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Why Would Anyone In Puerto Rico Want A Hurricane? Because Someone Will Get Rich.
How tax breaks and a quasi-colonial status make the island vulnerable to disasters.
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Yarimar Bonilla
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Washington Post
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September 22, 2017
Telling the History of the U.S. Through Its Territories
“How to Hide an Empire,” explores America far beyond the borders of the Lower 48.
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Daniel Immerwahr
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Anna Diamond
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Smithsonian
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January 1, 2019
Top Ten Origins: Puerto Rico and the United States
Outlining America's complex relationship and shared history with Puerto Rico and questions about sovereignty.
by
Amanda Lawson
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Origins
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April 6, 2018
Hurricanes Drive Immigration to the US
Why hurricane refugees are more likely to come from some countries than others.
by
Dean Yang
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Parag Mahajan
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The Conversation
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September 15, 2017
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The Cost of Coastal Capitalism: How Greedy Developers Left Miami Ripe for Destruction
Building on vulnerable coastlines isn't about ignorance or hubris — it's about profit.
by
Andrew W. Kahrl
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Made by History
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September 12, 2017
What 100-Year-Old Hurricanes Could Teach Us About Irma
Can the history of hurricanes prove the existence of climate change?
by
Maggie Koerth-Baker
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FiveThirtyEight
on
September 11, 2017
A Requiem for Florida, the Paradise That Should Never Have Been
As Hurricane Irma prepares to strike, it’s worth remembering that Mother Nature never intended us to live here.
by
Michael Grunwald
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Politico Magazine
on
September 8, 2017
Thirty Years of Atlantic Hurricanes
A history of every Atlantic storm tracked by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration since 1987.
by
Chris Canipe
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Axios
on
September 7, 2017
The Woman Who Helped Change How Hurricanes Are Named
For decades, only female names were used.
by
Olivia B. Waxman
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Time
on
September 6, 2017
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