Natural disasters

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We Really Can’t Screw Up Disaster Season This Year. Global Health Depends on It. We Really Can’t Screw Up Disaster Season This Year. Global Health Depends on It.

Amid a pandemic, FEMA and HUD must be ready to provide renters with safe homes.

May 13, 2020 / no-paywall / Vanessa A. Bee

The Earthquake in Utah Was a Reminder That Our Culture Was Built by Catastrophe

The Earthquake in Utah Was a Reminder That Our Culture Was Built by Catastrophe The Earthquake in Utah Was a Reminder That Our Culture Was Built by Catastrophe

Scenes from a pandemic: 2

Apr 8, 2020 / no-paywall / Kate Savage

Rethinking Our Relationship to the Natural World After Covid-19

Rethinking Our Relationship to the Natural World After Covid-19 Rethinking Our Relationship to the Natural World After Covid-19

The only way to stop future disasters is to reconceptualize our political, economic, and social systems.

Apr 3, 2020 / no-paywall / Michael T. Klare

Haiti Is in the Eye of the Storm

Haiti Is in the Eye of the Storm Haiti Is in the Eye of the Storm

Despite the current respite from months of protests and government violence, the country’s rampant corruption threatens to unleash chaos once more.

Jan 9, 2020 / Feature / Amy Wilentz

California’s Fires Prove the American Dream Is Flammable

California’s Fires Prove the American Dream Is Flammable California’s Fires Prove the American Dream Is Flammable

If we want to keep cities safe in the face of climate change, we need to seriously question the ideal of private homeownership.

Dec 23, 2019 / Kian Goh

When the Climate Replaces Our Forever Wars

When the Climate Replaces Our Forever Wars When the Climate Replaces Our Forever Wars

What will the military look like in climate-crisis mode?

Dec 11, 2019 / Michael T. Klare

Trump’s Greatest Dereliction of Duty—His Disgraceful Denial of Climate Change

Trump’s Greatest Dereliction of Duty—His Disgraceful Denial of Climate Change Trump’s Greatest Dereliction of Duty—His Disgraceful Denial of Climate Change

The worst part? That the president believes his position is a political winner.

Nov 5, 2019 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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California Is Burning—Nationalize PG&E California Is Burning—Nationalize PG&E

California’s utility, PG&E, has put profits over public safety for too long. The company belongs in the hands of the people.

Oct 30, 2019 / Ben Ehrenreich

Pulling the Plug on PG&E

Pulling the Plug on PG&E Pulling the Plug on PG&E

California’s recent blackout shows how desperately we need to replace private utilities with community-controlled, publicly owned, green energy systems.

Oct 15, 2019 / Johanna Bozuwa

Child Abuse as Official Government Policy

Child Abuse as Official Government Policy Child Abuse as Official Government Policy

That, plus Supreme Court clearance for a white-nationalist asylum policy, and GOP dirty tricks in North Carolina—all in a week’s work for the Trumpists.

Sep 13, 2019 / Signal:Noise / Sasha Abramsky

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