With the recovery from Hurricane Florence gearing up in the Carolinas, the post-Sandy experiences of one section of New York provide important clues about how low-income residents and people of color fare after natural disasters.
Emily Erdos
Emily Erdos is an editorial intern at The American Prospect.
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Elizabeth Warren’s #EndCorruptionNow Blitz
The Massachusetts Democrat details her plan to rescue the federal government from the swamp monsters Donald Trump unleashed on Washington.
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Can Lockers Help the Postal Service Get Hip?
With a little fine-tuning, USPS could revamp its self-service parcel locker system to compete with Amazon and win over millennials.
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Is ‘Jeopardy!’ Crossing Racial Lines?
Alex Trebek, longtime and iconic Jeopardy! Host, announced his possible retirement on Sunday. At 78 years old and recently having had brain surgery, Trebek told Fox News that he is “50-50” for remaining host after his contract expires in 2020. Trebek’s departure, of course, wouldn’t be the end of the show, but it would leave […]
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The Nation’s Youth Demand Action on Climate Change
Dreary weather and constant rain did not stop hundreds from turning out for Saturday’s Youth Climate March in Washington, D.C. The diverse crowd included families from Kansas City, youth who protested the Dakota Access Pipeline on the Standing Rock Reservation, and residents of the Marshall Islands who have seen firsthand how rising sea levels threaten […]
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Q&A: Prospects for Redistricting Reform
With post-census redistricting just a few years away, states have the opportunity to enact reforms that prevent the most egregious gerrymandering.
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Maryland’s Big Primary Election Snafu
Voting glitches in Maryland demonstrate how extreme gerrymandering damages voters’ confidence in elections.
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District Families’ Rally Posters Speak Many Messages
At Washington’s Families Belong Together March, the words that people said, wrote, and held up expanded the march’s original slogan to incorporate a diversity of causes.
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What Happens If the Trumpified Supremes Overturn Roe and Obergefell
A state-by-state breakdown of where abortion and same-sex marriage would remain legal—and where they wouldn’t
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Maryland Democrats Still Split Over Gerrymandering after Supreme Court Punts
While the Texas gerrymandering decision commanded the country’s attention, the Supreme Court also dodged partisan gerrymandering questions in the Maryland case, Benisek v. Lamone. But Maryland’s anti-gerrymandering advocates weren’t surprised by the decision to send Benisek back to a lower court. Instead, voting rights advocates stayed focused on their ongoing efforts to end the democracy-eroding […]