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Occupy Wall Street's New Job: Disaster Relief

Source: The Tyee, Nov 10 2012, 4:45am CST

Even at night, the epicentre of Occupy Sandy, located in a central Brooklyn church basement, is bustling with volunteer activity. Photo by Sarah Berman. One year after the movement sparked, The Tyee talks to ...

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2 hours ago

A new disaster sparks an old debate on federal aid

Source: MSNBC  |   May 21 2013, 1:26pm CDT

By Tom Curry, National Affairs Writer, NBC News The Oklahoma tornadoes that killed at least 24 people Monday have restarted the debate in Washington over emergency spending and whether it should be offset by cuts elsewhere in the federal budget. It’ ...

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4 hours ago

Coburn’s Right: Disaster Relief Bills Often a Fiasco for Taxpayers

Source: The Corner  |   May 21 2013, 11:12am CDT

Senator Tom Coburn’s announcement last night that he would seek to offset any funds sent to Oklahoma for disaster relief has generated him plenty of heat. (Glad we’re all on the same page about assuming the best mo ...

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27 weeks ago


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"The problem with FEMA or the Red Cross is they come and impose a model and that's not what Occupy is about ... It's more of a network to see how people can self-organize and access resources to rebuild their own communities."


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8 hours ago

OK tornado devastation: 51 dead, including 20 children

Source: Hot Air  |   May 21 2013, 7:01am CDT

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2 days ago

Federal Sandy relief dollars inflate Christie's ego: Editorial

Source: NJ.com  |   May 19 2013, 5:01am CDT

The federal Sandy relief money is intended to rebuild our ravaged towns, and the lives of people left homeless by the storm. So when the Christie administration announced it would use $25 million of it for a tourism campaign, we had one ...

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3 days ago

'Tears came to my eyes': Hurricane Sandy damage links Grand Haven, Brooklyn schools

Source: MLive.com  |   May 17 2013, 5:24pm CDT

Students from Jan White's class at Lake Hills Elementary in Grand Haven raised $800 to help replace learning materials and instruments wrecked by the devastation of Hurricane Sandy at PS 15 in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Courtesy GRAND ...

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4 days ago

Brooklyn landlords acting not so slummy seven months after Sandy

Source: Brokelyn  |   May 17 2013, 3:15pm CDT

Land of fun, land of reduced rent. Via NPR. Maybe it’s because their offices were destroyed so badly that even they have yet to move in. Maybe it’s just that good ol’ fashioned human empathy. Either way, the Real Deal shared the news that landlords in ...

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5 days ago

Red Hook Ferry expanding to new area devastated by Sandy

Source: amNewYork  |   May 15 2013, 6:48pm CDT

The Red Hook Ferry is expanding its route to include an area ravaged by Superstorm Sandy that will run weekends throughout the summer, the city said Wednesday. The expanded service will stop at a new landing at Van B ...

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