disasters
Immigrant Sept. 11 cleanup crews look to residency as a reward
September 10, 2021“We need to be remembered. We were all immigrants who contributed to the U.S. We worked hard there, paid taxes, grew old there."
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Biden on climate crisis: This is Code Red
September 8, 2021In NYC after Ida, Biden calls climate ‘everybody’s crisis’.
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Repeating racist fears of lawlessness in New Orleans after Ida
September 2, 2021The focus on looting seems both shortsighted and insignificant in the face of risks of illness and death.
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No money for an escape: Working-class Louisianans left behind in hurricane
August 30, 2021As Ida approached, millions of working and poor people couldn’t afford to leave.
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Cuban doctors and nurses stationed in Haiti jump into action following earthquake
August 24, 2021Over 250 Cuban health professionals living among the Haitian people immediately started providing care, even after just becoming homeless themselves.
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