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January 16, 2026
Map: Trump Has Often Delayed or Denied Disaster Aid
The Trump administration so far has refused to allocate federal disaster aid in a timely manner. Check out our interactive map for more details on the White House’s careless approach to major disaster declarations.
January 09, 2026
TRACKER: Trump's Disastrous Disaster Policy
We are tracking how the Trump administration’s callous policy choices, before and after bouts of extreme weather, exacerbate avoidable suffering and death.
January 09, 2026 | The American Prospect
The Trump Regime Is Making Disasters Worse
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem sat atop millions of dollars in flood prevention grants while the West Coast was being inundated. Now she’s slashing FEMA disaster response staff.
January 07, 2026
New Year, Same Trump: Making America Sick Again
Americans rang in 2025 with champagne. The Trump administration rang in a public health nightmare.
January 06, 2026
Timeline: Trump's Attacks on Disaster Preparedness and Response
The Trump administration has been criminally negligent when it comes to disaster mitigation and response. Check out our interactive timelines documenting the White House’s pre-disaster recklessness and post-disaster cruelty.
December 11, 2025
Trump Has Already Shattered FEMA Without Eliminating It
The Trump administration doesn’t need to formally eradicate FEMA to destroy it.
December 05, 2025 | The American Prospect
Trump’s Katrina Is Coming
The president’s FEMA sabotage has all but guaranteed us more acute disasters in the future.
December 03, 2025 | Watchdog Weekly
Reclaiming an Abundant and Democratic Future in the Age of AI
One of the defining characteristics of American life in the twenty-first century is its extreme imbalance: excess amid scarcity. While the world teems with a surplus of disposable consumer goods, essentials like healthcare, housing, education, and energy are prohibitively expensive. Much of this imbalance is by design. Powerful corporations profit from distorting public goods into private commodities, and individual and collective choices are replaced by corporate prescriptions that do not meet our needs. This dynamic is particularly visible in the tech industry forcing artificial intelligence into every corner of our lives, regardless of whether it is wanted.
November 14, 2025 | Watchdog Weekly
Corruption Calendar Weeks 42-43: Our Scourge of Elite Impunity
For far too long, the wealthy and powerful faced no consequences for even the most egregious acts. Working class Americans, doing their best to get by, are shown every day that they live in a country that bends over backwards to serve a privileged few.
October 30, 2025
Democrats Once Fought “Pro-Arsenic” Republicans—They Should Try It Again
Recent history reveals a better way to politicize public health.
October 28, 2025
RELEASE: Hurricane Melissa Is a Reminder That the Trump Administration Is Putting U.S. Residents at Risk of Catastrophic Harm
Melissa serves as a reminder that Americans will face huge—and largely avoidable—risks if and when the game of dice comes up against us.
October 24, 2025 | The Lever
Amid The Shutdown, Flood Insurance Profiteers Are Riding The Wave
Private insurers like Neptune Insurance Holdings are cashing in on the shutdown and pushing to privatize the National Flood Insurance Program, despite risks to homeowners.
October 24, 2025 | The American Prospect
Meet RFK’s Corporate Underlings
Several top officials in the Department of Health and Human Services worked for the very corporate interests their boss claims to oppose.
October 23, 2025
Revolving Door Project Condemns Pardon of Crypto Criminal Changpeng Zhao
Revolving Door Project condemns the Trump administration’s corrupt pardon of crypto criminal Changpeng Zhao
October 09, 2025 | The American Prospect
Centrist Democrats Have Already Forgotten About Kamala Harris
Pivoting to the right didn’t work in 2024. It won’t work now.