The federal government decided to conduct a wholesale review of disaster recovery. Then, several federal agencies for the first time in U.S. history gave specific guidance directing state and ...

Now, non-profits are pushing to remedy that disparity with more equitable approaches to disaster preparedness, response and recovery ... in Black neighborhoods. Also, New Orleans’ White ...

Current disaster recovery ... white victims more than it benefits survivors of color. Several recent studies 9 show that the federal response to natural disasters is inequitable, with Black ...

The federal government often gives less help to Black disaster survivors than their white neighbors ... s assistant administrator for disaster recovery, said in a statement: “Comparing what ...

While an average white resident of a higher-income Houston neighborhood received $60,000 in FEMA relief, an average Black resident in a low-income ... major role in reforming the local approach to ...