Topic: state of emergency

Residents defend a property from a bushfire at Hillsville near Taree, 350km north of Sydney on November 12, 2019. - A state of emergency was declared on November 11 and residents in the Sydney area were warned of "catastrophic" fire danger as Australia prepared for a fresh wave of deadly bushfires that have ravaged the drought-stricken east of the country. (Photo by PETER PARKS / AFP) (Photo by PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty Images) (Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images)

Australians berate PM for fire response

Zoya Teirstein - Grist
Robert Mueller; Donald Trump (AP/Getty/Salon)

Four "emergencies" Dems could address

Alex Henderson - Alternet
Mitch McConnell; Donald Trump (AP/Getty/Salon)

McConnell warns GOP may kill the wall

Igor Derysh
Timothy Snyder; Government Shutdown Protest (AP/Getty/Salon)

Timothy Snyder: Trump is the emergency

Chauncey DeVega
British Prime Mininster, Theresa May delivers a Brexit statement at Downing Street on November 14, 2018 in London, England. (Getty/Dan Kitwood)

(AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Taylor Link
Marcelle Stewart confronts police officers during a march and rally in downtown Ferguson, Mo., Aug. 11, 2014. (AP/Sid Hastings)

Ferguson's dire next chapter

RA Monaco
A still from "Selma" (Paramount Pictures)

A racial state of emergency

Brittney Cooper