Jacob Remes

The U.S. Naval Hospital Ship Comfort in the Port of San Juan, arriving on October 3rd, 2017, after Hurricane Maria swept through the island of Puerto Rico.
Economics

'There Are No Natural Disasters': A Conversation With Jacob Remes

How critical disaster studies can teach us what went wrong in Puerto Rico.

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Social Justice

How Can We Improve Our Policy on Natural Disasters?

In his new book, Disaster Citizenship: Survivors, Solidarity, and Power in the Progressive Era, Jacob Remes argues that solutions start with the locals.