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Author Archives: Penny Loeb

Posted inPolitics and Government

Too Poor to Protect: When Cost-Benefit Analysis Leaves Towns to “Wash Away”

by Penny Loeb April 29, 2021April 28, 2021

“The town is flooding!” a worker at the Nicholas County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Richwood, West Virginia, yelled to Nancy Mullins around 1 p.m. on June 23, 2016. Thinking of her children, Mullins, a cook at the nursing home, raced to their home a block from the Cherry River, moved them to safety, and […]

Posted inCoronavirus

Opinion: Dear People Who Refuse to Wear Masks, Who Party on Crowded Beaches, Who Think Testing Is Stupid…

by Penny Loeb September 17, 2020September 17, 2020

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