The Mayor Who Moved His Desk to the Flood Zone
When Hurricane Harvey stalled over Houston in August 2017, the wealthiest neighborhoods dried out within days. Insurance adjusters arrived. Contractors lined up. But in Kashmere...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14.
When Hurricane Harvey stalled over Houston in August 2017, the wealthiest neighborhoods dried out within days. Insurance adjusters arrived. Contractors lined up. But in Kashmere Gardens — a predominantly Black neighborhood on the city's northeast side — families waded through contaminated water for weeks with no help in sight. That is when County Judge Lina Hidalgo, newly elected and barely thirty, did something her predecessors had not.…
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