Articles by Staff Writer Zoya Teirstein


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At the presidential debate, fossil fuels and energy politics took center stage
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump sought to court swing state voters in gas-rich Pennsylvania in their first head-to-head match.
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The disaster effect
Hello, and welcome back to State of Emergency. My name is Zoya Teirstein. There is quite a bit of research on the politics of disasters and how extreme weather shapes voter behavior. Weβve cited some of it in this newsletter. Today, youβll hear about that research through a different lens: from a researcher whose career, [β¦]
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Hurricanes are personal for this disaster researcher
Surviving Hurricane Katrina gave Daniel Aldrich's research a new focus: understanding how disasters shape the politics of a place.
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What back-to-back storms did to Lake Charles, Louisiana
Hello, and welcome back to State of Emergency. My name is Zoya Teirstein, and today weβre going to be talking about a place one journalist dubbed, βthe most unfortunate city in the United States.β Itβs been just over four years since Hurricane Laura slammed into southwest Louisiana just shy of Category 5 status β the [β¦]