Fault Lines of a Nation: Myanmar’s Politicized Humanitarian Crisis

A monk walks past a damaged building in Mandalay, Myanmar, one of the hardest-hit cities from the earthquake. Sai Aung Mainsai Aung Main/AFP/Getty Images (Image from the Guardian ) Mai Kasemsawade ‘26 Caught in the throes of civil war since 2020, Sagaing, a region in Myanmar's Shan State, was shaken even further during the afternoon of March 28 by a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake. The…