What Hurricane Ida Means for New Orleans

Sixteen years after Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana braced for yet another potentially devastating storm. On Sunday, Hurricane Ida slammed into Louisiana, making landfall as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm. Though it was downgraded to a Category 2 storm, the hurricane brought catastrophic flooding, high storm surges, and 150mile per hour winds to low-lying coastal communities like New Orleans. The storm surge was so powerful that it even temporarily reversed the flow of the Mississippi River.  

How A U.S. Vet Feels on Our Last Day in Afghanistan

Tim Kudo, a former Marine captain who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, recently called the U.S. evacuation “ill-planned” and “a catastrophe for the Afghan people whom we have betrayed” in an op-ed for The New York Times. We speak with him about his take on the messy withdrawal.

Kabul: American Withdrawal, U.S. Drone Strikes, and ISIS-K

On Monday, the last U.S. military flight left Afghanistan -- a day ahead of the August 31st deadline. This early departure came just days after a suicide bombing at the Kabul airport on Thursday. It was one of the country’s deadliest terrorist attacks, killing roughly 170 Afghan civilians and 13 American service members.

Black Content Creators Organize One Day Boycott Against Twitch 

Black digital content creators are boycotting the Twitch social media platform on Wednesday, September first with #ADayOffTwitch. According to the content creators this action came about because of the ongoing harassment of marginalized streamers in the form of “hate raids.” We spoke to Raven, a content creator and activist on Twitch, who is one of the creators of #ADayOffTwitch boycott.   

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