The agency was created in the late 1970s and is tasked with helping states and communities impacted by disasters nationwide.

Rather than dismantling FEMA, we need to reimagine it as an elite federal agency capable of managing the increasingly complex and severe disasters of a polycrisis age.

President Donald Trump has designated Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley and three other North Carolinians ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is responsible for helping states and neighborhoods affected by disasters. FEMA officials are currently responding to wildfires in California and last year’s ...