# Gary, Indiana’s Suffering Brings a Global Crisis Home

https://mins.news/en/item/31941

- Bloomberg News, 2026-08-25 18:00 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-08-25/gary-indiana-s-suffering-in-a-blackout-brings-a-global-crisis-home?link_source=ta_bluesky_link&taid=6a8dd8320602a6000171d433

> Gary, Indiana, a small city with a struggling economy, was hit by hurricane-force winds that left thousands without electricity for weeks. As food, medicine and money ran short, residents grew increasingly desperate—a crisis unfolding in the heartland of the United States, not abroad or in a neglected US territory.

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