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Far-right groups are showing up to help after natural disasters before federal agencies make it on the scene, winning over local residents in the process. A decade ago, the Oath Keepers launched “a program aimed at preparing communities for a natural disaster, a civil war, or anything in between,” and since 2017 they have jumped into post-hurricane relief efforts. The organization preaches that citizens will be forced to defend themselves from a violent, tyrannical federal government. In Arizona, a former state vice president for the Oath Keepers, who said he had cut ties with the group but still embraces its mission, has formed a disaster-preparedness nonprofit that teaches members how to resist the all-powerful police state, alongside classes in CPR and emergency radio communications. Their efforts fill a gap created by a lumbering federal response that is unprepared for the increasingly dire effects of climate change. (Grist)
Homeless shelters are struggling to deal with a catastrophic surge in the number of frail elderly people living on the streets. Seniors are “the fastest-growing group of people who are homeless,” one researcher said, as a generation that came of age during a series of recessions enters old age. Their needs include memory care, assistance with daily-living tasks, and hospice care at the end of their lives. Some shelters are hiring long-term care help and scrambling to open centers better adapted to older clients, who usually need to stay longer than their younger counterparts. One expert said that “the gap in the system” is a Medicaid rule that allows nursing-home benefits only for those unable to care for themselves, a bar that many homeless seniors do not reach. Meanwhile, even subsidized housing costs too much for many homeless seniors, whose numbers will double or triple 2017 levels in some places, one researcher predicts. (Washington Post)
More News
- A Public-Private Model Would End the Foster Care-to-Homelessness Pipeline, Study Suggests (Los Angeles Times)
- Misconceptions About Its Sex and Gender Research Cost Kinsey Institute Public Funds (Los Angeles Times). Plus: Opinion: In Indiana, the Culture Wars Aim at Kinsey — the Heart of Sex Research (Washington Post)
- Posts Misconstrue Pfizer Grants to Nonprofit Headed by Biden Nominee (AFP Fact Check)
- San Jose Nonprofit Fistula Foundation Gets Record $15 Million Donation From MacKenzie Scott (Silicon Valley Business Journal)
- Activist-Chef José Andrés Teams With GWU on a Global Food Institute (Washington Post)
Arts and Culture
- Venus Williams and Artists Are Helping Restore Nina Simone’s Childhood Home (Los Angeles Times)
- San Diego Museum of Art and Museum of Photographic Arts Announce Merger (San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Hispanic Society Museum Workers Approved a New Union Contract, Ending a Grueling 2-Month Strike (Artnet News)
- Mystery of the ‘Wounded Indian’: Who Owns a Statue Once Thought Destroyed? (Washington Post)
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