Charleston shooting survivors feel ignored by GOP presidential candidates - The Washington Post

Haley, the former South Carolina governor, had offered the most detailed policy solution: funding more mental health care — though, she said, the states would have to pay for it. The pastor doubted that approach on its own would make a dent in the country's daily death toll. 

Trump, meanwhile, was calling himself "the best friend gun owners have ever had in the White House." As president, he briefly consideredtightening background checks in 2019 after gunmen in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, killed 31 people over one August weekend. Then, under pressure from the National Rifle Association, he scrapped that idea, saying, "A lot of the people who put me where I am are strong supporters of the Second Amendment." These days, he boasted about doing nothing — literally, the pastor lamented…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/16/mother-emanuel-survivors-gop-candidates-trump-haley/

The perfect storm: the US city where rising sea levels and racism collide

When slow-to-change racial structures, a profound respect for white history, an inborn dislike for government intervention, an overwhelming focus on growth and a reluctance to act with urgency meet hurricanes, rising waters and sinking land, what happens?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/04/charleston-south-carolina-racist-mistakes-rising-sea-levels

How Charleston, South Carolina, Is Working To Save itself From Climate Change

For the last hundred years, the sea level in Charleston Harbor has risen about an inch every decade. Now it's rising about an inch every two years. Charlestonians, no matter their political persuasion, know climate change is real. The city is among the most vulnerable in America to global warming, and offers a preview into what will be coming soon to a coastal community near you. The lesson of Charleston is that even when everyone agrees on the problem, getting to the solution is going to be difficult, expensive and never-ending. ....
https://www.newsweek.com/how-charleston-south-carolina-working-save-itself-climate-change-1486564