North Carolina residents are facing unprecedented destruction and loss in the wake of Hurricane Helene. In response, students in Boston University’s Crowdfunding and Distribution class launched a crowdfunding campaign on Nov. 14 to support those impacted.

College students in Boston have watched powerful hurricanes tear through their hometowns in the southeast over the past three weeks. Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton made landfall on Sept. 26 and Oct. 10, respectively.

Massachusetts-based organizations sent hurricane-relief volunteers for physical and emotional support, supplies such as meals and water and professional aid.

I believe that Vance, Trump and many members of the Republican party have successfully brought us to that point. Understanding the gravity and weight of the climate crisis feels like an insurmountable task when the people who are supposed to be in charge keep us ignorant and bewildered. Despite the objectivity of science, especially agreed-upon and rigorously proven science, we’re in an era where the truth is malleable and facts are subservient to politics.