After the region’s latest climate disaster, local residents grapple with destruction and frustration.
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An Ill Wind
Today on TAP: The severe damage from back-to-back hurricanes will affect the election—but how?
Posted inEducation in America
Breaking the Public Schools
Red states are enacting universal education vouchers, threatening budget calamity and potentially degrading student achievement.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Q&A: FEMA Isn’t Coming for the Generators
Former FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate talks about the agency’s budget and what the agency does and doesn’t do.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Hurricane Price-Gouging Doesn’t Trigger Economist Reassessment
Some of the same figures who attacked Kamala Harris for her federal proposal to ban price-gouging in groceries remain steadfast after widespread reports in the Southeast.
Posted inPodcasts
A Year of Butchery in Gaza
The Israeli war and occupation is not like South African apartheid. It is much worse.
Posted inWorking in America
SEIU Works the South
The union’s organizing summit in North Carolina was part of its $200 million investment to mobilize working people to vote ahead of the 2024 election.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
The Biden Administration Response to Helene Has Been Good
If Donald Trump were president, this would not be the case.
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The Prospect Weekly Roundup: Rural America and Project 2025
What would a second Trump term mean for rural communities?