Although Congress has given greater resources to agencies that fight wildfires, we must go further: preventing or mitigating natural disasters must get the same resources and attention as our national security.
About 70 percent of the water humans use globally is consumed by agriculture, and a full third of the greenhouse gas emissions we produce come from food production. 
As the historical gathering point of people from different origins, cities are a key nexus of immigration policy implementation and innovative experimentation.