disasters

Drought turning Golden State’s redwoods brown

September 22, 2015 By Blake Skylar

For the first time, there are signs of foliage die-back on sequoia seedlings, a rare and worrying prospect.

Powerful quake hits Chile, tsunami floods coast

September 17, 2015 By Associated Press

"Once again, we must confront a powerful blow from nature."

California landscape scorched as wildfires blaze on

September 15, 2015 By Blake Skylar

With 700,000 acres burned so far this year, there's no end in sight for the inferno; or firefighters and victims, the numbers represent an uphill battle.

The way to remember 9/11: Restore workers’ rights and the Constitution

September 11, 2015 By Mark Gruenberg

It seems that in the intervening years, the country as a whole - and its political leaders in particular - have forgotten about this attack and its victims.

On Katrina and lessons from Cuba

September 10, 2015 By August H. Nimtz Jr.

Ten years after Katrina the racial disparities in New Orleans, in the richest country in the world, have actually widened.