Post-Sandy Fundraisers, and My Money is with Occupy Sandy
With the Petraeus sex scandal hijacking everyone’s attention away from anything else resembling news – and I am so guilty of gawking incessantly at this juicy side show; I’ll admit…
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Hurricane Sandy
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Seven Storms
The Peckman River broke its banks on September 14th, flooding out the center of our town, closing roads and causing days of little local streets lined with heaps of the sad, soaked contents of basements, left out not to dry, but simply to be taken away.
Veterans Weekend Rumpus Roundup
If you spent the weekend honoring the veterans in your life or otherwise celebrating Veterans Day, you may have missed these excellent Rumpus pieces. Don’t worry, it’s not too late…
Sandy Hates Books
Hurricane Sandy hates books, according to the name of a relief fundraiser at the powerHouse arena in Brooklyn this Saturday. Although it seems unwise to anger Sandy any further (and…
Hurricane Sandy Relief Effort Roundup
News coverage of the Hurricane Sandy aftermath is beginning to wane. But there are still hundreds of thousands of people in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut without power, heat and in many cases, plumbing.
Disasters are live-action infomercials for big government…
Comedian Nato Green writes about Hurricane Sandy, the NYU hospital evacuation, and the contrast between the merit of big government and the villainization of all things public.
Help A Bookstore Out
The good news, as The Atlantic Wire reported yesterday, is many bookstores in Manhattan and Brooklyn managed to weather the storm, and should be—if they aren’t already—doing business as usual within the…
Sandy Roundup
Mother Jones is a good place for ongoing updates. Yesterday, their Climate Desk spoke with elderly NYC residents trapped without power. Our own Michelle Dean writes about “FEMA, Inequality and the Need…
The Politics of Hurricane Sandy
In our earlier roundup about Hurricane Sandy, we linked to this piece from The Atlantic’s Garance Franke-Ruta which quotes Governor Mitt Romney in 2011 at a Republican debate. He was…
Sandy Roundup
The New York Times tracks the storm and the daunting recovery effort. The Atlantic has a range of coverage on the hurricane, including political, economic, and historical perspectives. A list of resources…