Flint Outspoken Black Councilman Eric Mays Says Gov. Whitmer 'Took Us for Granted'

Eric Mays, the most outspoken member of the Flint City Council, appears on "Sunday Nation with Bankole Thompson," which airs every Sunday from 1pm-2pm on MyTV38 WADL-Detroit. Mays appeared on October 30, 2022 to discuss the water settlement in the lead water crisis in Flint as well as his discontent with Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer. The Sunday public affairs program is hosted by Bankole Thompson, the distinguished and nationally renowned Black journalist, author and cultural critic, whose work is known for probing uncomfortable issues of race, freedom and justice. He is the executive dean and editor-in-chief of The PuLSE Institute, a prestigious national anti-poverty think tank, headquartered in Detroit, the nation’s largest African American city.

Considered Detroit’s columnist of conscience, Thompson, is an opinion columnist at The Detroit News, where he writes a twice-a-week column on presidential politics, culture, diversity, leadership, equity and socioeconomic issues. His column appears on Mondays and Thursdays in the newspaper. He is Michigan’s leading Black opinion columnist, whose work pricks the conscience of the powerful. He is the host of REDLINE with Bankole Thompson, a daily two-hour radio program on 910AM Super Station-Detroit, which is broadcast 11am-1pm weekdays, and is the most influential and only daily Black talk radio in the state with a focus on the issues affecting Black Michigan