Firefighters

Diary of an Aspiring New Yorker: February 27th, 2008

Nicholas Brown | Posted 02.27.2008 | Living


Nicholas Brown

The ax holes in our door were an early sign that not all was well. They were also, perhaps, a sign of overzealousness on the part of the fire department.

Giuliani Op-Ed: I Prepared New York To Handle 9/11

Think Progress | Posted 01.09.2008 | Politics


In a Wall Street Journal op-ed today on homeland security, Rudy Giuliani references September 11 nine separate times. In one of those instances, he cl...

In a Burning Building, Searching for Dissent

Evan Frisch | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics


Evan Frisch

Firefighters are now being told to add to their duties the constant search for signs of "hate or discontent with the United States." To the Bush administration, this initiative is an attempt to evade pesky restrictions imposed on law enforcement.

California Fires Bring Serious Health Hazards

Huffington Post | E.A. Hanks & Patrick Waldo | Posted 10.25.2007 | Living


Whatever is floating around in the air of Southern California has to be about as good for people's lungs as swallowing tar would be for your digestive...

Wildfires

Sasha Abramsky | Posted 10.24.2007 | Politics


Sasha Abramsky

Apparently in some circles, it's a form of radical chic to glory in each and every calamity, to strike not the abstract concept of "America" but the real lives of individual Americans.

Things We Learn For "Next Time": San Diego Firestorm

Michelle Renee | Posted 10.24.2007 | Politics


Michelle Renee

It has been incredible to see the cooperation of agencies and the organization of disaster response efforts during a time that could so easily be complete mayhem.

NYC Fireman Whose Son Died On 9/11: Giuliani Is "Running For President Of The United States On The Back Of My Dead Son"

Reuters | Michelle Nichols | Posted 09.10.2007 | Home


"He's running for president of the United States on the back of my dead son," said Jim Riches, a deputy chief of the New York Fire Department whose fi...


 

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