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Deadly extreme weather is the new normal

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

This piece was originally published on May 23, 2019 in The Hill. . Failures of levees in the historic flooding from the recent “Bomb Cyclone” that affected some of the same areas as this recent outbreak of extreme weather is just one example of disasters amplified by the lack of investments in infrastructure. We just need to do it.

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Racial Disparities and COVID-19

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

As the world scrambles each week to grapple with the seemingly insurmountable number of positive cases and deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic, public policy is failing some of America’s most vulnerable communities. Compounding this, African Americans and Latinos on average have lower insurance coverage rates.