Mothering at the End of the World

I study local government and Hurricane Helene forced me from my home − here’s how rural towns and counties in North Carolina and beyond cooperate to rebuild

Last year was a record year for disasters in the United States. A new report from the British charity International Institute for Environment and Development finds that 90 disasters were declared nationwide in 2024, from wildfires in California to Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. The average number of annual disasters in the U.S. is about 55. The Federal Emergency Management Agency provides funding and recovery assistance to states after disa…

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Felipe González and his family were officially notified on April 11 that their humanitarian visa had been revoked without explanation. They were in North Carolina doing voluntary reconstruction work after Hurricane Helene. The community launched a campaign to reverse the measure. The entry Revocation of a Latino visa that coordinated reconstruction efforts after Helene was first published on Link Latino NC. They revoke a Latino visa that coordin…

I learn about native executive and Storm Helene compelled me from my house − right here’s how rural cities and counties in North Carolina and past cooperate to rebuild

Ultimate yr was once a report yr for failures in the US. A brand new document from the British charity World Institute for Setting and Building unearths that 90 failures had been declared national in 2024, from wildfires in California to Storm Helene in North Carolina. The typical collection of annual failures within the U.S. [...]

Mothering at the End of the World

In this essay for The Bitter Southerner, Gray Chapman profiles several women from North Carolina who recount the surreal experience of mothering through natural disaster. When Hurricane Helene destroyed their communities and changed their worlds forever, these mothers stepped up to help—and hold up—their neighbors in need. “The horses and helicopters made national news,” writes Chapman, “but intimate, microcosmic acts of tending and nurturing ma…