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November 20, 2025
She is accused of stealing FEMA overpayments that her family health care company had received through a federally funded staffing…
Wes Moore, Donald Trump, FEMA, disaster relief, theGrio.com
July 25, 2025
"Disasters don’t discriminate, and neither should the President," said Jeremy Edwards, former press secretary at FEMA.
July 7, 2025
Devastating floods leave at least 80 dead and dozens missing in Texas, including 27 from Camp Mystic, as search crews…
June 5, 2025
Experts warn that Black communities stand to suffer the most in the event of any oversights or missteps from the…
thegrio, FEMA, rural communities, disaster relief and construction
April 28, 2025
Officials say their plans and those of hundreds of communities nationwide supported by the BRIC program have been upended.
Donald Trump, FEMA, North Carolina, Hurricane Helene, Los Angeles Wildfires, Donald Trump in North Carolina, Donald Trump in Los Angeles, theGrio.com
January 24, 2025
Trump said he was looking at signing an executive order on the Federal Emergency Management Agency before heading to Los…
February 25, 2023
As the threat of climate change grows, particularly in Black communities, FEMA is working to prepare communities when disasters strike.
October 27, 2022
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said many lessons were learned from Hurricane Katrina, particularly regarding reaching Black communities.
December 10, 2021
Waniki Lushun Fox succumbed to her injuries on Tuesday, two days after firefighters saved her life.
September 13, 2021
While America may not have created Hurricane Ida, it has certainly created the figurative storm of housing inequity and environmental…
Funeral Coffin
April 5, 2021
A FEMA program will reimburse up to $9,000 per funeral and $35,500 per applicant and FEMA will begin accepting applications…
February 20, 2021
President Joe Biden is seeing his disaster management skills tested after winter storms plunged Texas, Oklahoma into an unusual deep…
January 11, 2021
Trump has declared an emergency in D.C. ahead ofJoe Biden's inauguration, following the deadly Capitol riot on Jan. 6 that…
Los Angeles FEMA disasters thegrio.com
January 4, 2021
Los Angeles has been named the nation's most dangerous county because of its potential for naturall disasters, according to FEMA.
Barbara Lee
March 28, 2020
Democratic U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee of Oakland and Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia of Chicago have banded together to block landlords from…
Michelle Obama thegrio.com
May 31, 2019
Former West Virginia county official, known for a racist post about Michelle Obama, is heading to prison after embezzling FEMA…
August 31, 2017
HOUSTON (AP) — Now that the sun is finally shining and the murky, brown floodwaters are slowly receding in much…
August 29, 2017
HOUSTON (AP) — Crews overwhelmed by thousands of rescue calls during one of the heaviest downpours in U.S. history have…
August 28, 2017
HOUSTON (AP) — Patricia Cain entered the George R. Brown Convention Center barefoot and carrying two oxygen tanks. The first…
August 22, 2016
Michael Brown, the former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is speaking out against President Obama’s response to the