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FEMA
When Disaster Strikes, Indigenous Communities Receive Unequal Recovery Aid
On average, tribal citizens receive only $3 per person, per year in federal government natural disaster aid.
Donald Trump Is a Category 5 Liar
Trump’s convenient ignorance about hurricanes is the behavior of a man seeking to lie his way out of consequences.
As Dorian Loomed, Homeland Security Shifted $155 Million From FEMA to ICE
The Trump administration is diverting emergency relief funds for disaster victims toward incarcerating migrants.
Trump Wants to Punish California Wildfire Victims by Withholding Funds
Trump is willing to treat even his supporters as collateral damage in his war with the Golden State.
Left-Wing Disaster Relief Efforts Spread Goodwill for Socialism
Where FEMA has failed victims, left-wing groups are offering direct aid and drawing attention to climate change.
Senators Press for Expanded Probe of FEMA Over Hurricane Maria
The Trump administration’s spectacular incompetence in Puerto Rico hasn’t attracted an adequate level of scrutiny.
Climate Change Should Make the Republican Party Impossible
In every breath of air we take, we inhale, unseen, our climate debt, and exhale a future of disaster.
This Organization Is Trying to Get Hurricane Florence Survivors Home Quicker
Many in North Carolina were left homeless by the storm and its still receding floodwaters.
Recent Disasters Reveal Racial Discrimination in FEMA Aid Process
Black and Latino populations affected by property damage are less likely to access aid of any kind.
Immigrants Seeking Shelter Fear Deportation as FEMA Shifts Funds to ICE
Undocumented immigrants have expressed concern they will encounter immigration enforcement if they seek help.