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Blowing It: A Brief History of Hurricane Politics
With Hurricane Matthew set to hit the US this weekend, we take a look at the history of the intersection of natural disasters and politics.
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The Most Eclectic Yoga Studio in Brooklyn is Heading to New Orleans
The Katrina ravaged Church of Yoga has been restored just in time for Mardi Gras, using a pay it forward model
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We Used to Put Statues Up, Now We Just Tear Them Down
In all the protests and counter-protests and sneaky, by night removal of various Confederate monuments nobody has asked, "What goes on that pedestal instead?"
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Sarah Paulson Continues to Be Ryan Murphy’s Muse as She Signs on to ‘ACS:...
'American Crime Story: Katrina' has completely changed creative direction.
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Nothing Is Safe From Politics—Including Sports and Hurricanes
Broadband internet plus the news cycle equals everything is politics.
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Cuomo Deploys More Help for Hurricane Harvey Victims
The governor is sending a second rescue plane and 16 more personnel to support rescue missions in Texas.
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Al Sharpton: Critics of Trump’s Harvey Response Are Showboating
Sharpton urged people to focus on finding ways to support relief efforts rather than obsess over the president's behavior.
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7 Reasons Why More Hurricane Harveys Are Imminent
Without aggressive flood prevention and protection measures, it’s only a matter of time before virtually all coastal cities end up like New Orleans and Houston.
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With Jose on the Way, Here’s the Good News About Hurricanes
Research from the National Hurricane Center shows no linear increase in such storms from the past to the present.
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Amid NFL Obsession, Media Blinds Itself to Trump’s Puerto Rico Relief Efforts
The media would rather write dozens of articles about the president’s tweets than look into what he’s actually doing.
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Botched Puerto Rico Disaster Response Is Trump’s Undoing
Pundits are quick to point out similarities to Hurricane Katrina, but Bush lacked Trump's vitriol.
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In Trump’s America, Not All Natural Disasters Are Created Equal
Trump responded to a submerged Houston and battered Florida, so you can't say he doesn't know what to do.
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Hollywood Is Not Happy With Trump’s Handling of Puerto Rico
The president's remarks are being met with...mixed reactions.
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The Center for Disaster Philanthropy Aids Donors When Crisis Strikes
In the 1990s, among the relief shipments arriving at villages devastated by the Bosnian war, an estimated 17,000 tons of drug donations had to be discarded, wasting $34 million. More recently, airport...
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When Disaster Strikes, Where Do We Turn?
When Hurricane Katrina attacked New Orleans, Nola.com—the site associated with The Times-Picayune—became a central point of rendezvous for people who were trapped (I remember one woman stuck on a roof...
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For Ted’s Sake! Bipartisanship is Not a Four-Letter Word
When the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy asked Nick Littlefield to leave a lucrative partnership in a prominent Boston law firm to become Kennedy’s top domestic policy advisor in 1989, he...
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Why It’s Okay to be a Lemming
When Jonah Berger, a marketing professor who studies consumer behavior at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, visited a lawyer friend in Washington, D.C., the attorney noted that...
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Is Brad Pitt to Blame for the Defective Homes in NOLA’s Lower Ninth Ward?
On January 2, residents of New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward who were living in homes built by Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation received notices from the city saying that they should have their gas...
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Are Hurricanes Blowing Climate Change Skepticism Away?
As the storm “Barry” looks to make landfall near New Orleans, with the states of Louisiana and Mississippi in its path, it’s expected to drop nearly two feet of rain on low lying areas in the U.S....
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From Lubov to Theta, Gallery Shows You Must See This Fall
With the culmination of the hectic, hedonistic summer months comes the advent of new intellectual horizons: pretty much everyone I know is excited to suck down a couple cinnamon-laced lattes and...
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