Staff / TruthdigJun 27, 2008
After the past weeks' disastrous floods, many in the rural Midwest are looking to the government not with gratitude but animosity. Folks in towns that requested levees back in 1993 were left, paradoxically, high and dry by the Army Corps of Engineers, which required small communities to pay more than $1 million for flood barriers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigJun 27, 2008
Critics and challengers of Naomi Klein's work had better take a close look at her latest book, "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism," before launching their attacks. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )
Amy Goodman / TruthdigJun 19, 2008
While the TV meteorologists document "extreme weather" with their increasingly sophisticated toolbox, from Doppler radar to 3-D animated maps, the two words rarely uttered are its cause: global warming. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigJun 13, 2008
Several Midwestern states, including Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin and Illinois, have been hit hard by floods this week as rivers rose far beyond their normal levels. In Cedar Rivers, Iowa, a whole hospital had been evacuated, thousands of residents had fled their homes and over 400 city blocks were under water by Friday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 3, 2008
Emergency response teams faced a busy weekend helping Arkansas residents cope with the aftermath of another round of severe weather that pounded the Southern state Friday with heavy thunderstorms and tornadoes. Eight lives were lost, raising the state's storm-related death toll for the year to 24. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 3, 2007
Floodwaters are threatening the lives of millions in South Asia, drenching parts of northern India as well as Bangladesh and Nepal, where aid organizations are scrambling to bring in food and other assistance before hunger and disease claim more lives. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 25, 2007
More than 200 people have died in Karachi, Pakistan, as a result of storms that ravaged the city. Heavy rain, gale-force winds and flooding obliterated many homes, while falling trees, billboards and power lines wreaked further havoc. At least 45 people have also died in southern India. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 14, 2007
Why worry about preventing the climate crisis when you can profit from it? An online gambling site received more than 3,000 bets in three days on whether or when major U.S. landmarks will be flooded. Most are banking on Manhattan being underwater by 2011. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 7, 2007
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned that the climate crisis could afflict billions of people, especially the poor, with food and water shortages, drought and flooding. "For the first time, we are no longer arm-waving with models; this is empirical data," explained one of the panel's leading scientists. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 5, 2007
Much of the capital of Indonesia is under 10 feet of muddy water after days of torrential rain caused devastating floods. Hundreds of thousands of people already have been displaced, and experts warn that the situation may worsen, with another week of heavy rain on the way. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 5, 2006
In what officials are calling a "strategic pause," work on New Orleans' levees is at a standstill. The Army Corps of Engineers says it has been delayed by engineering, budget and local-government hurdles, but critics -- including some inside the corps -- say the agency is simply dragging its feet. (h/t: Crooks and Liars) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Jabari Asim / TruthdigOct 24, 2006
The nearly forgotten hero staged a legal battle against Major League Baseball that paved the way for free agency, huge salaries and players' ability to veto trades. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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