Last week, Hurricane Helene swept across the southeastern United States, killing more than 130 people and causing up to $160 billion in property damage. When devastating natural disasters strike, people often look for explanations. In the evangelical church where I grew up, it was taken as near-gospel that 2005’s Hurricane Katrina was God’s way of punis…
Hurricane Helene Has Exposed an Insane Liberal Myth
“From the destruction of Helene, a new theory has arisen: The storm, guided by anti-racist forces, deliberately ravaged ‘sundown towns,’ ” writes River Page for The Free Press. (Chandan Khanna via Getty Images)
In America, there’s no such thing as a ‘sundown town,’ where black people aren’t safe at night. So why are people using the natural disaster to claim otherwise?
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