In new research Ashley Ross, Stella M. Rouse, Isabella Alcañiz and Alejandra Marchevsky examine who Americans feel are deserving of federal aid during climate disasters. Their research examines their findings that people who are seen being part of a different social group, or ‘out-group’, in this case, Puerto Ricans, are seen by those in other groups as being less deserving of receiving disaster assistance.  To read Dr. Ross’s article, “Disaster assistance is increasingly a question of who deserves help and who doesn’t,” click on the link below.