Jun 10, 2026
How do we live in an age of disaster? That’s the provocation put forth in the new book “Compassion in Crisis.” With engaging prompts, concise checklists, and heartfelt guidance, co-authors Kailea Loften and Kate Weiner lead readers in building and sustaining durable mutual aid networks for rapid response in the...
May 11, 2026
For 25 years, NewStories has been supporting communities that have faced the unimaginable, total loss from disaster—those who don’t want to rebuild the old normal, but are ready to co-create something that affirms life, reciprocity, and interdependence.
They call this approach, Re-Storying Disaster. After...
Apr 1, 2026
On March 4, 2026, the Ithaca Common Council in Ithaca, New York, U.S., voted to non-renew its contract with Flock Safety. Flock, among other things, is a vendor of fixed-location automated license plate reader (ALPR) systems.
You may have seen them pop up in your city or county in the past couple of years, as they...