Scorched by Design: Extreme Heat, Redlining, and Neglect

Scorched by Design: Extreme Heat, Redlining, and Neglect

My old boss, Chairman John Conyers, once told me: “If you want to know whether something is a priority, just look at the funding. If they care, they will fund it.” And in that quiet, piercing truth lies the most damning indictment of our time. Because when the heat comes — when it really comes, not just in degrees but in suffocation, in stillness, in the way asphalt blisters under bare feet and air turns into punishment — you begin to understand…