Our picks this weekHarvey: Face of the future; wobbly flood insurance program; paying for Harvey aid, and more
- Before Harvey, Houston sought funding to mitigate floods — but Congress refused
- Why does America need the Cajun Navy?
- Top conservative wants spending cuts to pay for Harvey aid
- Before Hurricane Harvey, Trump canceled coastal flood protections
- Neglected infrastructure and uncontrolled development left Houston vulnerable
- 9 facts that explain DACA, the immigration program Trump is threatening to end
- How immigration hardliners are forcing Trump’s hand on DACA
- In chat rooms, Unite the Right organizers planned to obscure their racism
- Trump cybersecurity advisors resign, painting bleak picture of US cyber preparedness
- Harvey is part of a pattern of extreme weather scientists saw coming. They’re still shocked.
- Now comes the uncomfortable question: Who gets to rebuild after Harvey?
- Harvey victims face toxic pollution as hurricane recovery begins
- The strange future Hurricane Harvey portends
- With Harvey, imperfect engineering meets a perfect storm
- Harvey is a global warming issue — and a test for Donald Trump’s denialism
- California’s goal: an electricity grid moving only clean energy
- U.S. government burying head deeper in sand on climate change
- How climate change fueled Hurricane Harvey
- Why 85% of Houston homeowners have no flood insurance
- The National Flood Insurance Program was already $24 billion in debt before Harvey
- No, USS McCain probably wasn’t hacked. But what if it was?
- Look for military drones to begin replacing police helicopters by 2025
- Researchers built an invisible backdoor to hack AI’s decisions
- Agroterrorism, food security back in the spotlight
- Lower-yield weapons will raise, not lower, the threshold for nuclear use
- The “500-year” flood, explained: why Houston was so underprepared for Hurricane Harvey
- Senate Intel Bill Bars Creation of U.S.-Russia Cyber Working Group
- The Western belief that refugees are a burden is the root cause of today’s global crisis
- Time’s running out to prevent a massive cyberattack on critical infrastructure, advisory group says
- Cybersecurity 101: How universities are dealing with hackers
- Trump FEMA chief backs reducing federal role in disaster relief, flood insurance
- Cybersecurity requirements in New York: Determining compliance
- How threat intelligence can help businesses turn the tide on cybercrime
- Russian propaganda machine claims US covertly testing chemical warfare in Ukraine
- Robert Mueller is looking into Michael Flynn’s potential ties to Russian hackers
- As Hurricane Harvey approaches, Trump appoints deputy chief of staff who failed to prepare for Katrina
- The roots of the Barcelona attack
- The secret history of diplomats and invisible weapons
- Senators want spies to disclose more about secret zero-day policy
- Did climate change make Hurricane Harvey worse?
- Hurricane Harvey arrives as flood insurance deadline looms
- New York’s challenge to design a truly ‘blue’ dune
Before Harvey, Houston sought funding to mitigate floods — but Congress refused (Eoin Higgins)
Hurricane Harvey has already cost Houston 38 lives and billions in damage, but Congress wouldn’t fund $300 million for preventive project.
Why does America need the Cajun Navy? (Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker)
Among the heroes of Hurricane Harvey have been hundreds of volunteer boaters, members of the so-called Cajun Navy and other similar groups, who have patrolled the flooded streets of Houston in their own boats, pulling stranded families off of roofs and bringing them to shelter.
Top conservative wants spending cuts to pay for Harvey aid (Burgess Everett, Poltico)
A top conservative leader may fight against a massive emergency relief bill for Hurricane Harvey victims if it’s not paid for.
Before Hurricane Harvey, Trump canceled coastal flood protections (Shaye Wolf, The Hill)
Just days before authorities began warning Gulf Coast residents to get ready for Harvey’s devastating storm surges and catastrophic flooding, President Trump was sending America’s coastal communities a dangerously different message.
Neglected infrastructure and uncontrolled development left Houston vulnerable (Seth Borenstein, Frank Bajak, People’s World)
Houston’s system of bayous and reservoirs was built to drain a tabletop-flat city prone to heavy rains. But its Depression-era design is no match for the stresses brought by explosive development and ever-wetter storms.
9 facts that explain DACA, the immigration program Trump is threatening to end (Dara Lind, Vox)
How DACA works, who it protects, and what could happen to immigrants if Trump shuts it down.
by Dara Lind
How immigration hardliners are forcing Trump’s hand on DACA (Molly Ball, Atlantic)
The president appears poised to end the Obama administration’s protections for young illegal immigrants, boxed in by the successful maneuvers of restrictionists.
In chat rooms, Unite the Right organizers planned to obscure their racism (Aaron Sankin, Scott Pham, Reveal)
Organizers of the Unite the Right rally had a clear plan, according to the group’s chat and conference calls: Avoid obvious neo-Nazi and Ku Klux Klan symbols. Appeal to the white, conservative mainstream. Don’t start violence, but feel free to provoke it.
Trump cybersecurity advisors resign, painting bleak picture of U.S. cyber preparedness (Brandon Vigliarolo, TechRepublic)
Several members of the National Infrastructure Advisory Council resigned last week, and that should make us all concerned for the state of U.S. cyberattack preparedness.
Harvey is part of a pattern of extreme weather scientists saw coming. They’re still shocked.(Eliza Barclay, Vox)
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