Over the weekend, Donald Trump Jr. tweeted out a photo of Anderson Cooper standing in waist-deep water during a hurricane suggesting that the CNN anchor had overdramatized the storm to improve the network's ratings.
As first responders and residents struggled to save lives and property during the record-shattering deluge of Hurricane Harvey, the toxic onslaught from the nation's petrochemical hub was largely overshadowed.
The Texas city’s response to a powerful storm says much about polarized visions of the country and diverging attitudes toward cities, race, liberty and science.