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On the recordMarch 27, 2023
Under our current system, disaster recovery can actually make inequities worse than they were before a natural disaster.
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Lauren Underwood
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Highlighting systemic inequities in disaster recovery efforts.

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