FEMA Under Fire: Katrina’s Ghost Haunts New Orleans as Trump-Era Cuts Draw Warnings of New Catastrophe
FEMA Under Fire: Katrina’s Ghost Haunts New Orleans as Trump-Era Cuts Draw Warnings of New Catastrophe Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, sparking widespread criticism of the federal response, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is once again at the center of a brewing storm. This week, FEMA employees issued a stark warning to Congress: current Trump administration policies, including significant defunding and staff reductions, could lead to another catastrophe on the scale of Katrina. The current administration’s…