disasters

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Created in 1990, T.P.S. protects immigrants who are unable to return to their home countries because of violence, natural disasters or other great danger.

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2026

They speak of a lack of aid, which often means reconstruction in the wake of disasters proves impossible.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

In 1990, Congress authorized this emergency humanitarian relief for non-citizens whose home countries were wracked by armed conflict, natural disasters or other extraordinary disruptions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026

His early academic work declared the Fed one of the “historic disasters in American history,” according to Sebastian Mallaby’s biography, “The Man Who Knew.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

The archive reflects the human need to document every deed and directive, to place a veil of administrative tidiness over the disorder of famines and plagues and natural disasters and crimes and wars.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann