
By Ben Jealous — “As we address the aftermath of the wildfires, let us resolve not just to build back better but also smarter, with a commitment to the environment…
By Ben Jealous — “As we address the aftermath of the wildfires, let us resolve not just to build back better but also smarter, with a commitment to the environment…
January 27, 2025 Edition of Vantage Point: Rebuilding Altadena, CA After Wildfires | Black History & Culture. Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Author, Political Commentator, Producer, The Hutchinson Report, Los Angeles,…
Jan 23, 2023 Edition of Vantage Point Major Topic: Report Back From Selma: From Disaster to Building Back Better. The Professor Dr. Ron Daniels is joined by special guests…
By Dan Rather and Elliot Kirschner, Steady — Think of Puerto Rico. The islands are getting slammed by Hurricane Fiona. The rains are heavy, the flooding appears to be catastrophic,…
The COVID-19 pandemic and a growing global refugee crisis have shone a light on the ever-increasing need for new approaches to mental health treatment. By Lana Ruvolo Grasser, The Conversation…
Half a world away from one another, the citizens of two nations are suffering as a result of the corruption and incompetence of the U.S. By Jonathan M. Katz, TNR…
Haitians of every class within Haiti must be at the center of relief efforts because only they know what Haiti needs. By Cécile Accilien, Truthout — Almost exactly 230 years…
By Global Americans — On Saturday, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake—more powerful than the 7.0 magnitude quake that savaged the country in 2010, killing nearly 200,000 and causing billions of dollars…
By Stabroek News — There are those who might argue that fate could have at least held off on Haiti’s latest tragedy, the country’s devastating earthquake and its horrendous consequences…
“We are the only thing here,” said a cleric in Les Cayes, one of the cities worst hit by the quake. In some towns, not a church was left standing. By Maria Abi-Habib and Andre Paultre, NYT — PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The houses collapsed, the hospitals were damaged, the roads buckled or turned impassable. But it was the earthquake’s destruction of churches across Haiti’s southern peninsula…
Haiti Earthquake 2021: The Haiti Support Project (HSP) is sharing a list of trusted emergency responders located in most affected areas for donations.
The federal government often gives less help to Black disaster survivors than their white neighbors. That’s a challenge for President Biden, who has vowed to fight both inequality and climate…