COVID exposes dire need for child care, paid leave
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If we truly want to give parents choices, we need to offer options for providing and receiving care while meeting household expenses and saving for emergencies and the future.
Search Results for social media
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George Orwell’s 1984 has become a blueprint for our dystopian reality
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Tread cautiously: the fiction of George Orwell (Jun. 25, 1903-Jan. 21, 1950) has become an operation manual for the omnipresent, modern-day surveillance state.
Climate, energy news roundup: Week of June 27
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The Weekly Roundup of Climate and Energy News for the week ending June 27.
5 money-saving tactics during a divorce
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Children, property, and conflict make a divorce more complicated and expensive than it needs to be.
Activists examine marijuana legalization in July 1 forum
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Marijuana activists and leaders from across Virginia and Maryland are coming together to discuss how ending marijuana prohibition in the state could better benefit Black communities and other communities of color.
The FBI’s Mafia-style justice: To fight crime, the FBI sponsors 15 crimes a day
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Almost every tyranny being perpetrated by the U.S. government against the citizenry—purportedly to keep us safe and the nation secure—has come about as a result of some threat manufactured in one way or another by our own government.
Luria introduces pay raise for disabled veterans
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Congresswoman Elaine Luria (D-VA-02) and Congressman Troy Nehls (R-TX-22) have introduced the Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2021 to increase pay and benefits for American veterans.
Tourism to the Blue Ridge Parkway creates $1.3B in economic benefits
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A new National Park Service report shows that 14.1 million visitors to the Blue Ridge Parkway in 2020 supported 15.5 thousand jobs in nearby communities and had a cumulative benefit to local economies of $1.3 billion.
Waynesboro Schools receives local recognition for performance through pandemic
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At Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Waynesboro School Board, discussion was focused on praising the perseverance of Waynesboro Schools staff, teachers and administrators during a pandemic.
Alon Ben-Meir: A rare chance to chart a new course toward peace
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The Israeli Arabs can play a significant role to ameliorate the Israel-Palestinian relationship in general, or become a fifth column.
