden signed into law a $1-trillion package to address badly deteriorated infrastructure like Jackson's.

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