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Hurricane Sandy
August 2, 2023
Magazine
Geoff Dembicki
The Progressive Way to Save Cities From Superstorms
So far, America’s plan seems to consist of walling off wealthy neighborhoods with hulking gray fortifications and leaving lower-income areas out to dry. It doesn’t have to be like this.
December 2, 2020
Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein
Who Gets to Recover From the Pandemic?
A “return to normal” is a comforting promise to the winners of the world.
November 16, 2018
Sophie Kasakove
Climate Change Could Sink Amazon’s New York Headquarters
The company's Long Island City offices will be underwater by 2100. The question is whether the tech giant will do anything about it.
June 4, 2018
Magazine
Sean Patrick Cooper
Is America Ready for the Next Superstorm?
To defend against extreme weather, U.S. cities must accept that survival means change—to the economy and also to the country's conception of itself.
September 15, 2017
Sarah Jaffe
Solidarity After the Storms
In Texas and Florida, political activists are “living socialism” with their disaster-relief efforts.
September 6, 2017
Brian Beutler
Republicans Won’t Play Fair Unless Democrats Make Them
The GOP's inconsistency on disaster relief is just the latest evidence of the party's procedural hypocrisy.
October 26, 2015
Elizabeth Rush
As the Seas Rise
Managing retreat along New York City's coasts
August 25, 2015
Stephanie Heimann
Homeowners on the Jersey Shore Are Making Their Houses Hurricane Ready
February 28, 2014
Sarah Sloat
Could Offshore Wind Farms Make Hurricanes Less Destructive?
May 21, 2013
Jonathan Cohn
Building a Better Disaster-Funding System
A tornado puts Oklahoma's Republican senators to the test
February 7, 2013
Alec MacGillis
Can Joe Lhota Save Big-City Republicanism?
Becoming mayor is tough. But not as tough as restoring urban America's two-party system.
November 16, 2012
Joshua Cohen
Boardwalk Vampires
November 16, 2012
Leon Wieseltier
Washington Diarist: Who By Water
Eyewitness Sandy: Reflections on a Disaster.
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