Dreaming of Oscar Gold
Will you be among the tens of millions of viewers watching the live broadcast of […]
Assessing the Scale and Impact of Disaster Philanthropy
The Center for Disaster Philanthropy has published the second edition of Measuring the State of […]
Tomorrow is World Humanitarian Day
Tomorrow is World Humanitarian Day, designated by the United Nations as a day to honor those […]
Natural Disasters Displaced Nearly 20 Million People Last Year
Since 2008, an average of 26.5 million people have been displaced each year by disasters, […]
Music for Relief
Music for Relief was founded by the band Linkin Park in response to the 2004 Indian […]
The Devil You Know
Gulf Coast residents who had complained about the glacial speed with which BP paid claims […]
Even the Bureaucrats Don’t Understand Bureaucracy
I must have a perverse sense of humor, but I did see something funny in […]
Politics Before People
The Honorable Geert Visser, consul general for the Netherlands in Houston, gave an interview to […]
Adding Insult to Injury in Haiti
The only thing more horrifying than the human tragedy in Haiti is the so-called “disaster […]
Typhoon Morakot Threatens China
We know from our experience with hurricanes in the Gulf Coast the long-term damage that […]
The Iowa Floods, One Year Later
The Associated Press reports that “one year after Iowa floods, many still wait for help”. […]
A Lesson From Detroit
In Prepare for the Worst, Plan for the Best: Disaster Preparedness and Recovery for Small […]