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‘Give us a break, Lord’: Amid active hurricane season, pandemic halts recovery in Florida two years after Michael
With federal money running out, slow rebuilds, and a lack of affordable housing, many Panhandle residents are vulnerable to this year’s storms.
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Photos: New Orleans sanitation workers strike for protections and better pay
Hoppers are demanding higher hourly wages, hazard pay, and PPE during the coronavirus pandemic.
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In Key West, protests highlight gentrification of historic Black community
People living in Bahama Village are using the recent protests against police violence and systemic racism to speak out about how rising costs are pushing them out.
‘It’s a movement’: Generations of Gulf Coast residents protest police violence, racism
From small towns to large cities, Black communities who have long faced environmental injustice have spent the last two weeks protesting police brutality and systemic racism.
Struggling Florida Panhandle towns face tough reopening decisions
The coronavirus pandemic has stalled local economies still reeling from the effects of recent hurricanes.
The disaster recovery groups helping rural North Carolina weather COVID-19
Robeson County is still picking up the pieces from two hurricanes. Now the local government and nonprofits are preparing for potential storms during the pandemic.
Coal ash pond remains on Alabama coast despite pollution, hurricane risk
Lawmakers and the state’s largest utility have no plan for coal ash excavation at a power plant near Mobile.
How a coastal Louisiana tribe is using generations of resilience to handle the pandemic
The Grand Caillou/Dulac Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw have long practiced self-isolation and sustainable food production.
Emergency managers work nonstop to prepare communities for hurricanes during pandemic
COVID-19 response is stretching already thin resources in counties along the Gulf Coast.