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We Can’t Price Our Way Out of the Home Insurance Crisis

Climate change is driving more severe and frequent disasters and higher recovery costs. Home insurers have responded by jacking up rates and retreating from markets rather than working with households and communities to bolster resilience and lower the risk. This tactic reduces the insurance industry’s exposure and protects its profits, but families nationwide are finding it much harder to find or afford home insurance. 

What’s at Stake at the Upcoming Tesla Shareholder Meeting

Months after Elon Musk’s self-serving deployment of DOGE to gut federal agencies inspired a song titled “Hostile Government Takeover,” Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting on November 6th will be another flashpoint in the world’s richest billionaire’s attempt to consolidate power over the economy and the rest of us. It’s time to stand up and fight back.