As someone who has confronted addiction and is friends with other sober warriors, I know how hard it is to get clean and remain sober even under the best of circumstances. The pandemic has served as a relapse trigger for too many by compounding a deadly lack of preventative and rehabilitative services with social isolation, […]
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Our Legislators Need to Stop Hiding Behind Masks of Denial
The recent “Rally in the Valley” at a military surplus store in Staunton featured multiple elected officials, mostly sans mask, rebuffing social distancing and gathering guidelines to spread germs, I mean, meet with like-minded constituents. Congressman Ben Cline, Delegate John Avoli, and Ronnie Campbell, a candidate for Delegate, were all present and encouraged this irresponsible […]
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Trump’s (Not So) Secret Anti-Environment Pandemic Agenda
We all know that Trump’s COVID-19 response has left a lot to be desired, but there is one thing he’s been really on top of during this crisis: rolling back protections for the environment. via GIPHY Hope You Didn’t Like Clean Air Since the pandemic started, Trump launched multiple attacks on environmental regulations, all the […]
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5 Things Less Popular Than Social Distancing
I don’t know about you, but I am slightly terrified about all of these calls to re-open the economy when it clearly isn’t safe yet. “Re-open the economy” seems like code for making people sick so that wealthy corporations can make money off the working class AGAIN. But while the calls to open things back […]