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As hurricane season hits, we examine what happens when Black communities seem to be last in line for disaster planning in Texas.
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Communities more likely to be hit by hurricanes are bracing themselves for a rough summer, as hurricane season begins June 1. But in Kashmere Gardens, a predominantly Black neighborhood in Houston, residents are still trying to repair the damage to homes from a hurricane that hit five years ago.
As Tracy Jan tells producer Bishop Sand, that’s because money to address that damage — and to prevent further destruction — has been hard to come by. According to an investigation by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Texas directed federal grants toward Whiter and wealthier areas — leaving places like Kashmere Gardens out to dry.
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Joe lays out a path forward and how to get Republicans on the record voting against gun control legislation -- the choice between the two parties has never been more clear. What's Mike Pence up to post January 6th? Is he about to launch his Presidential run? And what does Georgia mean for the future of Trumpism in GOP primaries? Finally, a quick field trip to Hungary, the logical place for budding autocrats to showcase their authoritarian credentials.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/that-trippi-show/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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The deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade, and what’s changed in the years since the massacre in Newtown, Conn.
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Washington Post reporter Arelis Hernández is on the ground in Uvalde as children and families try to make sense of the violence that tore through Robb Elementary School on Tuesday.
According to a Post database,last year was the deadliest year for school shootings in America since at least 1999, the year of the Columbine massacre. This year is on track to be even worse – and the reasons for that aren’t entirely clear. John Woodrow Cox, who helped create The Post’s tracker, breaks down the massive, sometimes unseen impact of gun violence on American schoolchildren, and the tricky politics of gun control legislation.
Read an excerpt from John’s book, “Children Under Fire: An American Crisis.”
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A Smart Bear
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Meetings are most productive when we create something that none of us could have created alone. Here are several ways to use meeting time wisely.
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Search engines rely on spiders / bots to crawl the web and find (new) content. Every time they find a URL, they crawl it and if it’s interesting to them, they’l
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A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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Episode 149 of A History of Rock Music in Five Hundred Songs looks at “Respect”, and the journey of Aretha Franklin from teenage gospel singer to the Queen of Soul. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript of the episode.
Patreon backers also have a fifteen-minute bonus episode available, on “I’m Just a Mops” by the Mops.
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