by Kelly Hayes | Jun 11, 2026 | Climate Crisis, COVID, disaster planning, Heat Deaths, Interview, Organizing, Pandemic, Podcast, Wildfires
As climate disasters intensify and authoritarian threats escalate, most of us are underprepared for moments when systems fail or are weaponized against us. In this episode of Movement Memos, Kelly talks with Chris Begley and Amy Edelman, authors of The Emergency Playbook: A Bunker-Free Guide to Disaster Preparation, about how preparedness can move us away from fear, isolation and bunker fantasies…
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by Marcus Baram | Mar 13, 2026 | AIDS, diseases, DOGE, DOGE cuts, Donald Trump, Food Assistance, HIV, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS funding, Hunger, News, Pandemic, PEPFAR, Public Health, Trump Administration, USAID
“Heartbreaking.” “Devastating.” “Difficult and challenging.” Such are the words used by health care workers, government officials and former U.S. Agency for International Development employees to describe the impact of the agency’s dissolution last year. Since the Trump administration shut down USAID, which had delivered humanitarian aid and medical supplies to countries around the world…
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