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Abolition in the Era of Climate Change

by Aarohi Sheth March 20, 2025March 20, 2025

"Prison labor is the essence of capitalism within the United States. Because of it, there's this mentality of needing to force [incarcerated people] to work and 'pay off' the debt they have to society. With that, comes the idea that we must work incarcerated folks to the bone because they are essentially slaves."

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by Tea Troutman December 23, 2024December 26, 2024
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After Helene and Milton, Farmworkers Play an Outsized Role in the Cleanup

by Siri Chilukuri December 18, 2024December 12, 2024
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Worse Than the Winds: A slow recovery after the damage

by Amanda Ostuni August 21, 2024August 25, 2024
Weathering the Storm
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Weathering Storms

by Amanda Ostuni August 13, 2024August 13, 2024
A look at some of the destruction left behind by Hurricane Ida in 2021. These photos are from Houma and Dulac, Louisiana
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After the Aftermath: Disaster Gentrification in Louisiana's Bayous

by Amanda Ostuni August 1, 2024August 5, 2024
a list of things i did this summer
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a list of things i did this summer

by Aarohi Sheth May 29, 2024May 29, 2024
Pothole
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Pothole

by Jack Morillo May 29, 2024May 31, 2024
Giving Jim Grace
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Giving Jim Grace

by Joshua Burton May 29, 2024May 31, 2024
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East End Preserve, Galveston TX

by Maha Abdelwahab May 29, 2024May 29, 2024
Rescuers use an old row boat to evacuate children from their flooded homes in Gulfport, Mississippi, after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast on Monday, August 29, 2005. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) Over 18 years after Hurricane Katrina, survivors' ongoing battles with trauma, mental health, and PTSD reveal the long shadow of environmental racism on Black mental health.
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The hidden toll of Hurricane Katrina on the mental health of Black survivors

by Maya Richard-Craven November 22, 2023November 22, 2023
Residents seek higher ground on the roof of a home as floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina cover the streets on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 in New Orleans. (AP Photo/ Vincent Laforet, Pool) What we can learn from Hurricane Katrina preparedness failures and the deep inequities in federal disaster response efforts they exposed.
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How Hurricane Katrina changed disaster preparedness and community response

by Yasmin Garaad November 16, 2023November 16, 2023

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